The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959): Vinyl LP O&O3465 Volume 1 was classic Rollins

Volume 1 was classic Rollins with hard-swinging originals plus a tender ballad that showcase his robust sound and limitless improvisational creativity with a quintet featuring Donald Byrd

Song of the Motherland

A1: Why Can’t We Live Together (Feat

2    Medley: We Three Kings Of Orient Are/O Little Town Of Bethlehem [3:34]

This 1965 date featured his Horace Silver bandmates Junior Cook on tenor sax and Gene Taylor on bass along with a 24-year-old Chick Corea on piano and 22-year-old Al Foster on drums

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959): Vinyl LP O&O3465 Volume 1 was classic RollinsThe band Dizzy Gillespie assembled for this date Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones, and Lex Humphries was for the most part a working band on the club & concert circuit, offering a mixture of Gillespies entertaining songs, established repertoire, & some Latin & African influenced pieces. With them, Dizzy found a middle ground in his music that gave his legacy room to breathe, but with much more rhythmic variety. The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Side A 1.