To Swing or Not to Swing (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 3) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label which was recorded at sessions in 1955. “Guitarist Barney Kessel’s string of [More]
Please Send Me Someone to Love is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1969 and released on the Contemporary label. “On two days in 1969, pianist Phineas Newborn recorded enough [More]
Swingin’ the ’20s is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter’s Quartet with pianist Earl Hines, recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label. “Combining altoist Benny Carter with pianist Earl Hines in a quartet [More]
Ph.D. is an album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1989 and originally released on the Contemporary label. “Flugelhornist Art Farmer recorded quite a few records with tenor-saxophonist Clifford Jordan during the late [More]
Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper, recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label. “The CD reissue of this release, the third [More]
Portrait of Art Farmer is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label. It was recorded when Farmer was adjusting to moving from Horace Silver’s band, [More]
Blame It on My Youth is an album by Art Farmer’s Quintet recorded in New York in 1988 and originally released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Rеvіеw bу Sсоtt Yаnоw: Thіѕ іѕ оnе оf thе [More]
More Swinging Sounds is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne‘s group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label. Early releases of the album were labelled Vol 5, [More]
Harold in the Land of Jazz (also released as Grooveyard) is the debut album by saxophonist Harold Land recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the [More]
Teddy’s Ready! is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Contemporary label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated “”Edwards has [More]
