Fantasy – 3-208Rec. Date : June 20 & 21, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Red Rodney, Ira SullivanAlto Sax : Ira SullivanBass : Victor SprolesDrums : Roy HaynesPiano : Norman SimmonsTenor Sax : Ira SullivanVocals : Red Rodney Billboard : 01/14/1956Score of 73 Red Rodney is a trumpet player now making headquarters in the…
Blue Note – BLP 1549Rec. Date : March 3, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Clifford Jordan, John GilmoreBass : Curley RussellDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver Billboard : 07/15/1957New Jazz Talent An impressive debut by Chicago tenorists Jordan and Gilmore, who, in the tradition of Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, etc., play with…
Blue Note – BLP 1533Rec. Date : April 17, 1956 Tenor Sax : Johnny GriffinBass : Curley RussellDrums : Max RoachPiano : Wynton Kelly Stream this AlbumStrictlyheadies : 02/10/2019 Billboard : 02/02/1957Score of 74 Griffin is a tenor man who, unhappily for East and West Coast club-goers, sticks very close to the Chicago scene. Those hearing him for the first time…
