Sonny Rollins – Moving Out (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7058Rec. Dates : August 18, 1954, October 25, 1954 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Tommy Potter, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Art TaylorPiano : Elmo Hope, Thelonious MonkTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #118, #123Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler When the title Movin’ Out is applied to this album, it bears no reference to leaving one

Modern Jazz Quartet – Django (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7057Rec. Dates : June 25, 1953, December 23, 1954, January 9, 1955 Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis Listening to Prestige : #89, #130, #135Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 85 One of the two MJQ re-issue packages available this month, both of which have been remastered and regrouped on 12-inch

Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7055Rec. Dates: June 11, 1953, September 15, 1953 Trumpet : Clifford Brown, Idress Sulieman, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Gigi Gryce, Arne DomnerusBaritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Lars GullinBass : Percy Heath, Gunnar JohnsonClarinet : Arne DomnerusDrums : Philly Joe Jones, Jack NorenPiano : Tadd Dameron, Bengt HallbergTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrombone : Herb Mullins, Ake Persson Listening to Prestige : #88, #92Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler

Miles Davis – Blue Haze (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7054Rec. Dates : May 19, 1953, March 15, 1954, April 3, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver Listening to Prestige: #86, #106, #107Stream this Album Billboard : 10/13/1956Score of 77 Re-mastering by Rudy Van Gelder of some choice sides by Miles Davis and his Quartet

Thelonious Monk – Monk (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7053Rec. Dates : November 13, 1953, May 11, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Percy Heath, Curly RussellDrums : Willie Jones, Art BlakeyFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Frank FosterTrumpet : Ray Copeland Listening to Prestige: #97, #109Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler November 13, 1953 was a Friday. At WOR Studios preparations were being made for the

Miles Davis – Collectors’ Items (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7044Rec. Dates : January 30, 1953, March 16, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul Chambers, Percy HeathDrums : Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Walter BishopTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker Listening to Prestige : #79, #166Stream this Album Pittsburgh Courier : 12/15/1956Harold L. Keith : 4 stars This is one of those things where one is hard pressed

Miles Davis / Milt Jackson – Quintet / Sextet (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7034Rec. Date : August 5, 1955 Trumpet : Miles DavisVibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Percy HeathDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Ray Bryant Listening to Prestige : #151Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 83 Davis – and his featured soloists, Jackie McLean and Milt Jackson – cover quite a variety of material here to produce an exceptionally interesting and musically

Art Farmer Septet – Plays the Arrangements and Compositions of Gigi Gryce and Quincy Jones (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7031Rec. Dates : July 2, 1953, June 7, 1954 Trumpet : Art FarmerAlto Sax : Oscar EstellArranger : Quincy Jones, Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Danny BankBass : Monk Montgomery, Percy HeathDrums : Sonny Johnson, Kenny ClarkePiano : Quincy Jones, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Clifford Solomon, Charlie RouseTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Listening to Prestige : #91, #112Stream this Album Billboard : 06/09/1956Score of 76 This

Sonny Rollins – With the Modern Jazz Quartet (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7029Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951, October 7, 1953 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy HeathDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Miles Davis, Kenny Drew, John LewisVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #39, #55, #94Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler Sonny Rollins is rapidly becoming one of the important reed voices of the modern

Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Trio (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7027Rec. Dates : October 15, 1952, December 18, 1952, September 22, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Gerry Mapp, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Max Roach Listening to Prestige : #69, #73, #121Stream this Album Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 70 The material presented here is that which was previously available on Prestige’s 10-inch LP 142 – plus two items released