Bud Powell – Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume Four (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1598Rec. Date : May 25, 1958 Piano : Bud PowellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Philly Joe Jones Strictlyheadies : 05/18/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/01/1958Three stars The “amazing” Bud Powell is still one of the best of the hard-playing pianists. This set features him in a series of ballads, swingers and Latin-temp themes with Sam Jones on bass and Philly

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights, Volume Two (1961)

Blue Note – BLP 1597Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/18/1961 This second deck, like the first, is a compilation of some jam sessions indulged in by several Blue Note regulars with guitarist Burrell at

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights, Volume One (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1596Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/16/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson As the nominal leader on this informal session, Kenny Burrell lives up to the designation, taking full charge and setting the

Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1595Rec. Date : March 9, 1958 Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Miles Davis Strictlyheadies : 05/15/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson An adjective “best” or “most” to quality a jazz album in connection with a time period of a year or so now is

Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1543Rec. Date : March 12, 1956, May 29, 1956, May 30, 1956 Guitar – Kenny BurrellBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, Sam JonesCongas : CándidoDrums : Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Arthur EdgehillPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Frank Foster, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 02/20/2019Album is Not Streamable Audio : July, 1957Charles A. Robertson The second collection featuring Kenny Burrell is a most

Kenny Dorham – ‘Round About Midnight At The Café Bohemia (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1524Rec. Date : May 31, 1956 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Sam JonesDrums : Arthur EdgehillGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : J.R. Monterose Strictlyheadies : 02/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 77 Dorham, original trumpet man in the Jazz Messenger group, is framed here with a group of up-and-coming but as yet not over-recorded