“Cookin’!” Zoot Sims Another in the Popular Jazz Series from Fontana Records Zoot Sims (ts), Stan Tracey (p), Kenny Napper (b), Jackie Dougan (d), joined on one track by Ronnie Scott (ts) and Jimmy Deuchar (t)

Recorded 13th –15th November 1961. Tracks include: Desperation/ Love For Sale/ Gone With The Wind/ Blues In E Flat/ Somebody Loves Me/ Stompin’ At The Savoy/ Autumn Leaves

I found this on a neat site of jazz album covers called… Cover Jazz. Check it out.

(42 votes, average: 3.69 out of 5)

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Brother Jack McDuff   “Hot Barbeque”   Prestige Records   (1966)   With George Benson.   I real organ-guitar groover!   Check it out!

(55 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5)

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“Was Ist Jazz”   Philips

(32 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

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“The Hard Swing”   The Sonny Stitt Quartet   Verve Records (1959)   Recorded in Los Angeles with a band Stitt had picked up and worked with for a week at a club in Watts.     On alto for the the first seven tunes, then on tenor for the final four. Stitt is backed by the obscure and rarely recorded pianist Amos Trice.   George Morrow, who had just left Max Roach’s band is on bass and drummer Lenny McBrowne keeps the fires burning.   Stitt is in inspired form on this date and the ideas pour out of his horns.

(54 votes, average: 4.37 out of 5)

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“Jazz for Relaxation”   Full Range High Fidelity   Tampa Records   Marty Paich, Larry Bunker, Joe Mondragon.   Courtesy Lp cover lover, Retrohound.

(102 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5)

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“The Charlie Parker Story”   Savoy Records Released in 1956.   Recorded at WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC, November 26, 1945   Features a famous take of “Ko-Ko”

Miles Davis (tp -2/13) Charlie Parker (as) Sadik Hakim (p -11/13) Dizzy Gillespie (p -1/10,16, tp, p -14,15) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)

(39 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)

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“Jazz West Coast Volume 3”   Another cool cover photo by William Claxton on this Pacific Jazz Records compilation.

(47 votes, average: 3.28 out of 5)

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“Loaded”   A 1945 Savoy Records jazz session date with West Coasters Vido Musso, Kai Winding, Eddie Safranski, Boots Mussulli, Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne.

(50 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)

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“Kiddin’ on the Keys”   Bengt Hallberg Trio   Karusel Records   Swedish jazz.

(55 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5)

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“Surf Ride”   Savoy   Featuring Art Pepper and an all-star west coast jazz band.   (1954)   Another example of incongruous cover art.

(51 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5)

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