Savoy – MG 12096Rec. Date : January 15, 1957Stream this Album (YT Only) Trumpet : Harold “Shorty” Baker, Emmett Berry, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Charlie ShaversArranger/Director : Ernie WilkinsBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonPiano : Don Abney Billboard : 05/13/1957Score of 82 A follow-up to Top Brass (MG 12044) featuring trumpets and rhythm. Wealth of solo…
Prestige – PRLP 7145Rec. Date : August 29, 1958 Arranger : Jerry ValentineAlto Sax : Jerome RichardsonBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Jerome RichardsonDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Tiny GrimesPiano : Ray BryantTenor Sax : Jimmy ForrestTrombone : Buster CooperTrumpet : Art Farmer, Idrees Sulieman Listening to Prestige : #283Stream this Album …
Prestige – PRLP 7144Rec. Date : July 18, 1958 Guitar : Tiny GrimesTrombone : J.C. HigginbothamBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Ray BryantTenor Sax : Lockjaw Davis Listening to Prestige : #280Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : January, 1959 The clarion call of a J. C. Higginbotham chorus was one of the…
Savoy – MG-12021Rec. Date : July 26, 1955Album is Not Streamable Cornet : Nat AdderleyBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Kenny ClarkeFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Hank JonesTenor Sax : Jerome Richardson Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, FL)Robert E. (Bob) Dickey : 10/30/1955 Julian, Nat Blow Up A Storm The fine music of the two brightest…
Prestige – PRLP 7124Rec. Dates : March 12 & 21, 1957 Flute : Bobby Jaspar, Herbie MannBass : Doug Watkins, Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonGuitar : Joe PumaPiano : Tommy FlanaganVibes : Eddie Costa Listening to Prestige : #215 & #216Stream this Album Billboard : 03/31/1958Three stars A swinging set that showcases two of today’s top jazz…
Savoy – MG-12075Rec. Date : March 21, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Ronnie BallBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Kenny ClarkeTenor Sax : Ted BrownTrombone : Willie Dennis Cornwall Daily-Standard (Cornwall, ON)Hal Lee : 01/05/1957 London’s Savoy series is coming up with some of the smoothest combo music anyone could wish to listen to and…
Prestige – PRLP 7117Rec. Dates : February 25, 1957, March 22, 1957 Drums : Art TaylorAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Wendell Marshall, Paul ChambersPiano : Ray Bryant, Red GarlandTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse, John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #211Stream this Album Billboard : 12/30/1957Score of 77 An assemblage of ‘hard-swingers’ under the leadership of drummer Art Taylor – D. Byrd, J. McLean, C. Rouse, R. Bryant etc.…
Blue Note – BLP 4005Rec. Date : 11/09/1958 Drums : Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesBass : Wendell MarshallBongos/Congas : Sabú Martinez, Ray Barretto, Conguito Vincente, Victor Gonzales, Julio MartinezMaracas : Andy DelannoyPiano : Ray BryantTimbales : Fred PaganiTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : July 5, 2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 08/20/1959John A. Tynan : 2.5 stars Well now… For the benefit of…
Blue Note – BLP 4004Rec. Date : 11/09/1958 Drums : Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesBass : Wendell MarshallBongos/Congas : Sabú Martinez, Ray Barretto, Conguito Vincente, Victor Gonzales, Julio MartinezMaracas : Andy DelannoyPiano : Ray BryantTimbales : Fred PaganiTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : July 4, 2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 07/04/1959Jazz Pick of the Week Take three jazz drummers (Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor),…
Prestige – PRLP 7101Rec. Date : March 21, 1957 Flute, Tenor Sax : Herbie Mann, Bobby JasparBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonGuitar : Joe PumaPiano : Tommy Flanagan Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album Miami HeraldFred Sherman : 12/01/1957 Flute Soufflé with Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar and rhythm from Joe Puma, guitar; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Bobby Donaldson, drums, and Wendell Marhsall, bass. Four tracks; two compositions…
