Pacific Jazz – PJM-402Rec. Dates : January 14 & February 11, 1957Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrestPiano : Sam DockeryTrumpet : Bill Hardman Billboard : 10/28/1957 A significant set for this label features Art Blakey and his well-known hard sound, with Jackie McLean, Bill Hardman, Sam…
Pacific Jazz – PJM-401Rec. Dates : October 29 & December 11, 1956Album is Not Streamable Tenor Sax : Bill Perkins, Richie KamucaAlto Sax : Art PepperBass : Red Mitchell, Ben TuckerBass Clarinet : Bill PerkinsDrums : Mel LewisFlute : Bill PerkinsPiano : Hampton Hawes, Jimmy Rowles Audio MagaizineCharles A. Robertson : September, 1957 An…
Pacific Jazz – PJ-1229Rec. Dates : October 18 & 26, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet Baker, Norman Faye, Conte CandoliAlto Sax : Fred Waters, Art PepperBaritone Sax : Bill Hood, Bud ShankBass : Jimmy BondDrums : Peter Littman, James McLean, Larance MarablePiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Phil Urso, Bob Graf, Bill PerkinsTrombone :…
Pacific Jazz – PJ-15Rec. Date : September 9 & 15, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBaritone Sax : Bud ShankBass : Carson SmithDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Russ FreemanValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 12/11/1954Score of 80 Put Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Bob Brookmeyer and Russ Freeman together on one record,…
Pacific – PJ-1233Rec. Date : July 13, 1957, July 16, 1957Album is Not Streamable Valve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Joe Benjamin, Ralph PeñaDrums : Dave BaileyClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreGuitar : Jim HallPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre Billboard : 11/11/1957Spotlight on… selection A beautifully conceived, superbly executed taste of “traditional” jazz with a world…
Pacific – PJ-1232Rec. Date : November 6, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Russ FreemanTrumpet : Chet BakerBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly Manne American Record GuideMartin Williams : February, 1958 Baker first came to prominence with Gerry Mulligan’s quartet. He played like Miles Davis but occasionally made solos suggesting a twelve-tone conception. Subsequently, his playing has got more…
Pacific – PJ-1230Rec. Dates : November 7, 1956, November 8, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellCeleste : Claude WilliamsonDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankPiano : Claude Williamson Army TimesTom Scanlan : 09/28/1957 The Bud Shank Quartet’s newest album is, in many ways, the best set this group has made. Shank, one of the most…
Pacific – PJ-1228Rec. Date : December 6, 1956Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry MulliganValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 A pause in the travels of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet permitted this potent recording last December in the precincts of Boston’s Storyville. Though there are…
Pacific – PJ-1227Rec. Dates : January 10, 1957, January 24, 1957Stream this Album Guitar: Jim HallBass : Red MitchellPiano : Carl Perkins Army TimesTom Scanlan : 05/18/1957 Jim Hall, a solo guitarist with a refreshing melodic sense who can remind you of Charlie Christian at times (like Christian, Hall leaves “holes” rather than cramming in meaningless runs) sits in with…
Pacific – PJ-1225Rec. Dates : October 21, 1956, October 24, 1956Album is not Streamable Drums : Chico HamiltonAlto Sax : Paul HornBass : Carson SmithCello : Fred KatzClarinet : Paul HornFlute : Paul HornGuitar : John PisanoTenor Sax : Paul Horn Billboard : 04/13/1957Spotlight on… selection Unique jazz “chamber group” should follow its regular pattern of making the charts despite…
