Really Livin'

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Really Livin'
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Studio album by
The J. J. Johnson Sextet
Released1959
RecordedMarch 18, 19, and 24, 1959
Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length44:15
Label Columbia
CL 1383/CS 8178
Producer Bob Morgan and Irving Townsend
J. J. Johnson chronology
J. J. in Person!
(1958)
Really Livin'
(1959)
Trombone and Voices
(1960)

Really Livin is an album recorded by the J. J. Johnson Sextet which was released on the Columbia label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Me Too" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:00
  2. "Decision" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:50
  3. "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) [5] - 4:10
  4. "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 2:45
  5. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 4:45
  6. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:10
  7. "Sidewinder" (Johnson) - 7:05
  8. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:18
  9. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 6:27

Personnel

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References

  1. Discogs album entry accessed July 18, 2016
  2. Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 9: CL 1300-1399 (1959-1960), accessed July 18, 2016
  3. The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions - Liner Notes, accessed July 18, 2016
  4. 1 2 Really Livin' – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  5. "Duke Ellington: I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved March 17, 2022.