Prestige – PRLP 7103Rec. Date : May 10, 1957 Tenor Sax : Paul QuinichetteAlto Sax : Sonny Red, John JenkinsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Ed ThigpenPiano : Mal WaldronTrombone : Curtis Fuller Listening to Prestige : #234Stream this Album (YT only) Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 68 A modern blowing date whose chief claim on listener interest is the often excellent tenor playing of Quinichette. Tho…
Prestige – PRLP 7102Rec. Date : January 25, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Al CohnTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 76 An unusually rewarding jam session package that lives up to its title. Functional, pithy lines written by H. McKusick, M. Waldron and K. Burrell prove most…
Impulse! A-16Rec. Dates : February 15-26-27, 1962Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Art DavisConductor : Coleridge PerkinsonPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Richard WilliamsVocals : Abbey Lincoln16-member chorus Billboard : 08/18/1962Four Stars Angry jazz with a civil rights message is carved out here by Max Roach with chorus and ork, with all of the music composed by…
Impulse! A-8Rec. Dates : August 1 / 3 / 8 / 9, 1961Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachAlto Sax : Eric DolphyBass : Art DavisBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyPercussion : Carlos “Patato” Valdés, Carlos EugenioPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Booker LittleVocals : Abbey Lincoln Cashbox : 10/21/1961 Solidly embarked on a wave of music-for-freedom (initially established…
Atlantic – 1305Rec. Date : 02/04/1959Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Jackie McLean, John HandyBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Horace Parlan, Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Booker ErvinTrombone : Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis Billboard : 03/21/1960Three stars Charlie Mingus gets a chance in this set to display some earthy, done home, churchy style of music, mainly cast in the blues…
New Jazz – NJLP 8231Rec. Dates : February 15, 1957, August 30, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax, Tenor Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Arthur Phipps, Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor, Louis HayesPiano : Mal Waldron, Gil CogginsTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Webster Young Cashbox : 06/25/1960 McLean‘s emergence as a major new alto voice is marked by heaving recording activity, of which this session…
Debut – DEB-123Rec. Date : December 23, 1955Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusDrums : Willie Jones, Max RoachPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : George BarrowTrombone : Eddie Bert San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 08/19/1956 … Here Mingus is joined by Eddie Bert on trombone, George Barrow on tenor, Mal Waldron on piano and Willie Jones on drums for five very fine tracks of modern jazz. But as a special added…
Atlantic – 1237Rec. Date : January 30, 1956Stream this Album Bass : Charlie MingusAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanDrums : Willie JonesPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : J.R. Monterose Billboard : 8/25/1956Score of 77 In his first Atlantic LP, Mingus departs from the strict composter-imposed discipline of his “Composer Workshop” series. There is more of a conventional “jazz” feel and more improvisation. However,…
Atlantic – 1229Rec. Dates – January 6, 1956, January 11, 1956, January 17, 1956Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : George Barrow, Sol SchlingerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Joe HarrisGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Art Farmer (as Peter Urban)Tuba : Don Butterfield Billboard : 05/12/1956Score of 78 Using an unusually constructed jazz ensemble (vibes,…
Prestige – PRLP 7096Rec. Date : March 15, 1957 Tuba : Ray DraperAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrestDrums : Ben DixonPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Webster Young Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 09/29/1957 Originally the tuba performed the chores in the jazz band which have been taken over in latter days by the…
