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André Previn and J. J. Johnson

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Released
  
March 1962

André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961)
  
Duet (1962)

Producer
  
Irving Townsend

Genre
  
Jazz

André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961)
  
J.J.'s Broadway (1963)

Release date
  
March 1962

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
December 31, 1961 Los Angeles, California

Artists
  
André Previn, J. J. Johnson

Similar
  
J J Johnson albums, Jazz albums

André Previn and J. J. Johnson (subtitled Play Kurt Weill's Mack the Knife & Bilbao-Song and Other Music from The Threepenny Opera, Happy End, Mahagonny) is an album by pianist André Previn and trombonist J. J. Johnson performing Kurt Weill's compositions which was released on the Columbia label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Kurt Weill.

  1. "Bilbao Song" - 4:05 (from Happy End)
  2. "Barbara Song" - 6:07 (from The Threepenny Opera)
  3. "Overture" - 5:05 (from The Threepenny Opera)
  4. "Seeräuberjenny" - 4:20 (from The Threepenny Opera)
  5. "Mack the Knife (Moritat)" - 5:00
  6. "Surabaya Johnny" - 4:15 (from Happy End)
  7. "Wie man sich bettet" - 6:00 ("Meine Herren, meine Mutter prägte" from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
  8. "Unzulänglichkeit" - 4:55 (from The Threepenny Opera)

Personnel

  • André Previn – piano
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Frank Capp – drums

    • References

    André Previn and J. J. Johnson Wikipedia
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