Atlantic – 1272Rec. Date : July 30, 1956, February 21 & August 24, 1957Stream this Album Piano : John LewisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jim Hall Billboard : 03/24/1958 The subtle, imaginative and penetrating work of John Lewis on piano in this new set makes it a standout disk…
Riverside – RLP 445 / 9445Rec. Dates : July 16 & 17, 1962Stream this Album Piano : Bill EvansBass : Percy HeathDrums : Philly Joe JonesGuitar : Jim HallTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 09/07/1963 This is one of the best examples of improvisation on record. Most often…
Riverside – RLP 12-320Rec. Dates : 01/26 & 01/28/1960Stream this Album Guitar : Wes MontgomeryBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathPiano : Tommy Flanagan American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : August, 1960 Yes, it is an incredible jazz guitar, but in a technical rather than a musical sense. He can do many things on a guitar that others cannot…
Prestige – PRLP 196Rec. Dates : December 24, 1954 Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious MonkVibes : Milt Jackson Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, FL)Bob Dickey : 06/19/1955“Frog” Horn Did you ever hear someone talk with a froglike tone and find yourself wanting to help…
Norgran – MGN-1017Rec. Dates : December 16, 1954, January 11 & 12, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : Percy Heath, Lloyd TrotmanDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey Billboard : 04/02/1955 The title aptly describes Bud Powell, who is a prime influence among progressive musicians, and whose disks have a substantial-enough hard-core market.…
Riverside – RLP 12-286Rec. Date : 10/28/1958Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Percy HeathDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Wynton KellyVibes : Milt Jackson Boston GlobeRalph J. Gleason : 03/25/1959 Today you can with considerable safety order any LP that has Cannonball Adderley on it and be sure it’s a valuable jazz album. And when you have Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Art…
Riverside – RLP 433 / 9433Rec. Dates : January 27, 1961, February 21, 1961, March 13, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayPiano : Bill Evans Billboard : 12/08/1962Spotlight Album of the Week Cannonball steps out of his usual sextet format for this date. Bill Evans is on piano and Connie Kay and Percy Heath from the Modern Jazz Quartet are…
Contemporary – M3569Rec. Dates : January 16, 1959, February 23, 1959, March 9 & 10, 1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Ornette ColemanBass : Percy Heath, Red MitchellDrums : Shelly ManneTrumpet, Pocket Trumpet : Don Cherry Billboard : 11/16/1959Three stars Ornette Coleman, hailed by some critics as an important new jazz artist and derided by others as much less important,…
Columbia – CL 935Rec. Dates : July 24, 1956, July 25, 1956, July 27, 1956 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBass : Percy Heath, Wilbur LittleDrums : Elvin JonesFlute : Bobby JasparPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Bobby Jaspar Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 83 Johnson, after several years’ experimentation in trombone sonorities…
Atlantic – 1269Rec. Dates : January 5, 1957, January 7, 1957Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Connie Kay, Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky Thompson, Frank FosterTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Joe Newman American Record GuideMartin Williamson : February, 1958 Many of the “modern” jazz musicians are…
