Cannonball Adderley Quintet – In San Francisco (1959)

Riverside – RLP 12-311Rec. Dates : 10/18 & 10/20/1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Bobby Timmons   Billboard : 12/28/1959 Cannonball and company generate a lot of live excitement on this “on location” assignment. The set was cut at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, with Adderley introducing the numbers. The

Donald Byrd – Off to the Races (1959)

Blue Note – BLP 4007Rec. Date : December 21, 1958 Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : July 08, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/30/1959Three Stars This is Donald Byrd’s first waxing as a leader and his first for the label since his trip to Europe last

Clifford Jordan Quartet – Night of the Mark VII (1976)

Muse – MR 5076Rec. Date : March 26, 1975Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Clifford JordanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Billy HigginsPiano : Cedar Walton Boston PhoenixBob Blumenthal : 04/13/1976 The perseverance of some musicians never ceases to amaze me. Clifford Jordan, who has been playing strong, rhythmically charged tenor for two decades, continues to garner nary a sliver of

Cannonball Adderley Quintet – At the Lighthouse (1960)

Riverside ‎- RLP 344 / 9344Rec. Date : October 16, 1960Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Victor Feldman Cashbox : 12/10/1960Jazz Pick of the Week Adderley returns to the West Coast, the scene of his first “live” LP triumph, for his third quintet outing for the label. The group

Paul Gonsalves – Gettin’ Together (1961)

Jazzland – JLP 36Rec. Date : December 20, 1960Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Paul GonsalvesBass : Sam JonesCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Jimmy CobbPiano : Wynton Kelly Down Beat : 06/22/1961John S. Wilson : 3 stars Like the long drum solos that Duke Ellington seems to think are a necessary part of his band’s performances, Gonsalves’ extended up-tempo solos have always struck

Johnny Griffin – The Little Giant (1959)

Riverside – RLP 12-304Rec. Dates : August 4 & 5, 1959Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Johnny GriffinBass : Sam JonesDrums : Albert HeathPiano : Wynton KellyTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Blue Mitchell Billboard : 12/07/1959Three stars Johnny Griffin’s strong blowing has won him a sizable following. In this set, his tenor sax leads a sextet in efforts which are also

Kenny Dorham – And the Jazz Prophets, Volume One (1956)

ABC-Paramount – ABC-122Rec. Date : April, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Sam JonesDrums : Arthur EdgehillPiano : Dick KatzTenor Sax : J.R. Monterose Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 73 Ex-jazz Messenger Dorham in his first disk with his new group. The idiom is rugged post-bop, like the Messengers, but Dorham’s trumpet is

Cannonball Adderley – African Waltz (1961)

Riverside – RLP 377 / 9377Rec. Dates : February 28, 1961, May 9, 1961, May 15, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball Adderley, George DorseyArranger : Ernie Wilkins, Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Arthur ClarkeBass : Sam JonesConductor : Ernie WilkinsDrums/Percussion : Charlie Persip, Louis Hayes, Michael Olatunji, Ray BarrettoFlute : George Dorsey, Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Nat Adderley, Ernie