Prestige – PRLP 7046Rec. Date : June 15, 1956 Alto Sax : Phil Woods, Gene QuillBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy FlanaganTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #174Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 80 The “pairs” here are two trumpets (Kenny Dorham and Donald Byrd) and two altos (Phil Woods and Gene Quill). Rhythm is provided by Tommy…
Prestige – PRLP 7033Rec. Date : January 13, 1956 Trumpet : Jon EardleyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George SyranTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrombone : Milt Gold Listening to Prestige : #162Stream this Album Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 79 Jon Eardley‘s “Seven” frame the trumpeter in familiar company: Zoot Sims, his present colleague in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, and…
Prestige – PRLP 7032Rec. Date : January 20, 1956 Piano : George WallingtonAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #163Stream this Album Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 80 Wallington continues to improve as a pianist, and here, in company with some of the brighter young virtuosi, he delivers his most salable set…
Prestige – PRLP 7018Rec. Date : November 25, 1955 Alto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : John Williams Listening to Prestige : #158Stream this Album Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 76 Get Happy, one of the more impressive bands in this set, could very well have served as the title of this LP, for that seems…
