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Released
  
1963

Producer
  
Jim Davis

Artist
  
J. J. Johnson

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
37:23

J.J.'s Broadway (1963)
  
Proof Positive (1964)

Release date
  
1963

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 12 and April 6, 1963 New York City

Similar
  
J J Johnson albums, Jazz albums

J.J.'s Broadway is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J. J. Johnson recorded in 1963 for the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow observed "This album has some good music, but it will be very difficult to find".

Track listing

  1. "Lovely" (Stephen Sondheim) - 3:56
  2. "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:17
  3. "Mira" (Bob Merrill) - 3:23
  4. "Make Someone Happy" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 3:51
  5. "Who Will Buy?" (Lionel Bart) - 3:54
  6. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 3:54
  7. "Put on a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) - 4:06
  8. "Nobody's Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:39
  9. "A Second Chance" (André Previn) - 2:55
  10. "The Sweetest Sounds" (Rodgers) - 3:28
  • Recorded in New York City on March 12, 1963 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10) and April 6, 1963 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)

    • Personnel

  • J. J. Johnson - trombone, leader
  • Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Lou McGarity, Tom Mitchell - trombone (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10)
  • Hank Jones - piano (tracks 2 & 4-8)
  • Richard Davis (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9), Chuck Israels (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10) - bass
  • Walter Perkins - drums

    • Songs

    1Lovely3:56
    2My Favorite Things4:17
    3Mira (Can You Imagine That?)3:24

    References

    J.J.'s Broadway Wikipedia
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