Prestige – PRLP 7074Rec. Date : September 7, 1956 Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Zoot SimsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Red Garland Listening to Prestige : #187Stream this Album Billboard : 04/27/1957Score of 83 A strong packaging idea well executed for what should prove a very good seller in all jazz shops. All four tenors…
Prestige – PRLP 7073Rec. Date : December 28, 1956 Bass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorFlute, Tenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #199Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 03/30/1957Score of 71 Line-up consists entirely of stars of the new generation, and value of this set will have…
Prestige – PRLP 7072Rec. Dates : January 8, 1954, April 12, 1954, September 29, 1954, January 28, 1955 Alto Sax, Tenor Sax : James MoodyBaritone Sax : Pee Wee MooreBass : John LathanDrums : Joe Harris, Clarence JohnsonPiano : Sadik Hakim, Jimmy BoydTrombone : William ShepherdTrumpet : Dave BurnsVocals : Eddie Jefferson Listening to Prestige : #103, #108, #122, #136Album is Not Streamable Liner Notes by Ira Gitler…
Prestige – PRLP 7071Rec. Dates : May 7, 1953, July 30, 1954 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Charlie Smith, Percy BricePercussion : Chico Guerrero, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto Listening to Prestige : #85, #116Album is Not Streamable Liner Notes by Ira Gitler Billy Taylor has, as Leonard Feather tells it in the Encyclopedia of Jazz, “won great respect among fellow musicians as…
Prestige – PRLP 7070Rec. Date : November 30, 1956 Piano : Tadd DameronTenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : John SimmonsDrums : Philly Joe Jones Listening to Prestige : #195Stream this Album Billboard : 03/09/1957Score of 72 The last time Dameron appeared on records was his Fontainebleau LP on Prestige, and it is good to hear him again, playing with the same sensitivity and intelligent…
Prestige – PRLP 7069Rec. Date : circa 1956 Moondog : MoondogTap Dance : Ray Malone“and others” Listening to Prestige : #200Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : March, 1957 As an individualist in a world of conformists, Moondog is often a lonely figure as he plods the street of Manhattan. With this second collection of the unexpected ways in…
Prestige – PRLP 7068Rec. Date : August 31, 1956 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Bill Hardman Listening to Prestige : #186Stream this Album Billboard : 02/23/1957Score of 76 Bill Hardman, a talented trumpet man who has been with Jackie McLean both in the Charlie Mingus Workshop group and in the “Messengers,” gets his first…
Prestige – PRLP 7067Rec. Dates : December, 1952, February 28, 1955 Piano : Hampton Hawes, Freddie ReddBass : Clarence Jones, John OreDrums : Lawrence Marable, Ron JeffersonVibes : Larry Bunker Listening to Prestige : #140Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler Undoubtedly the greatest of the modern pianists has been Bud Powell who despite illness has managed to cram into a relatively short period…
Prestige – PRLP 7064Rec. Date : August 17, 1956 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor Listening to Prestige : #184Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : March, 1957 On the scene as a pianist since the end of his Army service in 1944, thirty-three-year old William “Red” Garland is currently with the Miles Davis Quintet. In his…
Prestige – PRLP 7063Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, August 24, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelléAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Vinnie BurkeDrums : Edmond ThigpenFlute : Hal McKusickFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield Listening to Prestige : #183Stream this Album High Fidelity : March 1957 Gil Melle’s quartet, augmented by such visitors as Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Don…
