The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson | ||||
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Released | 1956 | |||
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:13 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 1505 (Vol. 1) BLP 1506 (Vol. 2) | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion Michael Cuscuna (Reissue) | |||
J. J. Johnson chronology | ||||
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The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson | ||||
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related compilation albums by American jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson, recorded over three sessions between 1953 and 1955 and released on Blue Note in 1956.
Johnson recorded three session for Blue Note—one with Doug Hawkins in New York City on June 22, 1953 and two with Rudy Van Gelder at his home studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on September 24, 1954 and June 6, 1955—resulting in three ten-inches: Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown (1953), The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1954), and The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955), respectively.
At the time of the 1953 recording session, Johnson had withdrawn from full-time playing to work as a blueprint inspector. [1] [2]
After 10"s lost the format war, Blue Note began reissuing its Modern Jazz Series on 12"s. The three sessions were subsequently recompiled across The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (BLP 1505) and The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2 (BLP 1506). [3]
The two volumes were recompiled for their CD reissue, restoring the track listing of the original 10"s, placing Vol. 1 (BLP 2028) on Volume 1, and Vol. 2 (BLP 5057) and Vol. 3 (BLP 5070) on Volume 2. [4] [5]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic (Vol. 1) | [6] |
AllMusic (Vol. 2) | [7] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz (Vol. 1) | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz (Vol. 2) | [2] |
The AllMusic review of Volume 1 by Scott Yanow states, "Although Johnson has a couple of features, Clifford Brown largely steals the show". [6]
The AllMusic review of Volume 2 by Stephen Cook states, "J.J. Johnson's Blue Note sides from the first half of the '50s represent some of the best bop of the day. And for listeners interested in just picking up one of the trombonist's early dates, this second installment of his Eminent J.J. Johnson series is the one to get ... a bop classic." [7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded both volumes four-out-of-four stars, and the first volume a "Crown", calling calling it "one of the central documents of post-war jazz." [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Turnpike" | J. J. Johnson | June 22, 1953 | 4:15 |
2. | "Lover Man" |
| June 22, 1953 | 3:50 |
3. | "Get Happy" | June 22, 1953 | 4:47 | |
4. | "Sketch 1" | John Lewis | June 22, 1953 | 4:21 |
5. | "Capri" | Gigi Gryce | June 22, 1953 | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Jay" | J. J. Johnson | September 24, 1954 | 3:42 |
2. | "Old Devil Moon" | September 24, 1954 | 3:52 | |
3. | "It's You or No One" | September 24, 1954 | 4:06 | |
4. | "Too Marvelous for Words" | September 24, 1954 | 3:35 | |
5. | "Coffee Pot" | J. J. Johnson | September 24, 1954 | 4:08 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | ""Daylie" Double" | June 6, 1955 | 4:27 | |
2. | "Pennies from Heaven" | June 6, 1955 | 4:18 | |
3. | "You're Mine, You" | June 6, 1955 | 3:07 | |
4. | "Turnpike" (alt. take) | June 22, 1953 | 4:10 | |
5. | "It Could Happen to You" |
| June 22, 1953 | 4:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Groovin'" | June 6, 1955 | 4:40 | |
2. | "Portrait of Jennie" |
| June 6, 1955 | 2:56 |
3. | "Viscosity" | June 6, 1955 | 4:21 | |
4. | "Time After Time" |
| September 24, 1954 | 4:13 |
5. | "Capri" (alt. take) | June 22, 1953 | 3:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Capri" | Gigi Gryce | June 22, 1953 | 3:37 |
2. | "Lover Man" |
| June 22, 1953 | 3:50 |
3. | "Turnpike" | J. J. Johnson | June 22, 1953 | 4:15 |
4. | "Sketch 1" | John Lewis | June 22, 1953 | 4:21 |
5. | "It Could Happen to You" | June 22, 1953 | 4:42 | |
6. | "Get Happy" | June 22, 1953 | 4:47 | |
7. | "Capri" (alternate take) | Gryce | June 22, 1953 | 3:47 |
8. | "Turnpike" (alternate take) | Johnson | June 22, 1953 | 4:10 |
9. | "Get Happy" (alternate take) |
| June 22, 1953 | 4:11 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Too Marvelous for Words" |
| September 24, 1954 | 3:35 |
2. | "Jay" | September 24, 1954 | 3:42 | |
3. | "Old Devil Moon"" |
| September 24, 1954 | 3:52 |
4. | "It's You or No One" |
| September 24, 1954 | 4:06 |
5. | "Time After Time" |
| September 24, 1954 | 4:13 |
6. | "Coffee Pot" | September 24, 1954 | 4:08 | |
7. | "Pennies from Heaven" |
| June 6, 1955 | 4:18 |
8. | "Viscosity" | June 6, 1955 | 4:21 | |
9. | "You're Mine, You" |
| June 6, 1955 | 3:07 |
10. | ""Daylie" Double" | June 6, 1955 | 4:27 | |
11. | "Groovin'" | June 6, 1955 | 4:40 | |
12. | "Portrait of Jennie" |
| June 6, 1955 | 2:56 |
13. | "Pennies from Heaven" (alternate take) | June 6, 1955 | 4:25 | |
14. | "Viscosity" (alternate take) | June 6, 1955 | 4:21 | |
15. | ""Daylie" Double" (alternate take) | June 6, 1955 | 4:38 |
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