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Released
  
1950s

Artist
  
J. J. Johnson

Label
  
Savoy Jazz

Length
  
32:44

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 26, 1946, December 24, 1947, May 11, 1949

J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1949)
  
Jay Jay Johnson Sextet (Prestige EP) (1949)

Similar
  
J J Johnson albums, Jazz albums

J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets is a studio album by jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson, released by Savoy Records, containing material from three different recording sessions in 1946, 1947 and 1949. Material from the first two sessions had been previously released on two Savoy EPs, New Trends In Jazz, Vol. 11 (Savoy XP 8047) and Birth of Bop, Vol. 3 (Savoy XP 8086). The album was re-issued on CD in 1992, and again in 1994 on the Savoy Jazz label.

Contents

Track listing

This is the track list for the CD re-issue. All songs were written by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.

  1. "Jay Bird"  – 2:56
  2. "Coppin' the Bop" (Max Roach)  – 2:57
  3. "Jay Jay"  – 3:04
  4. "Mad Be Bop"  – 2:38
  5. "Boneology"  – 2:57
  6. "Down Vernon's Alley"  – 2:32
  7. "Audubon" (Sonny Rollins)  – 2:45
  8. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)  – 2:46
  9. "Goof Square" (Rollins)  – 2:23
  10. "Bee Jay"  – 2:24
  11. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)  – 2:57
  12. "Riffette"  – 2:25

Personnel

  • J. J. Johnson – trombone

    • June 26, 1946, tracks 1–4 (New Trends In Jazz, Vol. 11)

  • Cecil Payne – alto sax
  • Bud Powell – piano
  • Leonard Gaskin – bass
  • Max Roach – drums

    • December 24, 1947, tracks 5–6, 11–12 (Birth of Bop, Vol. 3)

  • Leo Parker – baritone sax
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Al Lucas – bass
  • Shadow Wilson – drums

    • May 11, 1949, tracks 7–10

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor sax
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Gene Ramey – bass
  • Shadow Wilson – drums

    • Songs

    1Jay Bird2:56
    2Coppin' The Bop2:57
    3Jay Jay3:04

    References

    J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets Wikipedia
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