Talk:The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson
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editThe following Tables (originally taken from the German Wikipedia article, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, with minor reformatting and translations) may be helpful to identify the various ...Eminent Jay Jay Johnson... recordings released by Blue Note Records
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volumes 1, 2, 3
| BLP 5028 (1953) | |
|---|---|
| Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown,... / Jay Jay Johnson / Jay Jay Johnson Sextet | |
| A1 | "Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler) |
| A2 | "Lover Man" (Ramirez) |
| A3 | "Capri" (Gryce) |
| B1 | "Sketch 1" (Lewis) |
| B2 | "Turnpike" (Johnson) |
| B3 | "It Could Happen to You" (Van Heusen, Burke) |
| WOR Studios, New York, NY, 1953 June 22. | |
| J. J. Johnson (trombone), Clifford Brown (trumpet, except "It Could Happen To You"), Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, except "It Could Happen To You"), John Lewis (piano), Percy Heath (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums) | |
| BLP 5057 (1954) | |
|---|---|
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 / The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson / Jay Jay Johnson Quintet, Vol. 2 | |
| A1 | "Jay" (Johnson) |
| A2 | "Time After Time" (Styne, Cahn) |
| A3 | "Old Devil Moon" (Lane, Harburg) |
| B1 | "Too Marvelous for Words" (Mercer, Whiting) |
| B2 | "It’s You or No One" (Styne, Cahn) |
| B3 | "Coffee Pot" (Johnson) |
| Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, 1954 Sept. 24. | |
| J. J. Johnson (trombone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Charles Mingus (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Sabu Martinez (congas, except "It's You Or No One" and "Time After Time") | |
| BLP 5070 (1955) | |
|---|---|
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 | |
| A1 | "Daylie Double" (Johnson) |
| A2 | "You’re Mine, You" (Green, Heyman) |
| A3 | "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnston, Burke) |
| B1 | "Groovin’" (Johnson) |
| B2 | "Viscosity" (Johnson) |
| B3 | "Portrait of Jennie" (Robinson, Burdge) |
| Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, 1955 June 6. | |
| J. J. Johnson (trombone), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Horace Silver (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums) | |
| BLP 1505 / BST 81505 (1955) | |
|---|---|
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 | |
| A1 | "Turnpike" |
| A2 | "Lover Man" |
| A3 | "Get Happy" |
| A4 | "Sketch 1" |
| A5 | "Capri" |
| B1 | "Jay" |
| B2 | "Old Devil Moon" |
| B3 | "It’s You or no One" |
| B4 | "Too Marvelous for Words" |
| B5 | "Coffee Pot" |
| BLP 1506 / BST 81506 (1955) | |
|---|---|
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2 | |
| A1 | "'Daylie' Double" |
| A2 | "Pennies from Heaven" |
| A3 | "You’re Mine, You" |
| A4 | "Turnpike" (alternate take) |
| A5 | "It Could Happen To You" |
| B1 | "Groovin’" |
| B2 | "Portrait of Jennie" |
| B3 | "Viscosity" |
| B4 | "Time after Time" |
| B5 | "Capri" (alternate take) |
| CDP 7 81505-2 (1989, 1997) UPC 724353214326 (2001) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 | |||
| '89 | '01 | ||
| 1 | 7 | "Capri" (alt. take) | 3:47 |
| 2 | 1 | "Capri" | 3:38 |
| 3 | 2 | "Lover Man" | 3:51 |
| 4 | 3 | "Turnpike" | 4:14 |
| 5 | 8 | "Turnpike" (alt. take) | 4:10 |
| 6 | 4 | "Sketch 1" | 4:23 |
| 7 | 5 | "It Could Happen to You" | 4:44 |
| 8 | 6 | "Get Happy" | 4:49 |
| 9 | 9 | "Get Happy" (alt. take) | 4:11 |
| CDP 7 81506-2 (1989, 1997) UPC 724353214425 (2001) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2 | |||
| '89 | '01 | ||
| 1 | 3 | "Old Devil Moon" | 3:49 |
| 2 | 2 | "Jay" | 3:38 |
| 3 | 5 | "Time after Time" | 4:04 |
| 4 | 1 | "Too Marvelous for Words" | 3:34 |
| 5 | 4 | "It’s You or no One" | 4:04 |
| 6 | 6 | "Coffee Pot" | 4:07 |
| 7 | 13 | "Pennies from Heaven" (alt. take) | 4:23 |
| 8 | 7 | "Pennies from Heaven" | 4:14 |
| 9 | 8 | "Viscosity" | 4:19 |
| 10 | 14 | "Viscosity" (alt. take) | 4:18 |
| 11 | 9 | "You’re Mine, You" | 3:05 |
| 12 | 10 | "'Daylie' Double" | 4:25 |
| 13 | 11 | "Groovin’" | 4:38 |
| 14 | 12 | "Portrait of Jennie" | 2:54 |
| 15 | 15 | "'Daylie' Double" (alt. take) | 4:36 |
- CD ...Volume 1 is, effectively, an expanded re-issue of BLP 5028, Jay Jay Johnson, with Clifford Brown,... with 3 alternate take 'bonus tracks' added from the same 1953 recording session.
- CD ...Volume 2 is, effectively, a "two-fer" re-issue of the two 10 inch LPs, BLP 5057 and BLP 5070 (The Eminent...Vol. 2 and ...Vol. 3), with three alternate take bonus tracks from the 1955 recording session.
- Both CDs were also re-issued in 1997 and in 2001. The 2001 CD releases contain the same material as their CD predecessors, respectively, but in a different track order.
Primary references:
- J. J. Johnson, A Comprehensive Discography… by Louis George Bourgois
- The Musical World of J. J. Johnson by Joshua Berret and Louis G. Bourgois III
- jazzdisco.org Jazz Discography Project
- www.discogs.com
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