Atlantic - 1311Rec Dates : May 4, 1959, May 5, 1959, December 2, 1959Stream this Album Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor, Jimmy CobbPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : July, 1960 Coltrane‘s new album is as much an announcement of a new authority, and therefore a new phase of creation as Sonny…
Riverside – RLP 12-241Rec. Dates : June 11, 1957, June 12, 1957, June 19, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Paul ChambersDrums : Roy HaynesPiano : Sonny Clark Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album The public has yet to catch up with musicians in their appreciation of this superb tenor saxophonist, who combines the best…
Riverside – RLP 12-237Rec. Dates : April 12, 1957 April 17, 1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Clark TerryBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Johnny Griffin Army Times Tom Scanlan : 12/28/1957 Clark Terry, trumpet sideman with Duke Ellington who has been tagged one of the most underrated musicians in the business by several critics, is featured…
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 12-224Rec. Date : September 20, 1956, September 26, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Kenny DrewBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe Jones Billboard : 03/02/1957Score of 73 Pianist Kenny Drew is one of the brighter lights in the circle of the up-and-coming modernists. This LP, like most of the others he has released so far, is highly…
Prestige – PRLP 7094Rec. Date : October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #191Stream this Album Billboard : 07/29/1957Jazz Special Merit Album One of the more interesting Davis LPs, offering the modern pace-setter in a more dynamic mood than usual, per the title. Great ensemble…
Prestige – PRLP 7086Rec. Dates : December 14, 1956, March 22, 1957 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Arthur Taylor Listening to Prestige : #198, #217Stream this Album Billboard : 06/24/1957Score of 70 A thoroughly pleasant piano LP of standards rendered in a direct, rhythmic manner somewhat reminiscent of Nat Cole. Tight-knit, understanding rhythmic support all the way, plus Garland‘s…
Prestige – PRLP 7074Rec. Date : September 7, 1956 Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Zoot SimsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Red Garland Listening to Prestige : #187Stream this Album Billboard : 04/27/1957Score of 83 A strong packaging idea well executed for what should prove a very good seller in all jazz shops. All four tenors…
Prestige – PRLP 7068Rec. Date : August 31, 1956 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Bill Hardman Listening to Prestige : #186Stream this Album Billboard : 02/23/1957Score of 76 Bill Hardman, a talented trumpet man who has been with Jackie McLean both in the Charlie Mingus Workshop group and in the “Messengers,” gets his first…
Prestige – PRLP 7064Rec. Date : August 17, 1956 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor Listening to Prestige : #184Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : March, 1957 On the scene as a pianist since the end of his Army service in 1944, thirty-three-year old William “Red” Garland is currently with the Miles Davis Quintet. In his…
