Blue Note – BLP 1535Rec. Dates : January 30, 1955, March 29, 1955 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Percy Heath, Oscar PettifordCongas : Carlos ValdésCowbell : Richie GoldbergDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 02/12/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 73 Title is only half true, for one side of this collection…
Blue Note – BLP 1517Rec. Date : April 1, 1956 Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gil MelléBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrombone : Eddie Bert Cashbox : 10/27/1956 This five man combo, headed here by Gil Mellé (baritone sax), swing lightly but persuasively through several Mellé composed numbers and two…
Blue Note – BLP 1513Rec. Date : March 13, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Thad JonesBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Shadow WilsonGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Tommy FlanaganTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell Saturday ReviewWhitney Balliett : 08/11/1956 Thad Jones (no relation to Jonah), the Detroit trumpeter now with Basie, is rapidly moving into the…
Blue Note – BLP 1502Rec. Dates : May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953, March 6, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art BlakeyPiano : Gil Coggins, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrombone : J.J. Johnson Liner Notes by Leonard Feather At…
Blue Note – BLP 1501Rec. Dates : May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art BlakeyPiano : Gil CogginsTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrombone : J.J. Johnson Billboard : 02/04/1956 An important jazz issue for “modernists,” Blue Note…
