Columbia – CL 1030Rec. Dates : April 11, 12 & 26, 1957 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Max RoachPiano : Tommy Flanagan Cashbox : 09/28/1957 The jazzist, out for another solo stint since the famed J.J. Johnson – Kai Winding group ended its jazz run, is featured as part…
Contemporary – M3562Rec. Date : June 9, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Cecil TaylorBass : Buell NeidlingerDrums : Dennis CharlesVibra-harp : Earl Griffith Billboard : 11/23/1959 The Cecil Taylor Quartet has a six-track set that swings all the way. Taylor’s style is his own, and the interplay he achieves with vibra-harpist Earl Griffith on…
Verve – MGV-8213Rec. Date : December 16, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Gunnar JohnsonDrums : Anders BurmanPiano : Bengt Hallberg Cashbox : 01/18/1958 The top flight tenor saxist is heard on eight sessions recorded in Stockholm. Getz is heard receiving the most able assistance of foreign musicians Gunnar Johnson on…
Verve – MGV-8211Rec. Dates : March 5 & 29, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Alvin StollerGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Oscar PetersonTenor Sax : Ben Webster American Record GuideMartin Williams : April, 1958 The previous meeting of trumpeter Edison and tenor saxist Webster, Sweets (Clef MG-C717), produced what was…
Contemporary – C3538Rec. Date : March 26, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Red MitchellDrums : Billy HigginsFlute : James ClayPiano : Lorraine GellerTenor Sax : James Clay Cashbox : 03/15/1958 The waxing features the strong sounds of the Red Mitchell quartet. Rounding out the group are James Clay on flute and tenor, Lorraine Geller…
Contemporary – M3605 / S7605Rec. Dates : September 13, 1961 & February 19, 1962Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jimmy WoodsBass : Jimmy Bond, Gary PeacockDrums : Milt TurnerPiano : Amos Trice, Dick WhittingtonTrumpet : Joe Gordon, Martin Blanks Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 07/13/1962 This is Woods’ first album as…
Blue Note – BLP 4037Rec. Date : April 20, 1960 Piano : Horace ParlanBass : George TuckerDrums : Al Harewood Strictlyheadies : 09/24/2019Stream this Album HiFi / Stereo ReviewPeter J. Welding : August, 1961 Interest: DerivativePerformance: PolishedRecording: Excellent Here Horace Parlan strings together a series of acknowledgements of the several men who have influenced his…
Blue Note – BLP 4036Rec. Dates : February 5 & 28, 1960 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Sam Jones, Laymon JacksonDrums : Al HarewoodPiano : Horace ParlanTrumpet : Bill Hardman Strictlyheadies : 09/23/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/04/1961 Altoist Donaldson is a hard-biting musician, relying on a driving blues vein for most of his…
Candid – CJM-8011 / CJS-9011Rec. Date : 11/25/1960Stream this Album Trumpet : Benny BaileyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Buddy CatlettBass Clarinet : Phil WoodsDrums : Art TaylorFlute : Les SpannFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Les SpannPiano : Tommy Flanagan Cashbox : 04/15/1961 From the sounds of this album, Benny Bailey is sorely…
Blue Note – BLP 4029Rec. Date : March 6, 1960 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 09/05/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/25/1960 The drum giant’s present group can be compared very favorably with the days when Horace Silver was in it. Lee…
