Lucky Thompson – The Jazz Tome

Lucky Thompson & Oscar Pettiford – Vol. 2 (1957)

Feb 7, 2026thejazztome1957, ABC Paramount, Don Abney, Jimmy Cleveland, LN - Hentoff, Lucky Thompson, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson, Skeeter Best

ABC-Paramount – ABC-171Rec. Date : December 11 & 12, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lucky ThompsonBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Skeeter BestPiano : Don AbneyTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Cashbox : 01/11/1958 The two jazz mainstays are heard on a program of originals by Lucky Thompson. Thompson, on tenor sax and…

Oscar Pettiford Orchestra – In Hi-Fi (1957)

Feb 5, 2026thejazztome1957, ABC Paramount, Art Farmer, Danny Bank, Dave Kurtzer, David Amram, Ernie Royal, Gigi Gryce, Janet Putnam, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland, Julius Watkins, LN - Karpe, Lucky Thompson, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson, Tommy Flanagan, Whitey Mitchell

ABC-Paramount – ABC-135Rec. Dates : June 11, 12 & 19, 1956Steam this Album (YT only) Bass : Oscar Pettiford, Whitey MitchellAlto Sax : Gigi GryceArranger : Gigi Gryce, Lucky ThompsonBaritone Sax : Danny Bank, Dave KurtzerDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Jerome RichardsonFrench Horn : Julius Watkins, David AmramHarp : Janet PutnamPiano : Tommy FlanaganTenor Sax :…

Dizzy Gillespie – Afro (1954)

Nov 11, 2024thejazztome1954, Bobby Rodriguez, Cándido, Charlie Persip, Chico O'Farrill, Danny Bank, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, George Dorsey, George Matthews, Gilberto Valdes, Hank Mobley, Hilton Jefferson, J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Nottingham, Jose Mangual, Leon Comegys, Lewis Hackney, LN - Granz, Lucky Thompson, Mongo Santamaria, Norgran, Quincy Jones, Ralph Miranda, Ray Concepcion, René Hernández, Ubaldo Nieto, Wade Legge

Norgran MGN-1003Rec. Dates : May 24 & June 3, 1954 Stream 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…

Milt Jackson – Plenty Plenty Soul (1957)

Aug 5, 2023thejazztome1957, Art Blakey, Atlantic, Cannonball Adderley, Connie Kay, Frank Foster, Horace Silver, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Newman, LN - Hentoff, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson, Oscar Pettiford, Percy Heath, Quincy Jones, Sahib Shihab

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)

Jul 27, 2023thejazztome1957, ABC Paramount, Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Billy Taylor, Bunny Bardach, Charles Mingus, Charlie Persip, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, Gene Quill, Hank Jones, Herbie Mann, Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Wilder, LN - Artist, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones, Urbie Green, Zoot Sims

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)

Jul 25, 2023thejazztome1956, Bennie Green, Count Basie, Emmett Berry, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, Lawrence Brown, LN - Hammond, Lucky Thompson, Nat Pierce, Rudy Powell, Vanguard, Walter Page

Vanguard – VRS-8503Rec. Dates : August 11, 1955, August 16, 1955 Stream this Album Drums : Jo JonesBass : Walter PageClarinet : Rudy PowellGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : 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…

Miles Davis All-Stars – Walkin’ (1957)

Feb 1, 2023thejazztome1957, Davey Schildkraut, Horace Silver, J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke, LN - Gitler, Lucky Thompson, Miles Davis, Percy Heath, Prestige

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)

Jan 8, 2023thejazztome1956, Al McKibbon, Art Blakey, Billy Smith, Blue Note, Danny Quebec West, Eugene Ramey, George Taitt, Idrees Sulieman, Kenny Dorham, LN - Gitler, Lou Donaldson, Lucky Thompson, Max Roach, Milt Jackson, Nelson Boyd, Robert Paige, Sahib Shahib, Thelonious Monk

Blue Note – BLP 1511Rec. Dates : October 15, 1947, October 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 23, 1951, May 30, 1952 Stream this Album 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…

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