Verve – MGV-8214Rec. Date : 04/17/1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy GillespieViolin : Stuff SmithDrums : J.C. HeardPiano : Wynton KellyBass : Paul WestVocals : The Gordon Family Cashbox : 11/23/1957 Two jazz notables blend their talents and make beautiful music together. Gillespie’s slick trumpet and Smith’s catchy violin are accompanied by two of…
Verve – MGV-8218Rec. Date : September 13, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : Ray BrownDrums : Osie Johnson High FidelityJohn S. Wilson : May, 1958 One side of firmly played, neatly stacked piano solos by Powell is offset by a side marked by sloppy recording and sloppy performances. Powell’s full talent flashes…
Verve – MGV-8209Rec. Date : May 12, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Peter IndDrums : Shadow WilsonPiano : Sal MoscaTrumpet : Don Ferrara Billboard : 03/03/1958 Small group modern jazz of the cohesive, thoughtful brand, most memorable for rare “unit” feeling: flow in ensemble, interplay between the horns. Altoist Konitz,…
Verve – MGV-8213Rec. Date : December 16, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Gunnar JohnsonDrums : Anders BurmanPiano : Bengt Hallberg Cashbox : 01/18/1958 The top flight tenor saxist is heard on eight sessions recorded in Stockholm. Getz is heard receiving the most able assistance of foreign musicians Gunnar Johnson on…
Verve – MGV-8212Rec. Dates : November 2, 1955, October 16, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy Rich, Stan LeveyGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson, John Lewis Cashbox : 02/01/1958 Three of jazzdoms foremost trumpeters unite their sounds to issue a disk loaded with…
Verve – MGV-8211Rec. Dates : March 5 & 29, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Alvin StollerGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Oscar PetersonTenor Sax : Ben Webster American Record GuideMartin Williams : April, 1958 The previous meeting of trumpeter Edison and tenor saxist Webster, Sweets (Clef MG-C717), produced what was…
Verve – V6-8633Rec. Dates : June 24, August 13, September 17 & 22, 1965Stream this Album Piano : Wynton KellyGuitar : Wes MontgomeryBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Jimmy Cobb Cashbox : 12/18/1965 The Wynton Kelly Trio, with the leader on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums, along with outstanding jazz…
Verve – V-8693Rec. Dates : March 21 & 30, 1967Stream this Album Alto Sax : Stan GetzBass : Ron CarterDrums : Grady TatePiano : Chick Corea Cashbox : 07/29/1967Jazz Pick Tenor saxist Stan Getz performs five smooth, glistening jazz sessions. The numbers include the title track Sweet Rain, Litha, O Grande Amor, Con Alma, and Windows. Getz receives the…
Verve – MGV-8205Rec. Date : January 13, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungBass : Gene RameyDrums : Jo JonesPiano : Teddy Wilson Additional Background Reading on Lester Young and his place in Jazz History: The Parent Style – April, 1949 Lester Young interview – February, 1959 The Jazz Panorama – April, 1959…
Verve – MGV-8290Rec. Dates : February 27 & 28, 1958Stream this Album Bass : Ray BrownDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Herb EllisOrgan : Oscar PetersonPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 02/09/1959 Ray Brown, one of the Oscar Peterson Trio, one of the top bassists on today’s jazz scene, is the featured soloist on this attractive new jazz set. It…
