Atlantic – 1232Rec. Dates : October 26, 1955, November 3, 1955, December 6, 1955, December 9, 1955, December 16, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Shorty Rogers, Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Don FagerquistAlto Sax : Bud ShankBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Ralph Peña, Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly ManneFlugelhorn : Shorty RogersFrench Horn : John GraasGuitar : Barney KesselTenor Sax : Jimmy GiuffrePiano…
Norgran – MGN 1032Rec. Date : August 15, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Lou LevyTrumpet : Conte Candoli Billboard : 10/15/1955Score of 81 Name power, talent and a display-worthy cover tag this as a leader. Getz and Manne are the big names, of course, tho Candoli too has a following. The new star, comparatively, is Levy, whose…
Norgran – MGN 1037Rec. Date : August 1, 1955Stream this Album Vibes: Lionel HamptonTenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Lou Levy Billboard : 12/31/1955Spotlight on… selection Differently oriented as Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz are in their basic approach to jazz, this first record session of theirs together is surprisingly successful. Hampton is the strong spirit of the…
Atlantic – 1223Rec. Date : May 11, 1955, May 12, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jack MontroseBaritone Sax : Bob GordonBass : Red MitchellDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Paul Moer Billboard : 11/26/1955Spotlight on… selection It takes an album like this to indicate the full extent of the loss to modern jazz in the recent death of Bob Gordon at 28.…
Atlantic – 1212Rec. Dates : March 1, 1955, March 3, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Shorty RogersBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Curtis CounceClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Pete JollyTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre Billboard : 07/16/1955Score of 82 This is Shorty Rogers first album for Atlantic – and the first in which he uses his own…
Contemporary – M3596 / S7596Rec. Dates : June 26, 1961Stream this Album Trumpet : Howard McGheeBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Phineas Newborn Audio Charles A. Robertson : February, 1962 Words of praise always greet the initial recording of a jazz veteran staging a comeback, but everything depends on what is said after the third or fourth time…
Prestige – PRLP 7078Rec. Dates : August 31, 1953, January 6, 1955 Vibes, Piano : Teddy CharlesDrums : Shelly ManneBass : Curtis Counce, Charles MingusTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Shorty Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91, #134Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 74 A representative, varied sampling of the West and East Coast recording activities of the adventurous vibist-writer, Teddy…
Prestige – PRLP 7028Rec. Dates : August 21, 1953, August 31, 1953 Vibes : Teddy CharlesBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Curtis CounceClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Teddy CharlesTenor Sax : Jimmy GiuffreTrumpet : Shorty “Jolly” Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 76 A re-issue of the material on the 10-inch…
Prestige – PRLP 7004Rec. Date : January 11, 1949, June 28, 1949, September 27, 1949, April 7, 1950 Alto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Arnold FishkinDrums : Shelly Manne, Denzil Best, Jeff MortonGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Sal Mosca, Lennie TristanoTenor Sax : Warne Marsh Listening to Prestige : #2, #12, #25Stream this Album The Virginian-PilotRobert C. Smith – 04/15/1956Re-recordings of Imperfect Jazz Recordings are Imperative for…
