Lookin’ Good! is the second and final album led by trumpeter Joe Gordon which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: Joe Gordon did not live long, [More]
Something for Lester is an album by American jazz bassist Ray Brown recorded in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This excellent trio session forms a sort of transition [More]
Man of Many Parts is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette recorded at sessions in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue of a Contemporary [More]
On the Road is an album by Art Farmer recorded in Los Angeles in 1976 and originally released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: On the Road features a logical but only [More]
Leroy Walks! is the debut album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1957 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: On this reissue CD of a Contemporary set (bassist [More]
The Fox is a 1960 album by Harold Land, originally released on the Hifijazz label and reissued by Contemporary in 1969 and on CD by Original Jazz Classics in 1991. The album features trumpeter Dupree [More]
Cables’ Vision is a studio album by jazz pianist George Cables, released in 1980 on Contemporary Records. It features legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, among others. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: One of the most satisfying [More]
The Green Leaves of Summer is an album by American jazz pianist Hampton Hawes recorded in 1964 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: Pianist Hampton Hawes’ first recording after serving [More]
The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Contemporary label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This [More]
The Three and The Two is an album by drummer Shelly Manne, also featuring multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Giuffre, pianist Russ Freeman, and trumpeter Shorty Rogers. It was recorded at two sessions in 1954, originally released separately [More]
