as it did when it was part of the Monk had had the sense and initiative to take quartet. Jones does a splendid job of in­ King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Ban.l into tegrating his bass with Byrd’s trumpet on the studio and leave them alone to cut the opening and closing choruses of their book, or that Eckstine’s great band Witchcraft. had been let go at length. We can be ever­ furiouj, A steaming, swinging, utterly satisfying lastingly grateful to Bob Weinstock of performance. (D. DeM.) Prestige for these recordings. impassioned, By now, everyone is familiar with the pattern and sound of this group. It does not seem sensible to essay any particular thundering.''* Miles Davis analysis here. Just let it go down like M WORKIN’ WITH THE MILES DAVIS this: Red Garland plays particularly well QUINTET—Prestige 7166: It Never Entered My Mind; Four; In Your Own Sweet Hay; The on Ahmad's Blues (it’s a trio) and Cole- Theme {Take No. /); Trane's Blues; Ahmad's trane on ‘Trane’s Blues. But that’s just the Blues; Half Nelson; The Theme (Take No. 2). way it hits me. Actually, the whole I P is JOHN a gas 1 don’t see how anyone can do Even if it is quite possible that this is the without it. (R J.G.) least earth-shattering of the three Miles’ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimimimiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiin LPs from this series of sessions, it still rates COLTRANE Duke Ellington ★ * * ★ ★ because it is the sort of thing

that is going to be owned and played and H S FESTIVAL SESSION—Columbia CL 1400: MV dug and redug for all time. Perdido; Copout Extension; Duael Fuel; Idiom '59; Thints Ain't What They Used To Be; Few bands in the history of jazz have Eaunchint Pad. had the quality of this group. And not the Personnel: Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Paul Gon- least indication of its total importance is zalves saxophones; Clark Terry, Shorty Baker, the individual importance of all its mem­ Rat Nance, Cat Anderson. Xndres Ford, Willie Cook, trumpets; Quentin Jackson Britt Wood­ bers then and now. Would that somebody man, John Sanders, trombones; Jimmy Woode,

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JAZZ RECORD BUYER'S GUIDE For the benefit of jazz record buyers, Down Beat provides a listing of jazz LPs rated four stars or more during the preceding five-issue period. LPs so rated in this issue will be included in the next listing.

GIANT STEPS Jon Hendricks-George Russell, New York, N. Y. (Decca DL 79216) Hammond Concerts, Spirituals to Swing (Vanguard 8523-4) Atlantic LP 1311 Monavral^E Charlie Mingus, Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CS 8171) Stereo $5.98 Bernard Peiffer, Bernard Peiffer (Laurie LLP 1006) Jimmy Rushing, Rushing Lullabies—Vocal (Columbia CL 1401) John Coltrane was recently described by Nat Modern Jazz Qu: rtet, Odds Against Tomorrow (United Artists UA L Hentoff as one of the two most influential and 4063) controversial tenor saxophonists in modern jazz. Art Pepper. Art Pepper Plus Eleven (Contemporary M 3568) GIANT STEPS, his first Atlantic LP, will Horace Silver, Blowing the Blues Away (Blue Note 4017) greatly heighten both the Coltrane influence Sonny Stitt, Personal Appearance (Verve MG V-8324) and the controversy. Adventurous, imaginative, daringly experi­ mental throughout, Cl ANT STEPS is the Count Basie, Chairman of the Board (Roulette R 52032) kind of album that involves ears, mind and heart. It is a pace-setter and certain to be one Art Farmer-Benny Golson, Brass Shout (United Artists UA S-5047) of the most talked-about LPs of 1960. Johnny Griffin, The Little Giant (Riverside RLP 12-304) Coltrane’s playing has more than hard Marty Paich, / Get a Boot out of You (Warner Bros. WS 1349) drive. It has the power to pull listeners right Ed Summerlin, Liturgical Jazz (Ecclesia ER-101) out of their seats. “ Exuberant, furious, Jack Teagarden, Jack Teagarden at the Roundtable (Roulette impassioned, thundering”* is the way R25019) French critic Gérard Brémond, in Jazz-Hot, tried to express the emotional impact of Coltrane’s work. Bob Brookmeyer-Bill Evans, The Ivory Hunters (United Artists UA Powerfully moving, this is a masterwork, a S-6044) modern classic , . . GIANT STEPS, indeed. Eddie Costa, The House of Blue Lights (Dot DLP 3206) John Coltrone records exdvsively Wilbur DeParis. That’s Aplenty (Atlantic 1318) for Atlantic Records. Watch for ★ Mercer Ellington, Colors in Rhythm (Coral CRL 57293) Benny Golson, Groovin’ with Golson (New Jazz 8220) forthcoming Coltrane LPs on Atlantic! Bennie Green, The Swingin’est (Vee-Jay LP 1005) Wrde for complete LP catalogne Herbie Mann. Flautista (Verve MG V-8336) and stereo dite listing. Wes Montgomery, The Wes Montgomery Trio (Riverside 12-310) James Moody, James Moody (Argo 648) ^Smtlantic Gerry Mulligan. A Profile of Gerry Mulligan (Mercury MG 20453) RECORDS Ben Webster, Ben Webster and Associates (Verve MG V-8318) 157 We»» 57th St , New York 19, N Y