Dawn – DLP-1102Rec. Dates : January 11, 1956, January 18, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Milt HintonDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : John WilliamsValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 04/07/1956Score of 77 Full disks by this tenor sax star are fairly rare, and this excellent sampling of his romping art should find a good, ready…
Pacific – PJ-1201Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, December 14, 1954Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Chico Hamilton, Larry BunkerPiano : Gerry Mulligan, Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/07/1955Score of 81 In December, 1954, Mulligan temporarily disbanded his quartet. Two of the last concerts before doing so…
Riverside – RLP 12-228Rec. Date : December 13, 1956, December 18, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsAlto Sax : Zoot SimsArranger : George HandyBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : George HandyTrumpet : Nick Travis Billboard : 04/13/1957Score of 72 Sims is all over the disk scene these days, and some caution should be exercised with this…
Prestige – PRLP 7074Rec. Date : September 7, 1956 Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Zoot SimsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Red Garland Listening to Prestige : #187Stream this Album Billboard : 04/27/1957Score of 83 A strong packaging idea well executed for what should prove a very good seller in all jazz shops. All four tenors…
Prestige – PRLP 7056Rec. Dates : September 29, 1954, January 28, 1955, August 24, 1955, December 12, 1955 Tenor Sax, Alto Sax : James MoodyBaritone Sax : Pee Wee MooreBass : John LathanDrums : Clarence JohnsonPiano : Jimmy BoydTrombone : William ShepherdTrumpet : Dave BurnsVocals : Eddie Jefferson Listening to Prestige : #122, #136, #152, #160Album is Not Streamable Liner Notes by Ira Gitler James Moody‘s…
Prestige – PRLP 7033Rec. Date : January 13, 1956 Trumpet : Jon EardleyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George SyranTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrombone : Milt Gold Listening to Prestige : #162Stream this Album Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 79 Jon Eardley‘s “Seven” frame the trumpeter in familiar company: Zoot Sims, his present colleague in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, and…
Prestige – PRLP 7026Rec. Dates : September 16, 1950, August 14, 1951 Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Curly Russell, Clyde LombardiDrums : Don Lamond, Art BlakeyPiano : John Lewis, Harry Biss Listening to Prestige : #34, #47Album is Not Streamable San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 10/14/1956 … A remastering of two sessions played in the early 50s, which together exemplify the turn-around which…
Prestige – PRLP 7025Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, February 19, 1953 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Leonard GaskinDrums : Roy Haynes, Kenny ClarkePiano : John LewisTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot SimsTrombone : Bennie Green, Sonny Truitt Listening to Prestige: #39, #80Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956Score of 76 The trumpet king of the “cool” era is heard here in several sound-enhanced sessions…
Prestige – PRLP 7022Rec. Dates : April 8, 1949, September 8, 1952 Baritone Sax : Stan GetzBass : Gene Ramey, Percy HeathDrums : Charlie Perry, Art BlakeyPiano : George Wallington, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims, Stan GetzTrombone : Kai Winding Listening to Prestige : #6Stream this Album Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 74 Title derives from fact that most of…
Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums : Stan Levey, Don Lamond, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art BlakeyGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Al Haig, Tony Aless, Sal Mosca, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax…
