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 :…
Blue Note – BLP 1541Rec. Date : December 2, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Kenny RodgersBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 76 Morgan, one of the most promising of trumpet moderns, in another fine set of performances. Aided…
Blue Note – BLP 1577Rec. Date : September 15, 1957 Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Kenny DrewTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 04/15/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/27/1958Special Merit Jazz Album A provocative item in the hard, modern idiom, most notable for tenorist Coltrane’s arresting solo continuity. Obviously moved by vibrant,…
Blue Note – BLP 1540Rec. Date : November 25, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan Billboard 03/30/1957Score of 77 Still another of the Silver-Mobley-Byrd collections, but this time with the lesser-accepted Mobley name on top. However, there are…
Blue Note – BLP 1534Rec. Date : September 21, 1956 Bass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 02/11/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/26/1957Score of 77 This is only the second LP which Chambers has been the “headliner,” but his work on bass on so many albums in…
Blue Note – BLP 1523Rec. Dates : May 29, 1956, May 30, 1956 Stream this Album Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Paul ChambersCongas : CándidoDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Tommy Flanagan Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 76 This is another of those Blue Note “firsts” that should become valuable inventory in time. Burrell is certainly one…
Blue Note – BLP 1506Rec. Dates : June 22, 1953, September 24, 1954, June 6, 1955 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBaritone Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy Heath, Charles Mingus, Paul ChambersDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Wynton Kelly, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy Heath, Hank MobleyTrumpet : Clifford Brown Billboard :…
