Product Review

One of the most revered frontmen in jazz also, of course, played sideman on scores of classic recordings. Here are 5 CDs of those tracks plus a 72-page book with all the details and loads of rare pix! He joins Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley on Elmo Hope's On It and Avalon (1956); accompanies Tadd Dameron on Mating Call and Super Jet (1956); matches saxes with Sonny Rollins on Tenor Madness (1956); plays with Mal Waldron on Potpourri and One by One (1957); again joins Donald Byrd on Red Garland's Undecided and Solitude (1957); joins Ray Draper on Two Sons (1957); plays on the Gene Ammons versions of The Real McCoy and It Might As Well Be Spring (1958), and more!