Tag Archives: 10” LP

The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall

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In December 1953, “Debut” label released “Jazz at Massey Hall”, album by The Quintet. It was recorded in May 1953, at “Massey Hall” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Charles Mingus. The album was released as two 10” LP’s.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Gillespie – vocal, trumpet
  • Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Charles Mingus – double bass
  • Max Roach – drums

Track listing:

Vol. 1 (Debut DLP-2)

  1. Perdido – Juan Tizol
  2. Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
  3. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern / 52nd Street Theme – Thelonious Monk

Vol. 3 (Debut DLP-4)

  1. Wee (Allen’s Alley) – Denzil Best
  2. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  3. A Night in Tunisia – Gillespie, Frank Paparelli

Vol. 2 consists of the trio recordings of Powell, Mingus and Roach from the same date: all but “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, and one track by Billy Taylor with Mingus and Roach from a later date.

J.J. Johnson: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2

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In November 1954, “Blue Note” label released “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2”, the tenth J. J. Johnson album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion, and was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Sabu Martinez – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.

  1. Jay
  2. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. Old Devil Moon – E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
  4. Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting
  5. It’s You or No One – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  6. Coffee Pot

Thelonious MonkQuartet featuring Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk Quartet

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In November 1954, “Prestige” label released “Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet”, album by Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring Sonny Rollins (the seventh Thelonious Monk album). It was recorded in October 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Potter – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Way You Look Tonight (As The Way You Blow Tonight) – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
  2. I Want to Be Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  3. More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays

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In October 1954, “Prestige” label released “Thelonious Monk Plays (with Percy Heath and Art Blakey)”, the sixth Thelonious Monk album. It was recorded in September 1954, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey. It was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Work
  2. Nutty
  3. Blue Monk
  4. Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Vol.2

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In October 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Miles Davis Vol. 2”, the fifth Miles Davis album (released as 10” LP). It was recorded in April 1953, at “WOR Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Tempus Fugit – Bud Powell
  2. Enigma – Jay Jay Johnson
  3. Ray’s Idea – Ray Brown
  4. Kelo – Jay Jay Johnson
  5. I Wanted for You – Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie
  6. C.T.A. – Jimmy Heath

Oscar Pettiford: Basically Duke

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In December 1954, “Bethlehem” label released “Basically Duke”, the fifth Oscar Pettiford album. It was recorded in December 1954, in New York City. “Basically Duke” was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Pettiford – bass, cello
  • Earl Knight – piano
  • Osie Johnson- drums
  • Dave Schildkraut – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Tom Dowd – engineer
  • Shirely Hoskins Collins – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Oscar Pettiford, except where noted.

  1. Jack the Bear – Duke Ellington
  2. Tamalpais
  3. Swing Until the Girls Come Home
  4. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
  5. Chuckles – Clark Terry
  6. Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon

Horace Silver: Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

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In October 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers”, a repackage of 1955 10” LPs by Horace Silver. It was recorded December 1954 – February 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver, except where noted.

Originally released on 10″ LP “Horace Silver Quintet, Volume 3” 

  1. Room 608
  2. Creepin’ In
  3. Stop Time

Originally released on 10″ LP “Horace Silver Quintet Vol. 4”

  1. To Whom It May Concern
  2. Hippy
  3. The Preacher
  4. Hankerin’ – Hank Mobley
  5. Doodlin’