1957 · Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
In two marathon sessions in May and October 1956, Miles
— Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn, 2000
Library — Drums
Philly Joe Jones
1 album as leader and 24 as sideman (1957–2021), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 1
As Sideman · 24
Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland
Art Blakey, Charlie Persip, Elvin Jones, "Philly" Joe Jones
1960 · Roulette
SidemanDrums
European Tour '56 With The Modern Jazz Quartet & Lester Young
Miles Davis With Modern Jazz Quartet, The & Lester Young
2006 · Definitive Records (2)
SidemanDrums
Notes on these albums · 6
Red Garland
Paul Chambers1957 · 'Round About Midnight
Philly Joe Jones
— So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John Szwed, 2002
1957 · Soul Junction
Hard-bop drummer Philly Joe Jones opens his own 1958 leader date Blues for Dracula not with a drum solo but with a spoken Dracula routine done like an old horror-movie star. The sideman's sideman fronts an entire record built on a monster-movie gag.
1958 · Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
— Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998
Bill Evans
Sam Jones1958 · Blues for Dracula
On the title track of Coltrane's 1959 Giant Steps, pianist Tommy Flanagan reportedly hadn't fully absorbed the tune's dense chord changes before the take, and his solo trails off into near silence. The album's signature piece is remembered as much for its accompanist's hesitation as for its harmonic breakthrough.
Tommy Flanagan1958 · Milestones
From 1955–60, Coltrane
— John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, 1998