Journey Through The Penguin Jazz Guide

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Clark Terry - Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Seriously, he's so different from the Blue one.

As Senator McCarthy would never have said, Better Red than Fred.

 

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Paul Quinichette - On the Sunny Side (1957)

 

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Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (1963 - recorded 1957)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Y

Red Norvo - Music to Listen to Red Norvo By (1957)

Love the Vibes and Norvo's easy style. Still, odd cover art and the use of the preposition "by" at the end (though it may technically be grammatically acceptable) sounds weird to my ears

Hmm…so all of a sudden you’re the grammar police? I never heard you complain about this one before:

 

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Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)

 

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Just:
Red Garland Revisited

Now:
Johnny Griffin - A Blowing Session (1957)

 

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Conte Candoli Quartet (1957)

No not a lesser known Italian jazz combo; Indiana trumpeter Candoli played with Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Stan Kenton even with the Tonight Show band under Doc Severinson with a long career eventually retiring in the 1990s

 

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Marty Paich - The Picasso of Big-Band Jazz (1957)

 

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Paul Chambers Quartet - Bass on Top (1957)

 

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Bill Harris and Friends

Harris was an American trombonist

 

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Harris album above is #302 on the Penguin Guide list so woohoo, I've entered the next hundred

On the other hand, there's 1000 albums so my progression has been sloooowww.

And as we get into a prime late 50s-early 60s jazz, I do question again the latest guides decision to be more widespread with artists (like good old Bill Harris above who is a fine player but hardly essential) at the expense of multiple albums by important and esteemed artists. Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus and Village Vanguard set are here but not Way Out West. And where is Art Blakey's "Moanin'" IMO an essential album. And Mingus Dynasty and Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus but not Blues and Roots or Ah Um

Nonetheless, as we approach 2026, I soldier on...at this rate will finish in 2030

 

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Wayne Marsh Quartet - Music For Prancing (1957)

Real cool, daddio!

 

[Ojai Sam]

And as we get into a prime late 50s-early 60s jazz, I do question again the latest guides decision to be more widespread with artists (like good old Bill Harris above who is a fine player but hardly essential) at the expense of multiple albums by important and esteemed artists. Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus and Village Vanguard set are here but not Way Out West. And where is Art Blakey's "Moanin'" IMO an essential album. And Mingus Dynasty and Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus but not Blues and Roots or Ah Um

I guess it all depends on why you start a project like this. In absolute terms you are right, of course. Blakey's 20th best album is probably better than anything Bill Harris ever dreamed of. But I'm happy to be exposed to him rather than yet another superb Blakey record.

 

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Joe Albany - Right Combination (1957)

Been awhile - so some jazz today

This is bop pianist's debut as a leader.
Piano trio with Albany on piano, Bob Whitlock on bass (no, not Bobby Whitlock from Derek and the Dominos ) and Wayne Marsh on tenor

 

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Count Basie - The Complete Atomic Basie (recorded 1958)

This album was my first exposure to Mr. Basie when I picked up the CD of the "Complete Atomic" when released in 1994

 

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Sonny Rollins - A Night at the Village Vanguard (1958)

 

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Wilbur Ware Quintet - The Chicago Sound (1958)

 

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Jimmy Smith - Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise Vol 1 & 2 (1958)

 

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Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)