RCA Victor – LPM-1509Rec. Dates : March 21 & 27, April 10, 1957 Stream this Album Trumpet/Vocals : Red AllenBass : Lloyd TrotmanClarinet : Buster BaileyDrums : Cozy ColeGuitar : Everett BarksdalePiano : Marty NapoleonTenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsTrombone : J.C. Higginbotham High FidelityJohn S. Wilson : November, 1957 The unjustified neglect in current…
RCA Victor – LPM-1451Rec. Dates : December 24 & 26, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jack MontroseVibes : Red NorvoAlto Sax : Joe MainiBass : Buddy Clark, Max BennettDrums : Bill Dolney, Shelly ManneGuitar : Jim Hall Cashbox : 07/20/1957 The highlight of the first Victor effort for composer-artist (tenor sax) Montrose is…
RCA Victor – LPM-1282Rec. Date : January 23 & 24, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Zoot SimsBass : Milt HintonDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Dave McKenna, Hank JonesTrumpet : Dick Sherman Billboard : 09/02/1957Score of 80 Ability of tenorists Cohn and Sims to keep their improvisations vital and fresh lend musical…
RCA Victor – LPM 1326Rec. Date : July 2, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet/Flugelhorn : Shorty RogersBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Ralph PenaClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Larry BunkerPiano : Lou LevyTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre Cashbox : 03/09/1957 The jazz of Shorty Rogers and His Giants is employed in this Victor issue in…
RCA Victor – LSP-3835Rec. Dates : April 18-20, 1967Stream this Album Vibes : Gary BurtonBass : Steve SwallowDrums : Roy HaynesGuitar : Larry Coryell Billboard : 08/26/1967Special Merit Pick Burton is earning himself a niche in the arena and rightfully so. He and his men are closing the gap between jazz and rock, and he is a name…
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…
RCA Victor – LSP / LPM 2569Rec. Dates : November 5, 10, 12, 14, 25, 1963 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Gene Cherico, Gene WrightDrums : Connie KayGuitar : Jim Hall Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 12/07/1963 Desmond, long the key soloist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is…
RCA Victor – LSP-3867Rec. Dates : New York, January 9, 10, 1967Stream this Album Arranger/Conductor : Jimmy JonesAlto Sax : Johnny HodgesBaritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Milt Hinton, Aaron Bell, Joe BenjaminCornet : Ray NanceDrums : Gus Johnson, Rufus Jones, Oliver JacksonGuitar : Tiny Grimes, Les Spann, Billy ButlerPiano : Hank Jones, Nat Pierce, Jimmy JonesTenor Sax : Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy HamiltonTrombone : Buster Cooper, Lawrence Brown, Benny PowellTrumpet : Cat Anderson, Roy EldridgeVibes : Bill Berry…
RCA Victor – LSP-2624Rec. Dates : June 26, 1962, July 3, 1962, August 13, 1962Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : John Beal, Joe Benjamin, Wendell MarshallDrums : Connie Kay, Mel Lewis Billboard : 11/10/1962Jazz Spotlight Album Modern jazz listeners should welcome this one with open arms. It spotlights two of the most eloquent witty and…
RCA Victor – LPM-1423Rec. Date : October 5, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : George DuvivierDrums : Art Taylor Army TimesTom Scanlan : 04/06/1957 Liner notes by Leonard Feather claim that Powell is “the most respected and most imitated pianist alive.” Whether this is true or not, it is certainly true that Powell has influenced innumerable young pianists.…
