Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House | ||||
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Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | September 29 and October 7, 1957 | |||
Venue | Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:04 (mono), 35:25 (stereo) | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House is a 1957 live album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. [3] They were accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Connie Kay on drums. Two different versions of the same material,one recorded in Chicago and one recorded in Los Angeles by the same musicians,were released by Verve under the same title. One recording was mono and the other was stereo.
The original album liner notes apparently misidentified which recording came from which location on which date but later CD re-issue liner notes claim to have the corrected information.
According to the later CD liner notes,the stereo recording was made at the Civic Opera House in Chicago on September 29,1957 and the mono recording was made at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on October 7,1957.
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CD re-issues have included all or most tracks from both concerts on a single disc
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