Genre: Jazz
The “Long Playing” album as the new standard format for jazz productions had only recently been established, when many artists and record companies were already making use of the extended possibilities of the LP for concept albums. A prime example is "Miles Ahead" by Miles Davis and Gil Evans, a predecessor of sorts to several large orchestral collaborations by these masters that finally and firmly established Miles as a jazz star.
Art Blakey gathered a group of extraordinary percussionists for his "Orgy in Rhythm" and Charles Mingus musicalized his impressions of Mexico as "Tijuana Moods".
One of the most active musicians in 1957 was the tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who was swinging as a sideman with Max Roach in 3/4 time, recorded several fantastic solo albums, such as "The Sound of Sonny", and, last but not least, excelled alongside Thelonious Monk on "Brilliant Corners".
Pianist John Lewis, the musical head of the Modern Jazz Quartet, continued to explore the chamber music possibilities of Modern Jazz.
All Star Meetings and Blowing Sessions flourished: Monk met Gerry Mulligan, who in turn met Stan Getz. John Coltrane came into the spotlight with "Blue Train" and performed hot saxophone duets with Johnny Griffin and Hank Mobley.
On the West Coast, Chet Baker and Art Pepper proved that not everything had to be cool on the turntable with their albums; an easy task, with a rhythm sections as fiery as theirs.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but the Jazz year 1957 clearly showed, who would become the most important jazz greats of the time.
Tracklist:
CD 1
■ MILES DAVIS
MILES AHEAD
1. Springsville (John Carisi) 3.25
2. The Maids of Cadiz (Léo Delibes) 3.57
3. The Duke (Dave Brubeck) 3.33
4. My Ship (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) 4.27
5. Miles Ahead (Miles Davis, Gil Evans) 3.32
6. Blues for Pablo (Gil Evans) 5.22
7. New Rhumba (Ahmad Jamal) 4.37
8. The Meaning of the Blues 2.50
(Bobby Troup, Leah Worth)
9. Lament (J.J. Johnson) 3.02
10. Don't Wanna Be Kissed 6.51
(By Anyone but You) (Harold Spina,
Jack Elliot)
Miles Davis (flugelhorn) Bernie Glow, Ernie
Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi
(tp) Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland,
Joe Bennett (tb) Tom Mitchell (b-tb)
Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jim Buffington
(french horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Lee Konitz
(as) Danny Bank (b-cl) Romeo Penque,
Sid Cooper (fl, b-cl) Wynton Kelly (p)
Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (drs)
Gil Evans (arranger and conductor)
Recorded in NYC on May 6, 10, 23, 27 & August 22,
1957
■ HANK MOBLEY
HANK MOBLEY QUINTET
11. Funk in Deep Freeze (Hank Mobley) 6.51
12. Wham and They're Off 7.42
(Hank Mobley)
13. Fin de l'affaire (Hank Mobley) 6.40
14. Startin' from Scratch 6.41
(Hank Mobley)
15. Stella-Wise (Hank Mobley) 7.18
16. Base on Balls (Hank Mobley) 7.33
Hank Mobley (ts) Art Farmer (tp)
Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b)
Art Blakey (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
N.J. on March 8, 1957
Total Time 79.55
CD 2
■ JOHN COLTRANE
BLUE TRAIN
1. Blue Train (John Coltrane) 10.42
2. Moment's Notic (John Coltrane) 9.10
3. Locomotion (John Coltrane) 7.14
4. I'm Old Fashioned 7.58
(Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern)
5. Lazy Bird (John Coltrane) 7.06
John Coltrane (ts) Lee Morgan (tp)
Curtis Fuller (tb) Kenny Drew (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Philly Joe Jones (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
N.J. on September 15, 1957
■ GERRY MULLIGAN
MEETS STAN GETZ
6. Let's Fall in Love 6.29
(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
7. Anything Goes (Cole Porter) 3.37
8. Too Close for Comfort 6.58
(Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener,
George David Weiss)
9. That Old Feeling 5.57
(Sammy Fain, Lew Brown)
10. This Can't Be Love 8.47
(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
11. A Ballad (Gerry Mulligan) 5.43
Gerry Mulligan (brs: 9-11, ts: 6-8)
Stan Getz (ts: 9-11, brs: 6-8) Lou Levy (p)
Ray Brown (b) Stan Levey (drs)
Recorded in Los Angeles,
Californiaon October 12, 1957
Total Time 79.52
CD 3
■ SONNY ROLLINS
THE SOUND OF SONNY
1. The Last Time I Saw Paris 2.59
(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein)
2. Just in Time 3.59
(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
3. Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye) 4.24
(Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn,
Robert A. King)
4. What Is There to Say? 4.55
(Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg)
5. Dearly Beloved 3.05
(Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer)
6. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 3.24
(Cole Porter)
7. Cutie (Sonny Rollins) 5.54
8. It Could Happen to You 3.47
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
9. Mangoes (Dale Libbey, Sid Wayne) 5.34
Sonny Rollins (ts) Sonny Clark (p)
(tracks: 2 to 7, 9) Paul Chambers (b: 7)
Percy Heath (b: 1-6, 8, 9)
Roy Haynes (drs: 1-7, 9)
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studio, New York City
on June 11, 12 and 19, 1957
■ THELONIOUS MONK AND
GERRY MULLIGAN
MULLIGAN MEETS MONK
10. 'Round Midnight 8.29
(Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams,
Thelonious Monk)
11. Rhythm-A-Ning (Thelonious Monk) 5.20
12. Sweet and Lovely 7.17
(Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias)
13. Decidedly (Gerry Mulligan) 5.54
14. Straight, No Chaser 7.01
(Thelonious Monk)
15. I Mean You 6.54
(Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins)
Gerry Mulligan (brs) Thelonious Monk (p)
Wilbur Ware (b) Shadow Wilson (drs)
Recorded in NYC on August 12 and 13, 1957
Total Time 79.03
CD 4
■ CHARLES MINGUS
TIJUANA MOODS
1. Dizzy Moods (Charles Mingus) 5.51
2. Ysabel's Table Dance 10.28
(Charles Mingus)
3. Tijuana Gift Shop (Charles Mingus) 3.48
4. Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians) 10.22
5. Flamingo (Ted Grouya) 5.35
Charles Mingus (bass) Clarence Shaw (tp)
Jimmy Knepper (tb) Shafi Hadi (as, ts)
Bill Triglia (p) Dannie Richmond (drs)
Frankie Dunlop (perc)
Ysabel Morel (voc, castanets) Lonne Elder (voc)
Recorded on July 18 and August 6, 1957
■ MAX ROACH
JAZZ IN ¾ TIME
6. Blues Waltz (Max Roach) 6.35
7. Valse Hot (Sonny Rollins) 14.20
8. I'll Take Romance 4.32
(Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland)
9. Little Folks (Max Roach) 5.36
10. Lover (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) 5.35
11. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 7.05
(Hart, Rodgers)
Max Roach (drs) Kenny Dorham (tp)
Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Bryant (p: 11)
Bill Wallace (p: 6-10) George Morrow (b)
Recorded in New York City on September 19, 1956
and in Hollywood, California on March 18, 20
and 21, 1957
Total Time 79.55
CD 5
■ JOHN LEWIS
THE JOHN LEWIS PIANO
1. Harlequin (John Lewis) 5.14
2. Little Girl Blue 4.30
(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
3. The Bad and the Beautiful 4.17
(David Raksin)
4. D and E (John Lewis) 4.18
5. It Never Entered My Mind 3.38
(Rodgers, Hart)
6. Warmeland (Traditional) 4.43
7. Two Lyric Pieces: 6.14
a) Pierrot, b) Colombine (John Lewis)
John Lewis (p) Jim Hall (git: 7)
Barry Galbraith (git: 3, 5 & 6)
Percy Heath (b: 2 & 4)
Connie Kay (drs: 1, 2 & 4)
Recorded in NYC and the Music Inn in Lenox,
MA on July 30, 1956, February 21 and
August 24, 1957
■ THELONIOUS MONK
BRILLIANT CORNERS
8. Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) 7.44
9. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are 13.07
(Thelonious Monk)
10. Pannonica (Thelonious Monk) 8.50
11. I Surrender, Dear (Harry Barris) 5.27
12. Bemsha Swing (Denzil Best, Monk) 7.41
Thelonious Monk (p, celesta)
Clark Terry (tp: 12)
Sonny Rollins (ts: 8 to 10, 12)
Ernie Henry (as: 8 to 10)
Oscar Pettiford (b: 8 to 10)
Paul Chambers (b: 12)
Max Roach (drs: 8 to 10, 12)
Recorded in NYC on October 9, October 15,
and December 7, 1956
Total Time 76.01
CD 6
■ JAY JAY JOHNSON
BLUE TROMBONE
1. Hello, Young Lovers 5.24
(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
2. Kev (J.J. Johnson) 8.43
3. What's New 4.48
(Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
4. Blue Trombone 9.20
(J.J. Johnson)
5. Gone with the Wind 5.35
(Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson)
6. 100 Proof (J.J. Johnson) 7.23
J.J. Johnson (tb) Tommy Flanagan (p: 1-7)
Paul Chambers (b: 1-6) Wilbur Little (b: 7)
Max Roach (drs: 1-6) Elvin Jones (drs: 7)
Recorded in NYC on April 26, 1957
■ KENNY BURRELL
ALL NIGHT LONG
7. All Night Long (Kenny Burrell) 17.12
8. Boo-Lu (Hank Mobley) 6.48
9. Flickers (Mal Waldron) 6.14
10. Li'l Hankie (Hank Mobley) 8.24
Kenny Burrell (git) Donald Byrd (tp)
Hank Mobley (ts) Jerome Richardson (ts, fl)
Mal Waldron (p) Doug Watkins (b)
Art Taylor (drs)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
New Jersey on December 28, 1956
Total Time 79.56
CD 7
■ CHET BAKER & ART PEPPER
PLAYBOYS
1. For Minors Only (Jimmy Heath) 4.00
2. Minor-Yours (Art Pepper) 6.14
3. Resonant Emotions (Jimmy Heath) 5.41
4. Tynan Tyme (Art Pepper) 5.31
5. Picture of Heath (Jimmy Heath) 6.43
6. For Miles and Miles (Jimmy Heath) 6.23
7. C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath) 5.10
Chet Baker (tp) Art Pepper (as)
Phil Urso (ts) Carl Perkins (p)
Curtis Counce (b) Lawrence Marable (drs)
Recorded in Los Angeles on October 31, 1956
■ ART BLAKEY
ORGY IN RHYTHM
8. Buhaina Chant (Art Blakey) 10.28
9. Ya Ya (A. Blakey) 7.04
10. Toffi (A. Blakey) 12.18
11. Split Skins (A. Blakey) 8.53
Art Blakey, Art Taylor (drs) Herbie Mann (fl)
Ray Bryant (p) Wendell Marshall (b)
Jo Jones, 'Specs' Wright (Drs, timpani)
Sabu (bongos, timbales) 'Potato' Valdez,
Jose Valiente (congas) Evilio Quintero (perc)
Ubaldo Nieto (timbales)
Recorded in NYC live on March 7, 1957
Total Time 79.10
CD 8
■ BEN WEBSTER
SOULVILLE
1. Soulville (Ben Webster) 8.08
2. Late Date (Webster) 7.17
3. Time on My Hands 4.20
(Adamson, Gordon, Youmans)
4. Lover Come Back to Me 8.30
(Hammerstein II, Romberg)
5. Where Are You (Pollack, Davis) 4.43
6. Makin' Whoopee (Kahn, Donaldson) 4.34
7. I‘ll Wind (Arlen, Koehler) 3.32
Ben Webster (ts) Herb Ellis (git)
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b)
Stan Levey (drs)
Recorded in Los Angeles on October 15, 1957
■ YUSEF LATEEF
JAZZ MOOD
8. Metaphor (Yusef Lateef) 8.08
9. Yusef's Mood (Lateef) 8.36
10. The Beginning (Lateef) 4.13
11. Morning (Lateef) 10.38
12. Blues in Space (Lateef) 7.07
Yusef Lateef (ts, fl) Curtis Fuller (tb)
Hugh Lawson (p) Doug Watkins (b)
Louis Hayes (dr)
Recorded April 9, 1957
Total Time 79.52
CD 9
■ JOHNNY GRIFFIN
A BLOWIN' SESSION
1. The Way You Look Tonight 9.43
(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
2. Ball Bearing (Johnny Griffin) 8.14
3. All the Things You Are 10.17
(Kern, Oscar Hammerstein)
4. Smoke Stack (Griffin) 10.17
Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley,
John Coltrane (ts)
Lee Morgan (tp) Wynton Kelly (p)
Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (dr)
Recorded on April 6, 1957 at the Van Gelder
Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
■ ART TAYLOR
TAYLOR'S WAILERS
5. Batland (Lee Sears) 9.51
6. C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath) 4.44
7. Exhibit A (Sears) 6.15
8. Cubano Chant (Ray Bryant) 6.36
9. Off Minor (Thelonious Monk) 5.39
10. Well You Needn't (Thelonious Monk) 7.58
Art Taylor (drs) Donald Byrd (tp: 5, 7-10)
Jackie McLean (as: 5, 7-10)
Charlie Rouse (ts: 5, 7-10) John Coltrane (ts: 6)
Ray Bryant (p: 5, 7-10) Red Garland (p: 6)
Wendell Marshall (b: 5, 7-10)
Paul Chambers (b: 6)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack,
N.J. on February 25, 1957 (5, 7-10) and
March 22, 1957 (6)
Total Time 79.41
CD 10
■ ART PEPPER
MEETS THE RHYTHM SECTION
1. You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To 5.27
(Cole Porter)
2. Red Pepper Blues 3.41
(Art Pepper, Red Garland)
3. Imagination 5.56
(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
4. Waltz Me Blues 2.59
(Art Pepper, Paul Chambers)
5. Straight Life (Art Pepper) 4.02
6. Jazz Me Blues (Tom Delaney) 4.48
7. Tin Tin Deo (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) 7.47
8. Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) 5.16
9. Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie) 4.19
Art Pepper (as) Red Garland (p)
Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (drs)
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on January 19, 1957
Total Time 44.17