More Music from the Soil is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label.
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a typically enjoyable and accessible early Ramsey Lewis Trio recording". - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7mSAmo7oc&list=RDUJ7mSAmo7oc&start_radio=1
Sound of Christmas is an album of Christmas music by the Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Christmas LPs chart. Lewis recorded a second seasonal album, More Sounds of Christmas, in 1964.
Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christmas jazz album that was originally quite popular... fun and melodic, if not all that unique" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-pbp70zWbI&list=RDo-pbp70zWbI&start_radio=1
Here and Now is an album by the Jazztet, led by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Benny Golson. It features performances recorded in 1962 and was originally released on the Mercury label
This was the Jazztet's first recording for Mercury after they moved from Argo, following A&R man Jack Tracy. The Jazztet's first three albums had stressed the compositions of one person, but this one had "a diverse program that included contributions by each of the primary soloists and an equal number of standards and jazz tunes from outside the band." - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gJbGagsLxQ&list=PLyHn3f7-9IUKaUEA21U486TeXrSvPN06R&index=1
Take a Number from 1 to 10 is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and originally released on the Argo label.
This was Golson's first recording as leader for Argo. The concept for the album was that of producer Kay Norton. The album begins with a track of solo saxophone by Golson, then adds one musician for each of the remaining tracks, finishing with ten performers on the final song.
The Allmusic review describes the album as "A gimmick record that transcends its novelty trappings [...] While the progressive sonic expansion is fascinating to behold, the small-group settings are no less impressive for their intimacy and nuance" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oqVXsXDa8w&list=OLAK5uy_n94qxZb-ILI2uScpysL1YA3as5X-rXfCw
Never on Sunday is an album by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label.
Scott Yanow of Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Pianist Ramsey Lewis, bassist Eldee Young, and drummer Red Holt had one of the most popular groups in jazz of the era, playing soulful and melodic versions of standards that were both swinging and accessible" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr3OKxh-S9M&list=RDTr3OKxh-S9M&start_radio=1
#ramseylewis #redholt #eldeeyoung #ArgoRecords #jazzpiano #jazzpianotrio #jazz #standards
Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring trio performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released on the Argo label.
This was the final recording of the Ahmad Jamal Trio featuring bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier. Several months after it was made, Crosby died of a heart attack.[3] Jamal did not record another new trio album for more than two years—another live album titled Naked City Theme.
In a 1963 review of the original LP, the Jazz Journal wrote, "Jamal has a beautiful light touch, delicate and tuneful. His playing is polished and rhythmic, and in a sparse kind of fashion he swings quite pleasantly. ... He gets strong support from the late Israel Crosby, a really great bassist, and Fournier, whose brush work is very admirable." - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM7dxysr9wE&list=PLpQixY2t3E1aDqMVBuQHZ9JGRUhk0rVvN&index=1
#AhmadJamal #jazzpiano #jazzpianotrio #IsraelCrosby #VernelFournier #ArgoRecords
All of You is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at Jamal's own club in Chicago in 1961 and released on the Argo label. On the cover, photographed by Don Bronstein, one of the first staff photographers for Playboy magazine, Jamal sits in an MAA chair, designed by George Nelson.
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Jamal's group had a personal sound of its own, often playing quietly and leaving space but never losing the passion" = Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzAnWN6sK1o&list=PLKLPE6Ph1xZqb-RSRJOBVXLlmMhJk1Pwp&index=1
#AhmadJamal #ArgoRecords #MAAchair #GeorgeNelson #IsraelCrosby #VernelFournier #jazzpianotrio #chicagojazz
Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, featuring performances recorded at Jamal's own club in Chicago in 1961 and released on the Argo label.
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "The interplay between the musicians was often magical." - Wikipedia
#AhmadJamal #IsraelCrosby
#VernelFournier #Alhambra #jazzpiano #jazzpianotrio #argorecords
Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his contributions to music history. - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQr3689IW14&list=PL0zZ2E4RGKd-8DhTcwLmDwt4iMXo1PtoP&index=1
#ahmadjamal #jazzpiano #jazzviolin #argorecords #jazz #joekennedy #raycrawford
The Last of the Big Plungers is an album by trombonist Al Grey and the Basie Wing released in 1960 on Argo Records.
Al Grey – trombone, bandleader
Joe Newman – trumpet
Benny Powell – trombone
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Floyd Morris – piano
Ed Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoQtnrcnJ-U&list=RDqoQtnrcnJ-U&start_radio=1
#algrey #trombone #swing #countbasie #jazz #argorecords #billymitchell #joenewman
Andi Chorley