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 — Piano
Red Garland
5 albums as leader and 7 as sideman (1957–2012), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 5
As Sideman · 7
Notes on these albums · 6
Paul Chambers
Philly Joe Jones1957 · Groovy
Before he settled on the piano, Red Garland fought as a welterweight boxer in the early 1940s. The famously light block chords on 'Round About Midnight (1957) and Milestones (1958) belong to a man who had once earned money with his fists.
1957 · 'Round About Midnight
Red Garland
— So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John Szwed, 2002
1957 · All Mornin' Long
Coltrane is remembered as a giant, but on this 1959 date he was only a participant on someone else's session. Once his fame grew, the record was reissued as 'Coltrane Time' — a name that had sat in the small print, suddenly promoted to the marquee.
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 · Milestones
From 1955–60, Coltrane
— John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, 1998
