Riverside – RLP 445 / 9445Rec. Dates : July 16 & 17, 1962Stream this Album Piano : Bill EvansBass : Percy HeathDrums : Philly Joe JonesGuitar : Jim HallTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 09/07/1963 This is one of the best examples of improvisation on record. Most often…
Blue Note – BLP 4021Rec. Date : August 25, 1959 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Ben TuckerDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Sir Roland HannaTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 08/21/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Most of the tunes are in a driving groove, and the guitarist displays his usual imaginative approaches and his fine technique thruout. There…
Blue Note – BLP 4018Rec. Date : August 2, 1959 Piano : Walter Davis, Jr.Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 08/18/2019Stream this Album New Pittsburgh Courier : 05/14/1960Harold L. Keith : 4 stars It’s indeed nice to know that Jackie McLean is once again saying many things of value. Along with Donald Byrd, Sam…
Atlantic – 1382Rec. Date : October 24, 1960Stream this Album Tenor / Soprano Sax : John ColtraneBass : Steve DavisDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy Tyner Billboard : 07/21/1962 One of Coltrane’s most provocative albums to date. The set, as the title indicates, is composed of blues tunes, and some of them have an unusual and telling sound. The…
Blue Note – BLP 4013Rec. Date : May 2, 1959 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Pete La RocaPiano : Walter Davis, Jr.Trumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 07/30/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 10/31/1959 McLean is one of the individual and important new alto voices today and this Blue Note date enables him to demonstrate his surging, hard driving…
Blue Note – BLP 4007Rec. Date : December 21, 1958 Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : July 08, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/30/1959Three Stars This is Donald Byrd’s first waxing as a leader and his first for the label since his trip to Europe last…
Riverside – RLP 433 / 9433Rec. Dates : January 27, 1961, February 21, 1961, March 13, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayPiano : Bill Evans Billboard : 12/08/1962Spotlight Album of the Week Cannonball steps out of his usual sextet format for this date. Bill Evans is on piano and Connie Kay and Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet are…
Blue Note – BLP 4005Rec. Date : 11/09/1958 Drums : Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesBass : Wendell MarshallBongos/Congas : Sabú Martinez, Ray Barretto, Conguito Vincente, Victor Gonzales, Julio MartinezMaracas : Andy DelannoyPiano : Ray BryantTimbales : Fred PaganiTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : July 5, 2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 08/20/1959John A. Tynan : 2.5 stars Well now… For the benefit of…
Blue Note – BLP 4004Rec. Date : 11/09/1958 Drums : Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesBass : Wendell MarshallBongos/Congas : Sabú Martinez, Ray Barretto, Conguito Vincente, Victor Gonzales, Julio MartinezMaracas : Andy DelannoyPiano : Ray BryantTimbales : Fred PaganiTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : July 4, 2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 07/04/1959Jazz Pick of the Week Take three jazz drummers (Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor),…
Blue Note – BLP 4031Rec. Date : February 7, 1960Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Wynton Kelly Cashbox : 09/24/1960 Mobley is a tenorman with a compulsion to swing, and this he does here, for not only does his own rhythmic sense stand him in good stead, he has the good…
