Buddy DeFranco / Oscar Peterson – Play George Gershwin (1955)

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Norgran – MGN 1016Rec. Dates : December 6 & 7, 1954Stream this Album Clarinet : Buddy DeFrancoPiano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownCello : George Neikrug, Kurt ReherDrums : Bobby WhiteFrench Horn : Dick PerissiGuitar : Herb EllisViola : Virginia Matewski, Louis KievmanViolin : Dan Lube, Saul Grant, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Eudice Shapiro, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Sam Caplan, Rickey Marino, Marshall SossonTrombone : Nick DiMaio, Murray McEachern, Dick Noel, Harry BettsWoodwinds : Marty Berman, Jack Dumont, Herman Gunkler, Jules Jacobs Billboard…

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Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie – Roy and Diz (1955)

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Clef – MG C-641Rec. Date : October 29, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louis BellsonGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar PetersonVocals : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie Billboard : 03/19/1955Score of 79 Roy and Diz playing together? Hard to believe, but true. These two great trumpet players, the outstanding stars of two different jazz eras, combine for…

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Lionel Hampton Quintet – Album #2 (1955)

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Clef – MG C-642Rec. Date : April 13, 1954Stream this Album Vibes : Lionel HamptonBass : Ray BrownClarinet : Buddy DeFrancoDrums : Buddy RichPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 03/12/1955Score of 80 It is hard to think of any recent album in which a group of instrumentalists sound so relaxed and at home with each other’s ideas as is the…

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Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie – Roy and Diz #2 (1955)

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Clef – MG C-671Rec. Date : October 29, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louis BellsonGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar PetersonVocals : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie Billboard : 11/26/1955Score of 80 The first Roy-Diz set set, provocative as it was, struck many as more of a “cutting contest” than a collaboration. While the…

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