Modern Jazz Quartet – Fontessa (1956)

Atlantic – 1231Rec. Dates : January 22, 1956, February 14, 1956Stream this Album Bass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayPiano : John LewisVibes : Milt Jackson Billboard : 04/28/1956Spotlight on… selection Atlantic has put its best feet forward by issuing this disk concurrently with the Chris Connor set. Both figure to hit pay dirt right quick, and they’ll draw attention to

Miles Davis – Bags Groove (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7109Rec. Dates : June 29, 1954, December 24, 1954See additional notes about 12/24/1954 here: PRLP 7150, PRLP 7650 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #114, #131Stream this Album Billboard : 12/16/1957Score of 80 Remastered, converted sessions cut in 1954, also including previously unissued

Miles Davis – And the Modern Jazz Giants (1969)

Prestige – PRLP 7650Rec. Dates : December 24, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious MonkVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #131Album is Not StreamableCompilation of tracks from PRLP 7109 & PRLP 7150 Liner Notes by Martin WilliamsMarch 1969 The Bags’ Groove – Man I Love date, all of it, collected on a single LP. Miles Davis, Milt

Miles Davis – And The Modern Jazz Giants (1959)

Prestige – PRLP 7150Rec. Dates : December 24, 1954, October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Paul ChambersDrums : Kenny Clarke, Philly Joe JonesPiano : Thelonious Monk, Red GarlandTenor Sax : John ColtraneVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #131, #191Stream this AlbumSee more about 12/24/1954: PRLP 7109, PRLP 7650 Billboard : 06/15/1959Jazz Spotlight Winner of the Week This album could easily

Sonny Rollins – The Sound of Sonny (1957)

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

Jimmy Heath – The Quota (1961)

Riverside – RLP 372 / 9372Rec. Dates : April 14, 1961, April 20, 1961Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsPiano : Cedar WaltonTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Philadelphia Daily NewsHarold Angel : 08/23/1961 The Heath brothers (Jimmy, Percy, Albert), comprising Philadelphia’s first family of jazz, have been reunited under Jimmy’s leadership on The Quota.

Art Farmer – When Farmer Met Gryce (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7085Rec. Dates : May 19, 1954, May 26, 1955 Alto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Percy Heath, Addison FarmerDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art TaylorPiano : Horace Silver, Freddie ReddTrumpet : Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #110Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler There have been brilliant solo pianists in jazz (even most of them have achieved more of an

Miles Davis All-Stars – Walkin’ (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7076Rec. Dates : April 3, 1954, April 29, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Davey SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : J.J. Johnson Listening to Prestige : #107Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Jazz Special Merit Album Walkin’, the elongated blues, has been Davis‘ best-known disk performance in the last few years,

Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins – Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7075Rec. Date : November 13, 1953, September 22, 1954, October 25, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Tommy PotterDrums : Willie Jones, Art Blakey, Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius Watkins Listening to Prestige : #97, #121, #123Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 76 Both of these names have more market appeal today than they did

Modern Jazz Quartet / Milt Jackson Quintet – MJQ (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7059Rec. Dates : December 22, 1952, June 16, 1954 Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Horace SilverTrumpet : Henry Boozier Listening to Prestige : #74, #113Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Album Cover of the Week Sometimes the simplest design is the most fetching, and this is an example of that principle. The repeated