Tag: Osie Johnson
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Session at Riverside, 1957 on Capitol
Follow up (of sorts) to 1956’s “Session at Midnight” recorded in Hollywood – this one recorded at the Riverside Plaza ballroom in New York. A dozen top jazzmen join forces in a free-and-easy session that swings solidly all the way Bill Coss (liner notes) Players include Coleman Hawkins, Jerry Jerome, Earl Warren, Charlie Shavers, Dave…
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Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve
Ray Brown, This is Ray Brown, 1958 on Verve My copy is an 80s Japanese pressing by Polydor K.K., part of the Original Verve Jazz Classics series. Includes Oscar Peterson (playing organ rather than piano on some tracks), Herb Ellis, and Osie Johnson plus Jerome Richardson on flute My favorite bassist in any genre Via…