Take a trip back in time to hear jazz recorded May to August 1958

featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Bud Powell, Cannonball Adderley, Lou Donaldson, Gil Evans, Cecil Taylor, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Clark Terry, Blue Mitchell (above), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Gene Ammons

with Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Pepper Adams, Johnny Griffin, Roy Eldridge, Art Farmer, Herb Ellis, Curtis Fuller, Mal Waldron, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Jordan, Shirley Scott, Tina Brooks, Junior Cook, Louis Smith, Jerome Richardson, Wilbur Harden, Earl Griffith, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Roy Haynes, Shelly Manne and Ray Barretto

All tracks recorded 1958

[1'14] Gene Ammons- Blue Greens and Beans (Blue Gene, Prestige) Idrees Sulieman- tp; Ammons- ts; Pepper Adams- bars; Mal Waldron- p; Doug Watkins- b; Art Taylor- d; Ray Barretto- cga; recorded May 2
[10'13] Clark Terry- Argentia (In Orbit, Riverside) Terry- flh; Thelonious Monk- p; Sam Jones- b; Philly Joe Jones- d; recorded May 7 or 12
[16'22] Kenny Burrell- Scotch Blues (Blue Lights, Volume 1, Blue Note) Louis Smith- tp; Tina Brooks, Junior Cook- ts; Duke Jordan- p; Kenny Burrell- g; Sam Jones- b; Art Blakey- d; recorded May 14
[24'17] Bud Powell- John's Abbey (Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 4, Blue Note) Powell- p; Sam Jones- b; Philly Joe Jones- d; recorded May 24
[29'53] Gil Evans- Bird Feathers (New Bottle, Old Wine, World Pacific) Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Clyde Reasinger- tp; Joe Bennett, Tom Mitchell, Frank Rehak- tb; Julius Watkins- frh; Bill Barber- tu; Cannonball Adderley- as; Phil Bodner- reeds; Evans- p, arr, cond; Chuck Wayne- g; Paul Chambers- b; Art Blakey- d; recorded May 26
[36'44] Cecil Taylor- Wallering (Looking Ahead! Contemporary) Earl Griffith- vib; Taylor- p; Buell Neidlinger- b; Dennis Charles- d; recorded June 9
[42'06] Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis- Have Horn, Will Blow (The Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Cookbook, Volume 1, Prestige) Davis- ts; Jerome Richardson- fl; Shirley Scott- org; George Duvivier- b; Arthur Edgehill- d; recorded June 20
[47'18] Ben Webster- Chelsea Bridge (The Soul of Ben Webster, Verve) Art Farmer- tp; Webster, Harold Ashby- ts; Jimmy Jones- p; Mundell Lowe- g; Milt Hinton- b; Dave Bailey- d; probably recorded July
[50'56] Cannonball Adderley- A Little Taste (Portrait of Cannonball, Riverside) Blue Mitchell- tp; Adderley- as; Bill Evans- p; Sam Jones- b; Philly Joe Jones- d; recorded July 1
[55'30] Blue Mitchell- Big Six (Big 6, Riverside) Mitchell- tp; Curtis Fuller- tb; Johnny Griffin- ts; Wynton Kelly- p; Wilbur Ware- b; Philly Joe Jones- d; recorded July 2 or 3
[62'12] Oscar Peterson- Should I? (On the Town, Verve) Peterson- p; Herb Ellis- g; Ray Brown- b; recorded July 5
[67'03] John Coltrane- Spring is Here (Standard Coltrane, Prestige) Wilbur Harden- flh, tp; Coltrane- ts; Red Garland- p; Paul Chambers- b; Jimmy Cobb- d; recorded July 11
[73'55] Sonny Rollins- Who Cares? (Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass, Metrojazz) Nat Adderley- cor; Reunald Jones, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry- tp; Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak- tb; Don Butterfield- tu; Rollins- ts; Dick Katz- p; Rene Thomas- g; Henry Grimes- b; Roy Haynes- d; Ernie Wilkins- arr, cond; recorded July 11
[77'51] Lou Donaldson- Play Ray (Blues Walk, Blue Note) Donaldson- as; Herman Foster- p; Peck Morrison- b; Dave Bailey- d; Ray Barretto- cga; recorded July 28
[83'19] Thelonious Monk- Nutty (Thelonious in Action, Riverside) Johnny Griffin- ts; Monk- p; Ahmed Abdul-Malik- b; Roy Haynes- d; recorded August 7
[88'37] Johnny Hodges- Just a Memory (Side by Side, Verve) Roy Eldridge- tp; Lawrence Brown- tb; Hodges- as; Ben Webster- ts; Billy Strayhorn- p; Wendell Marshall- b; Jo Jones- d; recorded August 14
[94'28] Miles Davis and Gil Evans- I Loves You Porgy (Porgy and Bess, Columbia) Davis- tp; Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci- tp; Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Dick Hixon- tb; Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller- Frh); Bill Barber- tu; Cannonball Adderley- as; Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson- fl, alto fl, cl; Danny Bank- alto fl, bcl; Paul Chambers- b; Jimmy Cobb- d; Gil Evans- arr, cond; recorded August 18
[98'05] The Poll Winners- Volare (Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu) (The Poll Winners Ride Again, Contemporary) Barney Kessel- g; Ray Brown- b; Shelly Manne- d; recorded August 19 or 21
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