Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown | ||||
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Released | 1953 | |||
Recorded | June 22, 1953 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 25:32 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 5028 | |||
J. J. Johnson chronology | ||||
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Jay Jay Johnson, also known as Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, is a 10" album by the Jay Jay Johnson Sextet, recorded on June 22, 1953 and released on Blue Note later that year. [1] The sextet features brass section Clifford Brown and Jimmy Heath, and rhythm section John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke.
The album was re-issued on CD in 1989 as The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 , with three alternate take 'bonus tacks' from the same 1953 recording session. Five of the six original tracks were included also in a 1955 12 inch LP re-issue/compilation (also) titled, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the album "one of the central documents of post-war jazz". [2]
AllMusic's Scott Yanow commented, "Although Johnson has a couple of features, Clifford Brown largely steals the show". [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Get Happy" | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 4:47 |
2. | "Lover Man" |
| 3:50 |
3. | "Capri" | Gigi Gryce | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sketch 1" | John Lewis | 4:21 |
2. | "Turnpike" | J. J. Johnson | 4:15 |
3. | "It Could Happen to You" | 4:42 |