*****Rok, how many times have we seen this scenario?***** Many, many times, starting in 2013. It's easier to count the stars in the heavens, or the noise-makers at Juilliard. Cheers |
Moving away from piano players re O-10’s interesting question, there is one musician that has to be very near the top of the list of all time great sidemen. The quality of his playing needs no commentary. His discography as a sideman is mind boggling; not only for sheer volume, but for the fact that so many of the records he was on are the most highly regarded in all of jazz. And to think that he only lived until age 33: Paul Chambers With Pepper Adams With Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley With Toshiko Akiyoshi With Lorez Alexandria With Gene Ammons With Chet Baker With Walter Benton With Bob Brookmeyer With Tina Brooks With Kenny Burrell With Jaki Byard With Donald Byrd With Sonny Clark With Kenny Clarke With Jimmy Cleveland With King Curtis - Soul Meeting (Prestige 1960)
- The New Scene of King Curtis (Prestige 1960)
With John Coltrane With Sonny Criss With Miles Davis - Miles (Prestige 1955)
- ’Round About Midnight (Columbia, 1955)
- Cookin (Prestige 1956)
- Relaxin (Prestige 1956)
- Steamin (Prestige 1956)
- Workin (Prestige 1956)
- Collectors’ Items (Prestige 1956)
- Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)
- Milestones (Columbia, 1958)
- Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1958)
- Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
- Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia, 1961)
- In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (1961)
- Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)
- Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia Legacy, 2015)
With Kenny Dorham With Kenny Drew With Teddy Edwards With Bill Evans With Gil Evans With Curtis Fuller With Red Garland With Dexter Gordon With Benny Golson With Bennie Green With Grant Green With Johnny Griffin With Herbie Hancock With Barry Harris With Hampton Hawes With Jimmy Heath With Joe Henderson With Ernie Henry With Richard "Groove" Holmes With Elmo Hope With Freddie Hubbard With Milt Jackson With John Jenkins With J. J. Johnson With Elvin Jones With Hank Jones With Philly Joe Jones With Thad Jones With Clifford Jordan With Wynton Kelly - Piano (Riverside, 1958)
- Kelly Blue (Riverside, 1959)
- Kelly at Midnight (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- Kelly Great (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- Wynton Kelly! (Vee-Jay, 1961)
- Comin’ in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
- It’s All Right! (Verve, 1964)
- Undiluted (Verve, 1965)
- Blues on Purpose (Xanadu, 1965)
- Last Trio Session (Delmark, 1968)
With Abbey Lincoln With Warne Marsh With Les McCann With Hal McKusick With Jackie McLean With Blue Mitchell With Hank Mobley With Thelonious Monk With Lee Morgan With Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson With Phineas Newborn Jr. With David "Fathead" Newman With Art Pepper With Houston Person With Bud Powell With The Prestige All Stars With Ike Quebec With Paul Quinichette With Sonny Red With Freddie Redd With Dizzy Reece With Sonny Rollins With A. K. Salim With Sahib Shihab With Woody Shaw With Wayne Shorter With Louis Smith With Sonny Stitt With Frank Strozier With Art Taylor With Clark Terry With Stanley Turrentine With Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse |
Paul Chambers: Now that is a very impressive list. When ever I see his name on CDs I own, and there are many, I always feel like this is going to be a top notch performance. Can't believe he lived such a short life. He must have worked constantly. Cheers |