Riverside – RLP 12-229Rec. Dates : February 27, 1957, March 7, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Wade Legge Billboard : 07/15/1957Score of 79 Issue coincides with similar release on Columbia. An essentially boppish package that is better than most of its kind. Imaginative solo performances, integration…
Prestige – PRLP 7045Rec. Dates : March 2, 1956, June 8, 1956 Vocals : Earl ColemanAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallDrums : Shadow Wilson, Wilbert HoganPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #164, #174Album is Not Streamable Cashbox : 10/13/1956 Earl Coleman is a vocalist, who, in the late 1940’s, created a stir, but was sidelined because of…
Blue Note – BLP 1555Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Drums : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Art Taylor, Charles “Specs” WrightBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Herbie MannPercussion: “Sabú” Martinez, Carlos “Patato” Valdés, José Valiente, Ubaldo Nieto, Evelio QuinteroPiano : Ray BryantVocals : Art Blakey, “Sabú” Martinez Strictlyheadies : 03/05/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/28/1957Score of 77 A percussion set that leans to the primitive. Generally explosive and exciting,…
Blue Note – BLP 1554Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Drums : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Art Taylor, Charles “Specs” WrightBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Herbie MannPercussion: “Sabú” Martinez, Carlos “Patato” Valdés, José Valiente, Ubaldo Nieto, Evelio QunteroPiano : Ray BryantVocals : Art Blakey, “Sabú” Martinez Strictlyheadies : 03/04/2019Stream this Album Audio : August, 1957Charles A. Robertson An exuberant drummer who chafes under the restrictions of the ordinary…
