Prestige – PRLP 7021Rec. Date : October 4, 1955 Piano : Elmo HopeBass : John OreDrums : Art TaylorTenor Sax : Frank FosterTrumpet : Lee Freeman Listening to Prestige : #154Album is Not Streamable Down Beat : 09/05/1956Nat Hentoff : 3.5 stars On Hope Meets Foster, Basie tenorman Frank Foster blows with pianist Elmo Hope, bassist John Ore, drummer Arthur Taylor, and on three numbers, trumpeter Lee…
Prestige – PRLP 7020Rec. Date : December 2, 1955 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Ray Bryant Listening to Prestige : #159Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1956Score of 76 Some facets of Rollins‘ work have never been brought out adequately until this issue. There are subtleties and depths in his hard swinging jazz tenor that…
Prestige – PRLP 7019Rec. Date : circa summer 1955 Piano : Sanford Gold Listening to Prestige : #148Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 67 In the few recordings on which Sanford Gold has been heard so far, he was in the company of some highly stimulating modern instrumentalists, and contributed some fine piano work along Bud Powell…
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…
Prestige – PRLP 7017Rec. Dates : October 21, 1955 Trumpet : Art FarmerAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Duke Jordan Listening to Prestige : #155Stream this Album Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 77 A concert of mostly Gigi Gryce compositions that again spotlight the Farmer-Gryce fivesome as one of the more intriguing modern groups. Gryce experiments boldly with…
Prestige – PRLP 7016Rec. Dates : November 2, 1953, December 29, 1953 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Charlie Smith Listening to Prestige : #95, #100Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 78 This is the second 12-inch set of reissued Taylor sides from Prestige, all of which have been brightened in the remastering. Cover also is similar to…
Prestige – PRLP 7015Rec. Dates : November 18, 1952, December 10, 1952, November 2, 1953 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Charlie Smith Listening to Prestige : #71, #95Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 76 Some earlier Taylors have been sound-enhanced and remastered on 12-inch. New cover will also give this a new lease on life, as will…
Prestige – PRLP 7014Rec. Date : November 16, 1955 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #157Stream this Album Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 80 Two members of Davis‘, “new” quintet – drummer Philly Joe Jones and pianist Red Garland – were heard with him in the LP, Musing With Miles (Prestige 7007). Here…
Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums : Stan Levey, Don Lamond, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art BlakeyGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Al Haig, Tony Aless, Sal Mosca, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax…
Prestige – PRLP 7012Rec. Date : October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Tommy PotterDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Listening to Prestige : #51Stream this Album Billboard : 02/04/1956Score of 75 Some rewarding, sometimes dazzling post-bop jazz featuring three musicians musicians – Davis, Rollins and drummer Art Blakey. Set has drawbacks, including some drum-heavy…
