Anyone else enjoy Roland Hanna?

[Hardbopjazz]

I've been in a Sir Roland Hanna mood and played all the CD's I have of him over the past few days. 

Are there any session where he is a sideman that you would recommend? I have most of his sessions as a leader and want to expand out to sessions he wasn't the leader.

[JSngry]

All that Thad-Mel stuff.

[kh1958]

Not exactly obscurities, but he is excellent on two Mingus records, Mingus Dynasty and on Pre-Bird.

[Hardbopjazz]

I have the two Mingus ones and I enjoy those. Now I forgot about the Mel Lewis and Thad Jones records. 

[Milestones]

I would recommend these:

Kenny Burrell: On Stage at the Five Spot Cafe

Ron Carter:  All Blues

Jimmy Heath:  Little Man Big Band 

[kh1958]

1 hour ago, Hardbopjazz said:

I have the two Mingus ones and I enjoy those. Now I forgot about the Mel Lewis and Thad Jones records. 

Also, there's a Voice of America broadcast of the Mingus Jazz Workshop from the Newport Jazz Festival, July 4, 1959, with Roland Hanna on piano.

[BFrank]

The New York Jazz Quartet with Hanna, Frank Wess and George Mraz was great!

Especially this one

[HutchFan]

Some favorites:

- Pepper Adams – Reflectory (Muse)
- Richard Davis – Muses for Richard Davis (MPS)
- Stéphane Grappelli – Parisian Thoroughfare (Black Lion)
- Jim Hall – Concierto (CTI)
- Jimmy Knepper – Cunningbird (SteepleChase)
- James Newton – African Flower (Blue Note)
- Sarah Vaughan – Crazy and Mixed Up (Pablo)

Hanna co-led the New York Jazz Quartet with Frank Wess, so technically those weren't sideman gigs. But, if you've not already heard them, any Sir Roland fan should. I'm especially partial to Blues for Sarka and Surge (both on Enja).

 

Edit: BFrank beat me to the punch on that NYJQ rec.

Edited November 26, 2018 by HutchFan

[BFrank]

I guess I did, HutchFan, but I actually missed the part of this topic being "side man" gigs for Sir Roland. So as you said, that's debatable for the NYJQ sessions.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

 

[Teasing the Korean]

I don't think I have many albums with him in a group setting, other than Thad Jones/Mel Lewis.  But I have three of his solo piano albums that I like very much.  

[EKE BBB]

Other than those already mentioned, here's a short list of other Roland Hanna sideman dates I own and enjoy:

Dear John C	Jones, Elvin	Impulse	1965
Body and soul	Nance, Ray	Solid State/Mighty Quinn	1969
Let my children hear music	Mingus, Charles	Columbia	1972
Newport in New York '72, vol.1 & 2	Various Artists	Cobblestone	1972
Afro blue	Bridgewater, Dee Dee	Trio	1974
Satan	Stitt, Sony	Cadet	1974
Spanish Blues	Carter, Ron	CTI	1975
The Red Tornado	Rodney, Red	Muse	1975
Sweet Chorus	Grappelli, Stephane	Black&Blue	1978
Tenor abrupt	Cobb, Arnett / Lafitte, Guy	Black&Blue	1980
You must believe in spring	Morgan, Frank	BMG	1992
Jelena Milcetic a.k.a. Helen Merrill	Merrill, Helen	Gitanes	1999