Riverside – RLP 12-201Rec. Date : July 21, 1955, July 27, 1955Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Kenny Clarke Billboard : 12/31/1955Score of 73 The diskery has hit on the all-Ellington gimmick as a method of introducing this pioneer pianist, acknowledged as a prime inventor of the idiom, to a wilder audience than he…
Prestige – PRLP 7075Rec. Date : November 13, 1953, September 22, 1954, October 25, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Tommy PotterDrums : Willie Jones, Art Blakey, Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius Watkins Listening to Prestige : #97, #121, #123Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 76 Both of these names have more market appeal today than they did…
Prestige – PRLP 7058Rec. Dates : August 18, 1954, October 25, 1954 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Tommy Potter, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Art TaylorPiano : Elmo Hope, Thelonious MonkTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #118, #123Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler When the title Movin’ Out is applied to this album, it bears no reference to leaving one…
Prestige – PRLP 7053Rec. Dates : November 13, 1953, May 11, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Percy Heath, Curly RussellDrums : Willie Jones, Art BlakeyFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Frank FosterTrumpet : Ray Copeland Listening to Prestige: #97, #109Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler November 13, 1953 was a Friday. At WOR Studios preparations were being made for the…
Prestige – PRLP 7027Rec. Dates : October 15, 1952, December 18, 1952, September 22, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Gerry Mapp, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Max Roach Listening to Prestige : #69, #73, #121Stream this Album Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 70 The material presented here is that which was previously available on Prestige’s 10-inch LP 142 – plus two items released…
Blue Note – BLP 1558Rec. Date : April 14, 1957 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 03/13/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/28/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Rollins‘ second Blue Note LP is another essential volume for the modernist collector trade. Supporting names to help sales along include those…
Blue Note – BLP 1511Rec. Dates : October 15, 1947, October 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 23, 1951, May 30, 1952 Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Danny Quebec West, Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : Eugene Ramey, Robert Paige, Al McKibbon, Nelson BoydDrums : Art Blakey, Max RoachTenor Sax : Billy Smith, Lucky ThompsonTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman, George Taitt, Kenny DorhamVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 01/19/2019Stream this Album Liner Notes…
Blue Note – BLP 1510Rec. Dates : October 15, 1947, October 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 2, 1948 Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Danny Quebec West, Sahib ShihabBass : Eugene Ramey, Robert Paige, John SimmonsDrums : Art Blakey, Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Billy SmithTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman, George TaittVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 01/18/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 06/02/1956Score of 72 A collection of Monk recordings made…
Blue Note – BLP 1509Rec. Dates : July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, April 7, 1952 Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : John Simmons, Al McKibbon, Percy HeathDrums : Shadow Wilson, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious Monk, John Lewis Strictlyheadies : 01/17/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/12/1956Score of 76 Basically, this is a re-mastering of a 10-inch LP (BLP 5011), adding…
