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Proof Positive (album)

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Released
  
1964

Length
  
38:40

Artist
  
J. J. Johnson

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
May 1 and July 4, 1964

Proof Positive (1964)
  
J.J.! (1964)

Release date
  
1 May 1964

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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Proof Positive is an album by American jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

Proof positive


Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This CD reissue finds trombonist J.J. Johnson in prime form. In fact, his melancholy minor-toned explorations often recall Miles Davis, whose group he had played with the year before".

Track listing

LP Side 'A'

  1. "Neo" (Miles Davis) – 10:19
  2. "Lullaby Of Jazzland" (Manny Albam, Rick Ward) – 5:08
  3. "Stella By Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:02

LP Side 'B'

  1. "Minor Blues" (J.J. Johnson) – 8:04
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
  3. "Blues Waltz" (Max Roach) – 8:05

Bonus track on CD re-issue

"Gloria" (Bronislaw Kaper) – 3:04

all tracks recorded in New York City on May 1, 1964 except "Lullaby Of Jazzland" recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey around July 4, 1964

Personnel

  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Harold Mabern – piano
  • Arthur Harper, Jr. – bass
  • Frank Gant – drums

    • "Lullaby Of Jazzland":

  • J.J. Johnson – trombone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Toots Thielemans – guitar

    • Songs

    1Neo10:19
    2Lullaby of Jazzland5:08
    3Stella by Starlight4:02

    References

    Proof Positive (album) Wikipedia
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