Prestige – PRLP 7130Rec. Date : November 15, 1957 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Art TaylorTenor Sax : John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #259Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1958Three stars Red Garland gets a chance on this new disk to lead a small combo, instead of the trios…
Prestige – PRLP 7128Rec. Dates : October 9 & December 12, 1952, September 29 & December 24, 1953, December 7, 1954 Vocals : King Pleasure, Annie Ross(Extensive credits in liner notes) Listning to Prestige : #66, #72, #93, #99, #128Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1958Special Merit Jazz Album Pleasure and Miss Ross gained fame by adding lyrics to great…
Prestige – PRLP 7127Rec. Date : October 18, 1957 Tenor Sax : Paul QuinichetteBass : Walter PageDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Nat PierceTrumpet : Shad Collins Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album Billboard : 03/31/1958Four stars This tribute to the Count by a group of top jazzmen will interest a lot…
Prestige – PRLP 7126Rec. Date : December 7, 1956 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Kenny DrewVocal : Earl Coleman Listening to Prestige : #196Stream this Album Billboard : 02/24/1958Three stars This album is truly a tour de force for Sonny Rollins. He gets a chance on almost every…
Blue Note – BLP 4034Rec. Date : 04/28/1960 Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons Strictlyheadies : 09/21/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 04/29/1961 This is essentially a Jazz Messengers date with an expanded spotlight on Lee Morgan. Blakey is here to lay down a vitally…
Blue Note – BLP 4033Rec. Date : May 12, 1960 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop, Jr. Strictlyheadies : 09/20/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 09/17/1960 The open-horned honesty, the straight-from-the-shoulder sincerity and clarity that Reece displays right from the opening bars of “A Ghost of a Chance” makes…
Blue Note – BLP 4032Rec. Dates : December 5, 1959, January 23, 1960 Alto Sax : Sonny RedBass : Sam Jones, Paul ChambersDrums : Roy Brooks, Jimmy CobbPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : 09/19/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 12/08/1960Pete Welding : 3 stars It’s almost inevitable that 27-year-old Red, who here makes his recording…
Blue Note – BLP 4027Rec. Date : 02/15/1960 Piano : Freddie ReddAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Mike MattosDrums : Larry Ritchie Strictlyheadies : 09/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/18/1960Spotlight Winner “The Connection” is currently one of off-Broadway’s hottest shows. The tunes in this set are those featured by a jazz group which appears in…
Blue Note – BLP 4025Rec. Dates : October 31, 1959, November 28, 1959 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Laymon Jackson, Sam JonesConga : Ray BarrettoDrums : Dave Bailey, Al HarewoodPiano : Horace ParlanTrumpet : Blue Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 08/30/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/18/1960 Lou Donaldson on alto, Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Horace Parlan…
Prestige – PRLP 7125Rec. Date : November 1, 1957 Soprano Sax : Steve LacyBass : Buell NeidlingerDrums : Denis CharlesPiano : Wynton Kelly Listening to Prestige : #257Stream this Album Billboard : 02/24/1958Two stars The soprano sax sound, a relative rarity on the contemporary jazz scene, is the feature here. Practitioner Lacy turns the horn…
