Lee Morgan - The Rumproller

After 1964's The Sidewinder (which I thought I'd featured, but can't find) was a success (Blue Note's biggest), you can't blame a guy for bringing the guys into the studio in 1965 to record The Rumproller, a quick follow-up in similar style...with similarly fun results.

With Joe Henderson (tenor), Ronnie Mathews (piano), Victor Sproles (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #LeeMorgan #JoeHenderson #RonnieMathews #VictorSproles #BillyHiggins

Doin' the Thang! is the debut album by jazz pianist Ronnie Mathews featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded for the Prestige label in 1963.

Alex Henderson of AllMusic said "the LP's focus is modal post-bop and non-soul-jazz hard bop. But even though the material isn't soul-jazz, Mathews' quintet is certainly soulful... Hubbard, who was only 25 when Doin' the Thang was recorded, brings a lot to the session – not only fire, guts, and passion, but also a big, highly appealing tone"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JIlzhYs5iI&list=RD3JIlzhYs5iI&start_radio=1

#RonnieMathews #FreddieHubbard #PostBop #ModalJazz #Jazz #SoulJazz #Music #PrestigeRecords #HardBop

Little Red's Fantasy is an album led by trumpet player Woody Shaw It was recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label.

Reviewing a reissue, the Detroit Free Press wrote: "Shaw applied the lessons of John Coltrane to a conception rooted in hard bop. The result was an angular, saxophone-like style and a complex harmonic language spiced by dissonance and unusually wide intervals—his serpentine improvisations weave in and out of chords like a taxi through New York traffic."... - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv4iUpIk0nI&list=OLAK5uy_m4hVfgZXLQEB0bfz-ihFZ5oYToDA8kUPw

#WoodyShaw #jazztrumpet
#FrankStrozier #RonnieMathews #Jazz #HardBop #Music #Muse