The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery [1960] Riverside
Wes Montgomery- electric guitar Tommy Flanagan - piano Percy Heath - bass Albert Heath - drums
Bobby Timmons Trio, Born to be Blue! [1963] Riverside.
Bobby Timmons - piano
Ron Carter / Sam Jones - bass
Connie Kay - drums
Bobby Timmons, Soul Time [1960] Riverside
Bobby Timmons - piano
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Sam Jones - bass
Art Blakey - drums.
In 1961 Thelonious Monk toured Europe, playing concerts in Essen, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Zurich, Bologna, Rome, Bern, Manchester, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Berlin. The 3 Riverside albums above were released in 1963 and feature, Thelonious Monk - piano, Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone, John Ore - bass and Frankie Dunlop - drums
The Randy Weston Trio, Jazz á la Bohemia (also released as Greenwich Village Jazz) recorded in 1956 at the Café Bohemia and released on the Riverside label
The cover photo by Paul Weller wittily juxtaposes the archetypal beatnik with the dapper Mr Weston but in truth the modern jazz artist and those affiliated with beat culture shared many of the same values and emotional instincts.
Everybody digs Bill Evans. Bill Evans trio 1959