Verve – MGV-8023Rec. Date : October 16, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Illinois JacquetBass : Ray BrownDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Jimmy JonesTrumpet : Roy Eldridge Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 74 Gusto galore here for the go-go fans, with a romping brand of swing that never lets down. Accompanied by some excellent sidemen: Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Jimmy Jones, piano; Ray…
Verve – MGV-8022Rec. Dates : November 21, 1956, November 23, 1956 Stream this Album Bass : Ray BrownAlto Sax : Jack Dulong, Herb GellerArranger, Conductor : Marty PaichBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Alvin Stoller, Mel LewisGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Jimmy RowlesTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre, Bill HolmanTrombone : Herbie HarperTrumpet…
Verve – MG V-4003Rec. Date : August 16, 1956 Stream this Album Vocals : Ella Fitzgerald, Louis ArmstrongTrumpet : Louis ArmstrongBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy RichGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson Cashbox : 11/03/1956 This package has already made a strong appearance on the charts. Little wonder. Two sturdy entertainers are coupled in…
Clef – MG C-708Rec. Date : December 27, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy RichGuitar : Herb Ellis Billboard : 05/19/1956Score of 80 Peterson salutes Basie, the composer, pianist and bandsman by building a program on numbers long associated with the band (e.g., Lester Leaps In and Easy…
Norgran – MGN 1016Rec. Dates : December 6 & 7, 1954 Stream this Album Clarinet : Buddy DeFrancoPiano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Bobby WhiteGuitar : Herb Ellis Billboard : 03/26/1955Score of 75 The flashy talents of clarinetist DeFranco and pianist Peterson jell neatly here in the well-arranged ork. setting. DeFranco has won…
Clef – MG C-641Rec. Date : October 29, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louie 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,…
Clef – MG C-642Rec. Date : April 13, 1954 Stream 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…
Clef – MG C-671Rec. Date : October 29, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louie 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…
