Prestige LP 7039

Gene Ammons – Hi Fidelity Jam Session (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7039Rec. Date : April 23, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Addison FarmerCongas : CandidoDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke JordanTrumpet : Art Farmer Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #169April 23, 1956 Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 81 Ammons’ tenor has not been conspicuous on

Prestige LP 7038

Sonny Rollins – Plus Four (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7038Rec. Date : March 22, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Richie PowellTrumpet : Clifford Brown Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #167March 22, 1956Full Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 08/25/1956Score of 80 Altho Rollins gets top billing here (for contractual reasons) this is

Tadd Dameron – Fontainebleau (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7037Rec. Date : March 9, 1956 Stream this Album Piano, Arranger : Tadd DameronAlto Sax – Sahib ShihabBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : John SimmonsDrums : Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Joe AlexanderTrombone : Henry CokerTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #165March 9, 1956 Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 78 Dameron,

Prestige LP 7036

James Moody – Wail Moody Wail (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7036Rec. Date : December 12, 1955 Stream this Album Tenor Sax, Alto Sax : James MoodyBaritone Sax : Pee Wee MooreBass : John LathanDrums : Clarence JohnstonPiano : Jimmy BoydTrombone : William ShepherdTrumpet : Dave Burns Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #160December 12, 1955 Billboard : 10/27/1956Score of 78 Set valiantly aims

Jackie McLean Quintet – Lights Out! (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7035Rec. Date : January 27, 1956 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Arthur TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Elmo Hope Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #163January 27, 1956 Billboard : 06/23/1956Score of 80 Interest is evenly divided here between the truly outstanding work of McLean on

Prestige LP 7034

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

Prestige – PRLP 7034Rec. Date : August 5, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisVibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Percy HeathDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Ray Bryant Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #151August 5, 1955 Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 83 Davis – and his featured soloists, Jackie McLean and Milt

Jon Eardley – Jon Eardley Seven (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7033Rec. Date : January 13, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Jon EardleyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George SyranTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrombone : Milt Gold Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #162January 13, 1956 Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 79 Jon Eardley’s “Seven” frame the trumpeter

George Wallington – Jazz for the Carriage Trade (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7032Rec. Date : January 20, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : George WallingtonAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald Byrd Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #163January 20, 1956 Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 80 Wallington continues to improve as a pianist, and here, in company with some

Prestige LP 7031

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

Prestige – PRLP 7031 Rec. Dates : July 2, 1953, June 7, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Art Farmer Alto Sax : Oscar Estell Arranger : Quincy Jones, Gigi Gryce Baritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Danny Bank Bass : Monk Montgomery, Percy Heath Drums : Sonny Johnson, Kenny Clarke Piano : Quincy Jones, Horace

Prestige LP 7030

Kai and Jay / Bennie Green – With Strings (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7030Rec. Dates : May 13, 1952, December 3, 1954 Stream this Album Trombone : Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson, Kai WindingBass : Tommy Potter, Peck MorrisonDrums : Osie Johnson, Al HarewoodPiano : John Malachi, Dick Katz Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #63May 13, 1952Listening to Prestige : #127December 3, 1954 Billboard : 07/28/1956Score