Atlantic – 1217Rec. Dates : June 14, 1955, June 15, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lee KonitzTenor Sax : Warne MarshBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Kenny ClarkeGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Sal Mosca, Ronnie Ball Featured Links10 Minute Record ReviewsEpisode #318 Billboard : 12/17/1955Score of 80 This album is remarkable not only for…
Riverside – RLP 12-258Rec. Dates : February 27, 1958, March 7, 1958Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Max Roach Billboard : 07/14/1958Special Merit Jazz Album Freedom Suite represents Rollins’ first entry into extended composition. Actually, the suite is a form of theme and variations. One blues-like theme is expanded upon in several melodic and…
Riverside – RLP 12-239Rec. Dates : May 21, 1957, May 27, 1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Max RoachHarp : Betty GlamannPiano : Hank JonesTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Billboard : 10/14/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Package sells itself on the collective and individual excellent of all participants. Ballads are notable for the usage of harp, which…
Riverside – RLP 12-233Rec. Dates : March 12, 1957, March 15, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Barry GalbraithPiano : Hank JonesTrombone : J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman Billboard : 07/29/1957Special Merit Jazz Album An excellent example of “new” Coleman Hawkins featuring inspired blowing by the Hawk and fine support from such salable names…
Riverside – RLP 12-226Rec. Dates : October 9, 1956, October 15, 1956, December 7, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul ChambersCeleste : Thelonious MonkDrums : Max RoachTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Clark Terry Billboard : 04/13/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Here’s another refresher for those who feel modern jazz is slipping into ruts.…
Riverside – RLP 12-209Rec. Dates : March 17, 1956, April 3, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art Blakey Billboard : 08/25/1956Score of 77 Along with his other Riverside release, this rates as the most accessibie of all the Monk LP’s. Instead of the usual heavy emphasis on “originals,”…
Riverside – RLP 12-201Rec. Date : July 21, 1955, July 27, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Kenny Clarke Billboard : 12/31/1955Score of 73 The diskery has hit on the all-Ellington gimmick as a method of introducing this pioneer pianist, acknowledged as a prime inventor of the idiom, to…
Prestige – PRLP 7045Rec. Dates : March 2, 1956, June 8, 1956 Stream this Album Vocals : Earl ColemanAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallDrums : Shadow Wilson, Wilbert HoganPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Art Farmer Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #164March 2, 1956Listening to Prestige : #174June 8, 1956 Cashbox :…
Prestige – PRLP 7007Rec. Date : June 7, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red Garland Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #145June 7, 1955 San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)Ralph J. Gleason : 12/06/1955 Miles Davis has come into his own this year. His appearance…
Blue Note – BLP 1543Rec. Date : March 12, 1956, May 29, 1956, May 30, 1956 Stream this Album Guitar – Kenny BurrellBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, Sam JonesCongas : CándidoDrums : Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Arthur EdgehillPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Frank Foster, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Audio :…
