Verve – MGV-8218Rec. Date : September 13, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : Ray BrownDrums : Osie Johnson High FidelityJohn S. Wilson : May, 1958 One side of firmly played, neatly stacked piano solos by Powell is offset by a side marked by sloppy recording and sloppy performances. Powell’s full talent flashes…
Verve – MGV-8212Rec. Dates : November 2, 1955, October 16, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy Rich, Stan LeveyGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson, John Lewis Cashbox : 02/01/1958 Three of jazzdoms foremost trumpeters unite their sounds to issue a disk loaded with…
Verve – MGV-8211Rec. Dates : March 5 & 29, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Alvin StollerGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Oscar PetersonTenor Sax : Ben Webster American Record GuideMartin Williams : April, 1958 The previous meeting of trumpeter Edison and tenor saxist Webster, Sweets (Clef MG-C717), produced what was…
RCA Victor – LJM-1009Rec. Dates : August 22 & December 22, 1947, December 29, 1948, April 14 & May 6 & July 6, 1949 Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Matthew McKay, Ray Orr, Benny Bailey, Lammar Wright, Willie Cook, Benny HarrisAlto Sax : John Brown, Howard Johnson, Ernie HenryBaritone…
Verve – MGV-8290Rec. Dates : February 27 & 28, 1958Stream this Album Bass : Ray BrownDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Herb EllisOrgan : Oscar PetersonPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 02/09/1959 Ray Brown, one of the Oscar Peterson Trio, one of the top bassists on today’s jazz scene, is the featured soloist on this attractive new jazz set. It…
Contemporary – C3530Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Ray BrownDrums : Shelly Manne Audio Charles A. Robertson : October, 1957 In this recording made at 3 a.m. during a trip West last March, Sonny Rollins is heard out of his customary context of a Max Roach…
Norgran – MGN 1054Rec. Date : August 4, 1952 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungPiano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownDrums : J.C. HeardGuitar : Barney Kessel Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 72 Another re-issue on 12-inch $3.98 vinyl of two complete previously listed 10-inch LPs. The President, of course, is tenor saxman Lester…
Norgran – MGN 1043Rec. Date : November 1, 1955 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungTrumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy RichGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 72 Lester (Pres) Young is less than a ghost of his once great self in this spotty set. Poor…
Verve – MGV-8206Rec. Dates : March 7, 1957, March 12, 1957Stream this Album Violin : Stuff SmithBass : Ray BrownDrums : Alvin StollerGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Oscar Peterson A nice article about Stuff Smith’s violin, “Big Red,” from the June 2018 issue of Strings Magazine. Billboard : 08/05/1957Score of 70 An appealing slice of the jazz violin work that Smith has long been…
Verve – MGV-8024Rec. Date : August 8, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownGuitar : Herb Ellis Billboard : 07/08/1957Score of 81 One of the best Peterson sets in a long while, with the buoyant pianist framed by Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar in “concert.” A loose, relaxed feeling pervades, with subtle ensemble changes giving way to…
