Atlantic LP – 1469Rec. Date : June 20, 1966Stream this Album Drums : Shelly ManneAlto Sax : Frank StrozierBass : Monty BudwigPiano : Russ FreemanTrumpet : Conte Candoli Billboard : 11/19/1966 Rack up one more for Shelly Manne. Two of the six numbers written by alto sax man Frank Strozier, demonstrate the varied talent of Shelley’s supporting artists. They are Idle One, slow…
Pacific – PJ-1232Rec. Date : November 6, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Russ FreemanTrumpet : Chet BakerBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly Manne Army TimesTom Scanlan : 01/18/1958 Moving now to more modern jazz, specifically Quartet: Russ Freeman and Chet Baker, the thought occurs that the award-winning Baker is probably a better trumpet player than people like myself – raised on greater…
Pacific – PJ-1221Rec. Date : February 9, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Bill PerkinsAlto Sax : Bud ShankBaritone Sax : Jack NimitzBass : Red MitchellBass Clarinet : Jack NimitzDrums : Mel LewisPiano : Russ FreemanTrombone : Carl FontanaTrumpet : Stu WilliamsonValve Trombone : Stu Williamson Army TimesTom Scanlan : 12/22/1956 Bill Perkins is not one of the most famous tenor sax men in…
Jazz: West – JWLP-10Rec. Date : August 6, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Russ FreemanTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Billboard : 01/05/1957Score of 80 The sound of Pepper‘s alto has been badly misses the last few years. He is active now again on the West Coast and in very good form, if…
Intro – ILP-606Rec. Dates : December 28, 1956, January 14, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Ben TuckerDrums : Chuck FloresPiano : Russ Freeman Washington PostPaul Sampson : 06/09/1957 On the strength of his many recent recordings, Art Pepper is moving back into the ranks of the very best alto saxophonists. Although he plays with exemplary imagination and…
Pacific – PJ-1203Rec. Date : May 9, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBass : Carson SmithDrums : Bob NeelPiano : Russ Freeman Billboard : 01/21/1956Score of 79 This was taped from a concert session at the University of Michigan in 1954, which accounts for the unusually “live” atmosphere of the proceedings. The boys were blowing for an appreciative…
