Dizzy Gillespie – Afro (1954)

Norgran MGN-1003Rec. Dates : May 24 & June 3, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Ernie Royal, Jimmy NottinghamArranger : Chico O’FarrillAlto Sax : Hilton Jefferson, George DorseyBaritone Sax : Danny BankBass : Lewis Hackney, Bobby RodríguezBongos : José MangualCongas : Cándido, Mongo Santamaría, Ralph MirandaDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Gilberto ValdesPiano : Wade Legge, Ray Concepcion, René HernándezTenor Sax : Hank Mobley, Lucky ThompsonTimbales : Ubaldo NietoTrombone : Leon Comegys, J.J. Johnson, George

Milt Jackson – Plenty Plenty Soul (1957)

Atlantic – 1269Rec. Dates : January 5, 1957, January 7, 1957Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Connie Kay, Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky Thompson, Frank FosterTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Joe Newman   American Record GuideMartin Williamson : February, 1958 Many of the “modern” jazz musicians are

Quincy Jones – This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1957)

ABC-Paramount – ABC-149Rec. Date : September 14, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Jack NimitzBass : Charlie MingusDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Herbie Mann, Jerome RichardsonHandclaps : Father John CrawleyPiano : Hank Jones, Billy TaylorTenor Sax : Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Bunny BardachTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank RehakTrumpet : Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie

Jo Jones – Jo Jones Special (1956)

Vanguard – VRS-8503Rec. Dates : August 11, 1955, August 16, 1955Stream this Album Drums : Jo JonesBass : Walter PageClarinet : Rudy PowellGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Count Basie, Nat PierceTenor Saxophone : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : Bennie Green, Lawrence BrownTrumpet : Emmett Berry Billboard : 01/14/1956Score of 78 To all who can’t understand the current Basie boom, and certainly to those who do, this set is urgently

Miles Davis All-Stars – Walkin’ (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7076Rec. Dates : April 3, 1954, April 29, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Davey SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : J.J. Johnson Listening to Prestige : #107Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Jazz Special Merit Album Walkin’, the elongated blues, has been Davis‘ best-known disk performance in the last few years,

Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music, Volume Two (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1511Rec. Dates : October 15, 1947, October 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 23, 1951, May 30, 1952 Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Danny Quebec West, Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : Eugene Ramey, Robert Paige, Al McKibbon, Nelson BoydDrums : Art Blakey, Max RoachTenor Sax : Billy Smith, Lucky ThompsonTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman, George Taitt, Kenny DorhamVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 01/19/2019Stream this Album Liner Notes