Pacific – PJ-1215Rec. Date : January 25, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankPiano : Claude Williamson Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 79 These sides were cut in January, just after Shank formed his quartet to bring into the Haig, the Wilshire Boulevard jazzery. On his own now, Shank seems to…
Pacific – PJ-1210Rec. Date : June 1, 1954, June 3, 1954, June 7, 1954Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Frank IsolaValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 03/03/1956Spotlight on…. selection Bernie’s Tune and The Lady Is a Tramp, included here, are also in the Mulligan Sextet EmArcy set reviewed last week, but Mulligan fans will probably…
Pacific – PJ-1203Rec. Date : May 9, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBass : Carson SmithDrums : Bob NeelPiano : Russ Freeman Billboard : 01/21/1956Score of 79 This was taped from a concert session at the University of Michigan in 1954, which accounts for the unusually “live” atmosphere of the proceedings. The boys were blowing for an appreciative…
Pacific – PJ-1201Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, December 14, 1954Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Chico Hamilton, Larry BunkerPiano : Gerry Mulligan, Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/07/1955Score of 81 In December, 1954, Mulligan temporarily disbanded his quartet. Two of the last concerts before doing so…
Pacific – PJ-1209Rec. Dates : August 4, 1955, August 23, 1955Stream this Album Drums : Chico HamiltonAlto Sax : Buddy ColletteBass : Carson SmithCello : Fred KatzClarinet : Buddy ColletteGuitar : Jim HallFlute : Buddy ColletteTenor Sax : Buddy Collette Billboard : 12/03/1955Score of 74 Interesting, off-beat jazz that sounds more Julliard than jungle. Fred Katz‘ cello is the really “different”…
