Prestige – PRLP 7121Rec. Date : November 8, 1957 Piano/Trumpet/Vocals : Mose AllisonBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Nick Stabulas Listening to Prestige : #258Stream this Album Billboard : 02/10/1958Special Merit Jazz Album Allison is a fresh young talent. He translates the feeling of the grass roots of jazz, the “country” background of his childhood, into modern language without losing…
Prestige – PLRP 7120Rec. Dates : September 6 & 27 1957, October 10, 1957 Piano : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Lee Konitz (as Zeke Tolin)Bass : Paul ChambersBass Trombone : Bart VarsalonaBassoon : Dave KurtzerDrums : Nick Stabulas, Jo JonesFrench Horn : Willie RuffSoprano Sax : Steve LacyTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : John Carisi, Louis Mucci, Jake Koven Listening to Prestige : #253Stream this Album American Record GuideMartin Williams…
Prestige – PRLP 7115Rec. Date : March 29, 1957 Alto Sax : Phil Woods, Gene QuillBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George Syran Listening to Prestige : #220Stream this Album (Youtube only) Glamorgan Gazette (Wales)M.E. : 07/11/1958 The Esquire Long Playing volume of American Prestige recordings displays the talents of Phil Woods as an alto saxophone player and composer, at the same…
Coral – CRL 57171Rec. Date : March 27, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Zoot SimsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : Mose Allison Billboard : 08/26/1957Spotlight on… selection Some of the best tenor sax blowing on recent disks, plus a group of fresh-sounding, thematically strong Cohn originals, smartly routine. The two Lester Young-derived modernists stimulate each other and swing…
Coral – CRL 57118Rec. Dates : December 4, 1956, December 5, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al CohnValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : Mose Allison Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 81 Valve trombonist Brookmeyer once again acts as collaborator and catalyst in producing an outstanding, swinging, modern jazz program. It’s the best set in Coral’s new…
ABC-Paramount – ABC-198Rec. Date : January 11, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Zoot SimsAlto Sax : Zoot SimsAlto Sax : Zoot SimsAlto Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Knobby TotahDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George Handy Army TimesTom Scanlan : 11/09/1957 Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos is a fascinating record, especially when you consider how it was made. This is one of those…
Prestige – PRLP 7089Rec. Dates : May 28, 1954, February 18, 1955, March 8, 1955 Guitar : Jimmy RaneyBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Art Mardigan, Nick StabulasTrumpet : John WilsonPiano : Hall Overton Listening to Prestige : #111, #139Stream this Album Billboard : 06/24/1957Score of 80 Freshness and inventiveness of performances on these recordings justify their re-release from 10-inchers. Guitarist Raney, framed in…
Prestige – PRLP 7033Rec. Date : January 13, 1956 Trumpet : Jon EardleyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George SyranTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrombone : Milt Gold Listening to Prestige : #162Stream this Album Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 79 Jon Eardley‘s “Seven” frame the trumpeter in familiar company: Zoot Sims, his present colleague in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, and…
Prestige – PRLP 7018Rec. Date : November 25, 1955 Alto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : John Williams Listening to Prestige : #158Stream this Album Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 76 Get Happy, one of the more impressive bands in this set, could very well have served as the title of this LP, for that seems…
