Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage (1966)

Blue Note – BLP 4195Rec. Date : March 17, 1965 Piano : Herbie HancockBass : Ron CarterDrums : Tony WilliamsTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Strictlyheadies : 01/28/2021Stream this Album   Billboard : 03/12/1966Four Stars —– Billboard : 07/16/1966Why Worry, Sooner or Later Good Jazz Sells The people at Blue Note Records aren’t too concerned about how well one

Miles Davis – Miles Smiles (1967)

Columbia – CL 2601Rec. Dates : October 24 & 25, 1966Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Ron CarterDrums : Tony WilliamsPiano : Herbie HancockTenor Sax : Wayne Shorter Asbury Park PressDon Lass : 04/08/1967 Davis is best known for his singularly laconic, wistful manner of expressing himself on the trumpet, a style that is best portrayed when he uses

Joe Henderson – Power to the People (1970)

Milestone – MSP 9024Rec. Dates : May 23, 1969, May 29, 1969Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Joe HendersonBass/Elec. Bass : Ron CarterDrums : Jack DeJohnettePiano/Elec. Piano : Herbie HancockTrumpet : Mike Lawrence   Billboard : 02/14/1970Four Stars —– Cashbox : 02/14/1970Jazz Pick Joe Henderson has gained for himself a reputation as one of today’s foremost tenor sax players. Power to the

Joe Henderson – The Kicker (1968)

Milestone – MSP 9008Rec. Date : August 10, 1967Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Joe HendersonBass : Ron CarterDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Kenny BarronTrombone : Grachan MoncurTrumpet : Mike Lawrence Asbury Park PressDon Lass : 02/24/1968 Henderson is a young tenor saxophonist with ideas. He is an alumnus of the Horace Silver Quintet and his conception of jazz shows how deeply Silver and

Eric Dolphy – Far Cry (1962)

New Jazz – NJLP 8270Rec. Dates : December 21, 1960Stream this Album Alto Sax, Bass Clarinet, Flute : Eric DolphyBass : Ron CarterDrums : Roy HaynesPiano : Jaki ByardTrumpet : Booker Little Pittsburgh CourierH. Klein : 06/08/1963 Currently appearing at Pittsburgh’s Crawford Grill, the Eric Dolphy quintet is presenting an unusual array of sounds which have vaulted the group into the arena

Eric Dolphy – Out There (1961)

New Jazz ‎- NJLP 8252Rec. Date : 08/15/1960Stream this Album Alto Sax : Eric DolphyBass : George DuvivierBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyCello : Ron CarterClarinet : Eric DolphyDrums : Roy HaynesFlute : Eric Dolphy American Record GuideMartin Williams : January, 1962 With jazz moving technically into the areas of contemporary concert music and to atonality, Dolphy emerges as one of the

Gil Evans – Out of the Cool (1961)

Impulse! – A-4Rec. Dates : November 18, 1960, November 30, 1960, December 10, 1960, December 15, 1960Stream this Album Piano/Arranger/Conductor : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Eddie CaineBass : Ron CarterBass Trombone : Tony StuddBassoon : Bob TricaricoFlute/Piccolo : Eddie Caine, Bob TricaricoGuitar : Ray CrawfordPercussion : Charlie Persip, Elvin JonesSoprano Sax : Budd JohnsonTenor Sax : Budd JohnsonTrombone : Keg Johnson, Jimmy KnepperTrumpet : John Coles, Phil

Kai Winding – The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones (1961)

Impulse! – A-3Rec. Dates : November 17, 1960, November 21, 1960, November 23, 1960, December 13, 1960Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Tenor Trombone : Kai Winding, Ephie Resnick, Johnny Mesner, Jimmy KnepperBass Trombone : Paul Faulise, Tony Studd, Dick LiebBass : Bob Cranshaw, Ron CarterConga Drums : Michael OlatunjiDrums : Al Beldini, Sticks EvansMellophone : Ray StarlingPiano : Ross Tompkins, Bill Evans Cedar Rapids GazetteLes Zacheis : 07/23/1961

Yusef Lateef – The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960)

Riverside – RLP 325 / 1176Rec. Date : May 9, 1960Stream this Album Tenor Sax, Oboe, Flute : Yusef LateefBass : Herman WrightCeleste : Hugh LawsonCello : Ron CarterDrums : Lex HumphriesPiano : Hugh Lawson Miami HeraldFred Sherman : 01/22/1961 The big talent of Yusef Lateef is spotlighted in Riverside’s Three Faces, titled that way because the album salutes his work on tenor,