Nelson Boyd – The Jazz Tome

Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy In Greece (1957)

Jul 14, 2023grogg1957, Al Grey, Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell, Billy Root, Carl Warwick, Charlie Persip, Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Ermet Perry, Ernie Henry, Ernie Wilkins, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Powell, Joe Gordon, Lee Morgan, LN - Stearns, Marty Flax, Melba Liston, Nelson Boyd, Paul West, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones, Rod Levitt, Talib Daawud, Verve, Walter Davis, Wynton Kelly

Verve – MGV-8017Rec. Dates : May 18, 1956, May 19, 1956, June 6, 1956, April 8, 1957Stream this Album (YT Only) Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Carl Warwick, Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan, Ermet Perry, Carl WarwickAlto Sax : Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods, Ernie HenryBaritone Sax : Marty Flax, Billy RootBass : Nelson Boyd, Paul WestDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Walter Davis, Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins, Benny GolsonTrombone : Rod Levitt, Melba…

Sonny Stitt – Sonny Stitt with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson (1956)

Jan 29, 2023grogg1956, Bud Powell, Curley Russell, J.J. Johnson, John Lewis, LN - Gitler, Max Roach, Nelson Boyd, Prestige, Sonny Stitt

Prestige – PRLP 7024Rec. Dates : October 17, 1949, December 11, 1949, January 26, 1950 Tenor Sax : Sonny StittBass : Nelson Boyd, Curly RussellDrums : Max RoachPiano : John Lewis, Bud PowellTrombone : J.J. Johnson Listening to Prestige: #8, #17, #20Stream this Album Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 75 A re-issue of four selections Stitt made with Jay Jay Johnson in late 1949; Afternoon in Paris, Elora, Blue Mode, and Teapot – plus all…

Fats Navarro – The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume One (1957)

Jan 14, 2023grogg1957, Blue Note, Bud Powell, Charlie Rouse, Curley Russell, Ernie Henry, Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee, Kenny Clarke, LN - Feather, Milt Jackson, Nelson Boyd, Roy Haynes, Shadow Wilson, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron, Tommy Potter

Blue Note – BLP 1531Rec. Dates : September 26, 1947, October 11, 1948, August 8, 1949 Trumpet : Fats Navarro, Howard McGheeAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Nelson Boyd, Curley Russell, Tommy PotterDrums : Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Roy HaynesPiano : Tadd Dameron, Milt Jackson, Bud PowellTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse, Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 02/08/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/01/1957Score of 76 A valuable collection of Navarro performances…

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

Jan 8, 2023grogg1956, 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 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…

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Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy In Greece (1957)

Sonny Stitt – Sonny Stitt with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson (1956)

Fats Navarro – The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume One (1957)

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