Tag: 1955
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Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Study in Brown, 1955 on EmArcy
Brown and Roach are joined by Harold Land (tenor), Richie Powell (piano), and George Morrow (bass). Recorded Feb 23rd and 25th of 1955. Fantastic album. My copy—via private sale—is the 2021 Acoustic Sounds Series reissue on 180g vinyl, supervised by Chad Kassem, cut by Ryan Smith, and pressed at Quality Record Pressing. As you’d expect,…
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Lee Hazlewood, 400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56, 2019 on Light in the Attic
Recorded in 1955 and 1956 but not released until 2019 by Light in the Attic, the second LP here includes a draft of what became Trouble is a Lonesome Town, Hazlewood’s debut album from 1963. Most know Hazlewood from his Nancy Sinatra collaborations which came from the mid-sixties, so interesting to get these earlier recordings.…
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Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan, 1955 on EmArcy
Later reissued as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, this was Vaughan’s second self-titled LP, and her second studio album. The band also includes Paul Quinichette on tenor sax, Roy Haynes on drums, Herbie Mann on flute, and Jimmy Jones on piano. It was originally recorded December 18th, 1954, and released in 1955. What a masterful…
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Herbie Nichols, The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Volumes 1 & 2, 1955 on Blue Note
This 2021 vinyl release in the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series was previously issued only in Japan in 1983 in this form. It combines two 1955 10″ releases onto a single LP with a gatefold cover reproducing the covers of the separate volumes. The band is Herbie Nichols on piano, Al McKibbon on bass, and…
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Gerry Mulligan, California Concerts, 1955 on Pacific Jazz
Collection of live recordings featuring the Gerry Mulligan Quartet on the A-Side and the Gerry Mulligan Sextet on the B-Side. The quartet here is with Jon Eardley, Red Mitchell, and Chico Hamilton; the sextet with Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, and Larry Bunker with Eardly and Mitchell. The A-side was recorded at Stockton High School in…
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, 1955 on Pacific Jazz
This was a compilation of tracks previously issued on three different 10″ records issued by Pacific Jazz in 1952 and 1953: PJ LP-1, PJ LP-2, and PJ LP-5. Besides Mulligan and Baker, the musicians include Larry Bunker or Chico Hamilton (drums) and Carson Smith or Bob Whitlock (bass). The cover painting is by Keith Finch,…
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Paris Concert, 1955 on World Pacific Records
Great find via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA. Recorded live at the Pleyel Hall June 1st, 1954, with the valve trombone of Bob Brookmeyer replacing Chet Baker’s trumpet, with Red Mitchell on bass and Frank Isola on drums. I especially love the sequence of Moonlight in Vermont followed by The Lady is a Tramp and…
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Coleman Hawkins, The “Hawk” Talks, 1955 on Decca.
Coleman Hawkins, The “Hawk” Talks, 1955 on Decca. First released on two 45 rpm 12″ EPs in 1953, then as an LP in 1955. Conducted and arranged by Danny Mendelsohn with Candido on percussion on three tracks and Sam Makia on Hawaiin steel guitar on two. Via a Mill No. 5 record fair
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Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy.
Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy. Emarcy is what you get when you pronounce MRC (Mercury Record Company). Arrangements by Quincy Jones, with Wynton Kelly, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Quinichette, Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Cobb, Keter Betts, and Cecil Payne. Great versions of My Old Flame, You Don’t Know What Love Is,…
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The Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet, 1955 on EmArcy.
The Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet, 1955 on EmArcy. Cover has white flocking where the old glossy cover delaminated, bit the record is in great shape. Mulligan on baritone sax, with Peck Morrison (bass), Dave Bailey (Drums), Zoot Simms (Tenor Sax), Bob Brookmeyer (Trombone), and Jon Eardley (Trumpet). This is just after…
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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia.
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Blue Light, 1955 on Columbia. Songs recorded in the 1930s, compiled in the 50s. In great shape for a 65+ year old LP – someone took good care of it before I found it.
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Sarah Vaughan, After Hours with Sarah Vaughan, 1955 on Columbia.
Sarah Vaughan, After Hours with Sarah Vaughan, 1955 on Columbia. Mono pressing on “six-eye” Columbia labels – Some time between 1956 and 1962. Recorded between 1949 and 1952. Beautiful version of “Black Coffee”
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Nat ‘King’ Cole, Penthouse Serenade, 1955 on Capitol.
Nat ‘King’ Cole, Penthouse Serenade, 1955 on Capitol. Originally a 10″ record released om 1952, then as an LP in 1955 with more tracks. My pressing is an early 60s one based on the “top logo” labels
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Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury.
Erroll Garner, Afternoon Of An Elf, 1955 on Mercury. Long-playing microgroove LP from the fifties. Garner cut these tunes with the index finger of his left hand in a splint!
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Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve
Billie Holiday, Music For Torching With Billie Holiday, 1955 on Clef, 1957 on Verve. Originally on Clef, then released on Verve (which absorbed Clef in 1956 – both were founded by Norman Grantz). My copy is actually a 1979 reissue by the Book of the Month Club, which had an audio offshoot for a time.…
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Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef.
Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum, Number Eleven, 1955 on Clef. The last in an 11 LP series on Clef from 1953-54. This copy is from the Verve reissues between 1958 and 1961 as it has the Verve trumpeter logo but uses MGV not V/V6 as catalog number In pretty good shape for a…
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Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia.
Erroll Garner, Gone Garner Gonest, 1955 on Columbia. My copy is a 1958 pressing with the six-eye red Columbia deep-groove label. Great rendition of Bewitched Via Mystery Train in Gloucester MA