J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets |
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Studio album by J. J. Johnson |
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Released |
1950s |
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Recorded |
June 26, 1946, December 24, 1947, May 11, 1949 |
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Genre |
Jazz |
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Length |
32:44 |
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Label |
Savoy |
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J. J. Johnson chronology |
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J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1949) |
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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.
Track listing
This is the track list for the CD re-issue. All songs were written by J. J. Johnson, except where noted.
- "Jay Bird" – 2:56
- "Coppin' the Bop" (Max Roach) – 2:57
- "Jay Jay" – 3:04
- "Mad Be Bop" – 2:38
- "Boneology" – 2:57
- "Down Vernon's Alley" – 2:32
- "Audubon" (Sonny Rollins) – 2:45
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:46
- "Goof Square" (Rollins) – 2:23
- "Bee Jay" – 2:24
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 2:57
- "Riffette" – 2:25
Personnel
June 26, 1946, tracks 1–4 (New Trends In Jazz, Vol. 11)
December 24, 1947, tracks 5–6, 11–12 (Birth of Bop, Vol. 3)
May 11, 1949, tracks 7–10
References
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores) |
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With Kai Winding | |
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Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer |
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
- Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966)
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973)
- The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
- Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969)
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
- New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979)
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
- Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957)
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949)
- Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
- Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
- The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
- The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955)
- The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
- Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966)
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66)
- Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
- Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
- Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
- Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975)
- New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
- What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
- Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion. |
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With others |
- Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946)
- Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
- J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946)
- Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953)
- New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945)
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944)
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