Blues A-Plenty is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Verve label - Wikipedia

Bink Figgins On Allmusic:

If you're putting on a Johnny Hodges record, you likely know what you're hoping to hear; that Johnny Hodges sound; the cry and the wail and the strut. And here, he is in full command, effortlessly swinging in a laid-back, whiskey-soaked haze, surrounded by giants like Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Billy Strayhorn and Jimmy Woode...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sruKEckwR_4&list=PLkP5lX8SHpvBKYkU6f3qBadefkK-9c96k&index=1

#JohnnyHodges #RoyEldridge #VicDickenson #BenWebster #BillyStrayhorn #JimmyWoode #SamWoodyard #Jazz #Music #DukeEllington #VerveRecords #Swing #Blues

Ended the week and started the first weekend of the year after a ride on which I saw my first kingfisher of the year with Tranquility an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's Quartet recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic states "crafted with startling precision and economy, Tranquility extols the virtues of mood and shape with Talmudic zeal, towering astride thought and expression. ...Rarely is music so profoundly cerebral also so deeply heartfelt" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy3UK-HdUBc&list=PLRyNJMEq0OwL59Qa8JOsAM_mGYdQecEaV&index=1

#LeeKonitz #Jazz #Music #VerveRecords #BillyBauer #HenryGrimes #DaveBailey #AltoSax

Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March 1964 by Verve Records. The album features the vocals of Astrud Gilberto on two tracks, "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") and "Corcovado". The artwork was done by artist Olga Albizu.

JazzTimes declared it, "essential for all serious jazz collections...served as proof that it is possible for music to be both artistically and commercially successful...this relatively sparse setting with the great Getz perfectly fit the music, resulting in a true gem." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TKOh0zsvU&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmTNMLhNtX7JfiWQt8Y0k4ko&index=1

#StanGetz #JaoGilberto #AntonioCarlosJobim #BossaNova #Jazz #VerveRecords #Music #OlgaAlbizu #AstrudGilberto #TheGirlfromIpanema

Organ Grinder Swing is a 1965 studio album by Jimmy Smith. It marked a return to the trio ensemble that Smith used on the Blue Note recordings earlier in his career.

AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated:

This outing is a throwback to Smith's Blue Note sets (which had concluded two years earlier) and gives the organist the opportunity to stretch out on three blues and three standards. This release shows that, even with all of his commercial success during the period, Smith was always a masterful jazz player. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEKZszYU-V8&list=OLAK5uy_kuvYFsDodlGJeVJ116jdJgPkeSLGYSbz0&index=4

#jimmysmith #jazzorgan #jazz #KennyBurrell #GradyTate #VerveRecords

The Trio (alternatively titled The Trio: Live From Chicago) is a 1961 live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded at the London House jazz club in Chicago, during a period in which the pianist "was generally in peak form."[2]

Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: The Sound of the Trio, Something Warm and Put On a Happy Face. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUj139N6-mc&list=PLfJndz0utgOOlCupnCWFup0wkfVmG3BXt&index=5

#OscarPeterson #jazzpiano #jazzpianotrio #RayBrown #EdThigpen #jazz #LondonHouse #VerveRecords

Christmas '64 is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Smith's only album of Christmas music, it was reissued as Christmas Cookin' in 1966.

A review on AllMusic said that "Compared to most Christmas albums, this is plenty groovy, with lots of Smith's trademark dexterity and bop runs on offer."[1] An AllMusic review of the reissued Christmas Cookin', by Scott Yanow said that "...even if nothing all that unusual occurs, the performances can serve as high-quality background music during the Christmas season". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YfLCKmKKSs&list=PL5Pw4K_2QfkaL4mpOYMUNGD001TqG1LRe&index=1

#jimmysmith #jazzorgan #ververecords #KennyBurrell #xmas #jazz

J. J.'s Broadway is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J. J. Johnson recorded in 1963 for the Verve label.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow observed "This album has some good music, but it will be very difficult to find" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLld97h1aTE&list=OLAK5uy_lYybWssQakro93k7eLusimfTKV-pwpNyU

#jjjohnson #jazztrombone #broadwaytunes #ververecords #hankjones #chuckisraels #jazz

Time for 2 is a 1962 album by Anita O'Day and Cal Tjader.

Billboard magazine reviewed the album in their September 1, 1962, issue and wrote that "Tjader kicks in with some strong instrumental choruses and his combo accompanies in high style whether playing straight or Latin time". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80WDwH4lG6o&list=PLituwLXx652ZNQJVXbjC_dWKe9-JOLZ0d&index=1

#AnitaODay #CalTjader #vocaljazz #jazzvibraphone #VerveRecords #jazz

Blues A-Plenty is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Verve label.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sruKEckwR_4&list=PLkP5lX8SHpvBKYkU6f3qBadefkK-9c96k&index=1

#JohnnyHodges -#RoyEldridge #VicDickenson #BenWebster #BillyStrayhorn #JimmyWoode #SamWoodyard #jazz #ververecords

Spanish Grease is an album by jazz percussionist Willie Bobo recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.

The Allmusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album 4 stars stating "The timbales player and his band lay down respectable grooves, but "Spanish Grease" is the only original on the album, and by far the most rewarding number"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o34TbQOzhkU&list=RDo34TbQOzhkU&start_radio=1

#williebobo #ververecords #latinjazz #spanishgrease

Monster is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5pM1TLY5ZQ&list=RDs5pM1TLY5ZQ&start_radio=1

#jimmysmith #jazzorgan #olivernelson #goldfinger #KennyBurrell #jazz #ververecords #bigband

The Big Sound is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

The AllMusic review by Bob Rusch stated: "While it was not an Ellington record, the band brought its solid qualities in backing and the occasional solo to all the fine Hodges features. This was an integrated unit, not some detached studio band for Hodges to blow over, under, around, and through. It was wonderful Hodges and fine Ellington" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwEmnRv8BEQ&list=RDuwEmnRv8BEQ&start_radio=1

#johnnyhodges #dukeellington #ververecords #jazz #swing #bigband #billystrayhorn #paulgonsalves

Only the Blues is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt, accompanied by Roy Eldridge and Oscar Peterson.

Drew Fields wrote for Allmusic:

While the material is basically set up to let Stitt and Roy Eldridge trade off improvisations, when it is these two the result is energetic and totally worthwhile. Eldridge adds a great deal to the date, taking the music back (in feeling) a little bit to an earlier era. He also seems to push Stitt to keep his game at a high level, which he sometimes needed. Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown are their usual first-rate selves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGtwevQ_pY&list=PLkP5lX8SHpvCu1327asl4DIAdWX24anXh&index=1

#SonnyStitt #altosax #RoyEldridge #trumpet #OscarPeterson
#RayBrown #HerbEllis #StanLevey #jazz #hardbop #ververecords