Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown

1953 studio album by J. J. Johnson
Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown
Studio album by
J. J. Johnson
Released1953
RecordedJune 22, 1953
GenreJazz
Length25:32
LabelBlue Note
BLP 5028
J. J. Johnson chronology
Jazz South Pacific
(1952) 		Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown
(1953) 		Jay and Kai (Savoy)
(1954)

Jay Jay Johnson, also known as Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, is a 10" album by the Jay Jay Johnson Sextet, recorded on June 22, 1953 and released on Blue Note later that year.[1] The sextet features brass section Clifford Brown and Jimmy Heath, and rhythm section John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke.

Background

The album was re-issued on CD in 1989 as The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1, with three alternate take 'bonus tacks' from the same 1953 recording session. Five of the six original tracks were included also in a 1955 12 inch LP re-issue/compilation (also) titled, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the album "one of the central documents of post-war jazz".[2]

AllMusic's Scott Yanow commented, "Although Johnson has a couple of features, Clifford Brown largely steals the show".[3]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Happy"Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler4:47
2."Lover Man"
  • Jimmy Davis
  • Ram Ramirez
  • James Sherman
3:50
3."Capri"Gigi Gryce3:37
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sketch 1"John Lewis4:21
2."Turnpike"J. J. Johnson4:15
3."It Could Happen to You"
  • Johnny Burke
  • Jimmy Van Heusen
4:42

Personnel

Jay Jay Johnson Sextet

References

  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed March 28, 2016
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 786. ISBN 0-14-103401-7.
  3. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 2016 March 28
  • Blue Note Records BLP 5028 (1953)
  • Blue Note Records BLP 1505 / BST 81505 (1955)
  • Blue Note Records CDP 7 81505 2 (1989 / 1997)
  • Blue Note Records UPC 724353214326 (2001)
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