Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (1957)

Capitol – T-762Rec. Dates : January 21 & April 22, 1949, March 9, 1950 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Lee KonitzArranger/Conductor : Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, John Carisi, John LewisBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Al McKibbon, Joe Shulman, Nelson BoydDrums : Kenny Clarke, Max RoachFrench Horn : Gunther Schuller, Junior

Red Allen – Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi (1957)

RCA Victor – LPM-1509Rec. Dates : March 21 & 27, April 10, 1957 Stream this Album Trumpet/Vocals : Red AllenBass : Lloyd TrotmanClarinet : Buster BaileyDrums : Cozy ColeGuitar : Everett BarksdalePiano : Marty NapoleonTenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsTrombone : J.C. Higginbotham   High FidelityJohn S. Wilson : November, 1957 The unjustified neglect in current

Kai Winding – The Trombone Sound (1957)

Columbia – CL 936Rec. Dates : August 1-3, 1956 Stream this Album Trombone : Kai Winding, Carl Fontana, Wayne AndreBass : Kenny O’BrienBass Trombone : Dick LiebBaritone Horn : Dick LiebDrums : Jack FranklinPiano : Roy Frazee Billboard : 01/12/1957 Here Winding carries on in the spirit of the Kai and Jay experiments, but now

Nat Adderley – To The Ivy League From Nat (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36100Rec. Dates : July 12 & 13, 1956Stream this Album Cornet : Nat AdderleyAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Al McKibbon, Sam JonesCello : Sam JonesDrums : Specs WrightPiano : Junior Mance   Madison Capital Times (Madison, WI)John Francis : 04/26/1957 To the Ivy League from Nat is the name of a new

Max Roach + 4 – On the Chicago Scene (1958)

EmArcy – MG 36132Rec. Date : June 3, 1958Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Bob CranshawPiano : Eddie BakerTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Booker Little   Billboard : 05/12/1958Three stars Roach sounds younger and younger with every effort. This is a great package by the master of polyrhythms with support from four

Jackie Paris – The Song is Paris (1962)

Impulse! A-17Rec. Dates : January 22 24 & 26, May 8, 1962Stream this Album Vocal : Jackie ParisAlto Sax : Phil BodnerArranger/Conductor : Bobby ScottBass : Jack Lesberg, George DuvivierBass Clarinet : Phil BodnerBassoon : George DessingerCello : Charles McCrackenDrums : Ted Sommer, Maurice Marks, Willard Dillon, Sol Gubin, Roy HaynesFlugelhorn : Dick Berg, Don

Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Riverside – RLP 12-320Rec. Dates : 01/26 & 01/28/1960Stream this Album Guitar : Wes MontgomeryBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathPiano : Tommy Flanagan   American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : August, 1960 Yes, it is an incredible jazz guitar, but in a technical rather than a musical sense. He can do many things on a guitar that others cannot

Johnny Hodges – Ellingtonia ’56 (1956)

Norgran – MGN-1055Rec. Dates : January 11 & 12, 1956 Album is Not Streamable Alto Sax : Johnny Hodges, Russell ProcopeBaritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Jimmy WoodeClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Sam WoodyardPiano : Billy StrayhornTenor Sax : Jimmy Hamilton, Paul GonsalvesTrumpet : Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Willie CookTrombone : Lawrence Brown,

Oscar Pettiford – Basically Duke (1955)

Bethlehem – BCP-1019Rec. Date : 12/17/1954 Stream this Album Bass, Cello : Oscar PettifordAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBaritone Sax : Danny BankClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Earl KnightTenor Sax : Jimmy HamiltonTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Clark Terry, Joe Wilder San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)Ralph J. Gleason : 04/03/1955Pettiford – The