Prestige – PRLP 7108Rec. Dates : June 22, 1957, June 28, 1957 Bass : Addison FarmerDrums : Jerry SegalPiano : Mal WaldronVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #244Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/09/1957 The newly formed disk group is patterned somewhat after the Modern Jazz Quartet in its regard for classical development of thematic material. The main dish…
Prestige – PRLP 7106Rec. Date : June 14, 1957 Cornet : Webster YoungBass : Earl MayDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Joe PumaPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Paul Quinichette Listening to Prestige : #242Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : December 1957 This is such a good idea that the wonder is why it was never done before. It most certainly will…
Prestige – PRLP 7105Rec. Date : May 31, 1957 Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Al HeathPiano : Mal Waldron, Red GarlandTrumpet : Johnnie Splawn (more info here) Listening to Prestige : #241Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : January, 1958 Recognition as a new star on the tenor sax was gained by John Coltrane during his period…
Prestige – PRLP 7104Rec. Date : April 27, 1957 Tenor Sax : Teo MaceroBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Jerry SegalPiano : Mal WaldronVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #230Stream this Album Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 72 Tenorist Macero plays with warmth and sensitivity on this program of engagingly melodic original ballad material by various contributors – T. Charles, Macero, J. Ross, M. Waldron,…
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 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 the…
Prestige – PRLP 7102Rec. Date : January 25, 1957Stream this Album 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 appropriate…
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 : 02/04/1959 Stream this Album 10 Minute Record Reviews : Episode #269 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…
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…
