The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Jay Jay Johnson | |
|
Publication |
see edition history |
| Label (s) | Blue Note Records |
|
Format (s) |
|
| occupation | see edition history |
|
Studio (s) |
see edition history |
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson is a jazz album by JJ Johnson , which was first released under this title in 1954 on Blue Note Records as a 10-inch LP (BLP 5057). In 1955 The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 (BLP 5070) was also released as a 10-inch LP.
In 1955, Blue Note Records merged the material from the three 10-inch LPs created between 1953 and 1955 into two new 12-inch LPs under the title The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 and Volume 2 (BLP 1505 and 1506).
The albums
.jpg)
JJ Johnson had a share in the Blue Note catalog on the compilation Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow Mood (BLP 5001) even before he worked on Howard McGhee's first 10-inch record (BLP 5012 ). He was also the sideman on Miles Davis ' first two 10-inch records Young Man With A Horn (BLP 5013) and Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (BLP 5022). He later took part in the recordings of Kenny Dorham's 10-inch Afro-Cuban record (BLP 5065).
Now he first appeared as a band leader on the 1953 10-inch record Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown (BLP 5028). The trombonist JJ Johnson gathered modern jazz musicians here : the young trumpeter Clifford Brown , who was at the beginning of a promising career, the saxophonist Jimmy Heath and his brother, the bassist Percy Heath , the pianist John Lewis and the drummer Kenny Clarke . In the same year, the last three were to form the Modern Jazz Quartet with Milt Jackson . The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson (Vol. 2) (BLP 5057)
followed in 1954 and The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 (BLP 5070) in 1955 .
Edition history
- 10 inch LPs
| Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown ... BLP 5028 |
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson BLP 5057 |
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 BLP 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| capri | Too Marvelous for Words | Pennies from Heaven |
| Lover man | Jay | Viscosity |
| Turnpike | Old Devil Moon | You're mine, you |
| Sketch 1 | It's you or no one | Daylie Double |
| It could happen to you | Time after time | Groovin ' |
| Get happy | Coffee pot | Portrait of Jennie |
| Cast: Clifford Brown ( tp 1–4,6), Jay Jay Johnson ( trb ), Jimmy Heath ( ts , bar 1–4,6), John Lewis ( p ), Percy Heath ( b ), Kenny Clarke ( dr ) | Cast: JJ Johnson (trb), Wynton Kelly (p), Charles Mingus (b), Kenny Clarke (dr), Sabu Martinez ( cga 1–3.6) | Cast: JJ Johnson (trb), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Paul Chambers (b), Kenny Clarke (dr) |
| Recorded at WOR Studios, New York on June 22, 1953. Released the same year. | Recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack , on Sept. 24, 1954. Released the same year. | Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, June 6, 1955. Released the same year. |
- 12 inch LPs, released in 1955
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1 BLP 1505 |
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 BLP 1506 |
|
|---|---|---|
| A. | capri |
Capri " Alternate Take " from the June 22nd 1953 session |
| Lover man |
Turnpike "Alternate Take" from the June 22nd 1953 session |
|
| Turnpike | It could happen to you | |
| Sketch One | Time after time | |
| Get happy | Pennies from Heaven | |
| B. | Too Marvelous for Words | Viscosity |
| Jay | You're mine, you | |
| Old Devil Moon | Daylie Double | |
| It's you or no one | Groovin ' | |
| Coffee pot | Portrait of Jennie |
- In 1989 Blue Note released two CDs
With the same name as the 12-inch LPs from 1955, but in a different combination
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1 CDP 7 81505-2 |
||
|---|---|---|
| title | length | author |
|
Capri " Alternate Take ", already on the BLP 1506 |
3:47 | G. Gryce |
| capri | 3:38 | G. Gryce |
| Lover man | 3:51 | R. Ramirez |
| Turnpike | 4:14 | JJ Johnson |
|
Turnpike "Alternate Take", already on the BLP 1506 |
4:10 | JJ Johnson |
| Sketch 1 | 4:23 | J. Lewis |
| It could happen to you | 4:44 |
J. Van Heusen J. Burke |
| Get happy | 4:49 |
H. Arlen T. Koehler |
|
Get Happy “Alternate Take” from the June 22nd 1953 session |
4:11 | H. Arlen T. Koehler |
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 CDP 7 81506-2 |
||
|---|---|---|
| title | length | author |
| Old Devil Moon | 3:49 |
B. Lane E. Y. Harburg |
| Jay | 3:38 | JJ Johnson |
| Time after time | 4:04 |
J. Styne S. Cahn |
| Too Marvelous for Words | 3:34 |
J. Mercer R. Whiting |
| It's you or no one | 4:04 | J. Styne S. Cahn |
| Coffee pot | 4:07 | JJ Johnson |
|
Pennies from Heaven " Alternate Take " from the June 6, 1955 session |
4:23 |
A. Johnston J. Burke |
| Pennies from Heaven | 4:14 | A. Johnston J. Burke |
| Viscosity | 4:19 | JJ Johnson |
|
Viscosity "Alternate Take" from the June 6, 1955 session |
4:18 | JJ Johnson |
| You're mine, you | 3:05 |
J. Green E. Heyman |
| Daylie Double | 4:25 | JJ Johnson |
| Groovin ' | 4:38 | JJ Johnson |
| Portrait of Jennie | 2:54 |
JR Robinson G. Burdge |
|
Daylie Double "Alternate Take" from the June 6, 1955 session |
4:36 | JJ Johnson |
- Further CD releases
The 1989 Blue Note compilation was also released by other record labels , but so was the 1955 12-inch LP edition. In 2001 BMG released the CD album The Complete Eminent Jay Jay Johnson .
Appreciation
Richard Cook and Brian Morton count this album as one of the "central documents of post-war jazz" and one of the most important albums in the development phase of hardbop .
In their Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD , they awarded the album the highest rating of four stars with the addition of the "crown" for an extraordinary album.
swell
- Max Harrison et al: Essential Jazz Records, Vol. 2: Modernism to Postmodernism . Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000. ISBN 0-7201-1822-0 . Page 70–74
- Bielefeld catalog jazz 1988
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- ↑ so in their review of the album
- Retrieved from jazzdisco.org on May 10, 2010
- ↑ Blue Note Records Catalog: 5000 series
- ^ Clifford Brown Discography
- ^ Charles Mingus Discography
- ^ Horace Silver Discography
- ↑ Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series
- Retrieved from discogs.com on May 10, 2010
- ↑ Jay Jay Johnson * - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1
- ↑ Jay Jay Johnson * - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2
Web links
- Blue Note 10 "LP 5000 series record sleeves including Johnson with Clifford Brown , The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson , The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 at birkajazz.com
Remarks
- ↑ Young Man With A Horn (BLP 5013) and Miles Davis, Vol. 2 , as well as Miles Davis, Vol. 3 (Blue Note 10-inch LP 5040), published in 1954, were released in 1955 on the 12-inch discs Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note 1501) and Miles Davis Volume 2 (Blue Note 1502) put together again.