Annotations Of The Muses by Johnny Richards, released on Roost Records in 1955.

From the back cover: There has been much talk in recent years about the close relastionship between jazz and what is usually called classical music (or sometimes "serious music", as if jazz musicians were kidding). They're coming closer and closer together, this talk usually goes. It's getting so you can't tell where one leaves off and the other begins, somebody says – wistfully, as if it where sinful or something to be ashamed of. And then somebody else – me, if I'm part of this familiar conversation – asks what all the sad words are about; why such viewing with alarm; why the dissatisfaction; it's music, isn't it?

– Barry Ulanov, Down Beat columnist, former editor of Metronome, author of A History of Jazz in America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ9iZ3MKWII&list=RDwQ9iZ3MKWII&start_radio=1

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Rex Stewart Plays Duke Ellington & Illinois Jacquet And His All Stars Play Uptown Jazz by Rex Stewart / Illinois Jacquet And His All Stars, released in 1955 on Grand Award.

Rex William Stewart Jr. (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967)[1] was an American jazz cornetist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004)[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.[2] He is also known as one of the writers of the jazz standard "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoSNZ7v28O0&list=PLtjEOFqXg-ES7WDNBk4kE_94JQJqIo4-p&index=1

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The Mundell Lowe Quartet by The Mundell Lowe Quartet, released on Riverside in 1955.

At AllMusic, Scott Yanow gave the album four stars and said, "Most of this set is essentially straight ahead bebop with guitarist Mundell Lowe heard in top form".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_OH1cbjRaM&list=OLAK5uy_lKypCL1tvWH5kqS56ih2UcxI9ZRkE3INw&index=1

#mundelllowe #bebop #guitarjazz #riversiderecords #1955inmusic

Annotations Of The Muses by Johnny Richards released on Legends in 1955.

Johnny Richards (born Juan Manuel Cascales, November 2, 1911 – October 7, 1968) was an American jazz arranger and composer scoring numerous sound tracks for television and film. He was a pivotal composer/arranger for cutting edge, adventurous performances and recording sessions by Stan Kenton's big band in the 1950s and early 1960s; such as Cuban Fire!, Kenton's West Side Story and Adventures in Time.

His own debut LP was the adventurous three-part third stream piece "Annotations of the Muses,"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GraGqheg4A

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Flutes & Reeds is an album by American jazz saxophonist/composer/arranger Ernie Wilkins and saxophonist/flautist Frank Wess featuring performances recorded in 1955 and first released on the Savoy label.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNH-fWnzF8Q&list=PLzddq4cluMn8jnUjWEcOlkkk3IlVfMPcF&index=1

#erniewilkins #flutejazz #modernjazz #50sjazz #frankwess #1955inmusic