Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday with Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings by Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings, released on Prestige in 1956.

Review by Scott Yanow

Two unrelated session are combined on this CD reissue of an LP. Trombonist Bennie Green is heard on four ballads from 1952 while backed by a rhythm section and six strings. However, the more significant selections are eight songs that for the first time matched together trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding in a quintet. The Johnson and Winding group would be quite popular during the next two years and, listening to the colorful and melodic versions of such tunes as "How Long Has This Been Going On," "Dinner for One," and "We'll Be Together Again," it is easy to see why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1sRKUiX7I&list=PLb_GPRyrUSsUe5XcnVvP00K5nJZ_ThYi3&index=1

#BennieGreen #JJJohnson #KaiWinding #Trombone #Strings #Jazz #PrestigeRecords #Music

i'm not wild about this LP — it's ok, but maybe i should make space on my shelf and spin something new (i mean old) in its place

i paid six bucks for it a few years ago ... i'll bet i could still get a couple bucks for it!

it bears mentioning that paul chambers went to my high school

tommy flanagan is also from detroit, but he didn't go to cass tech, he graduated from northern (as did my father before him)

#nowplaying #jjjohnson #paulchambers #tommyflanagan #maxroach #jazz #vinyl

Ended Monday and welcomed Tuesday after a swim with The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music an album of music composed by John Lewis, arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller, which was first released on the Norgran label.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album a "Crown" of recommended jazz recordings. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPK5hDoVYM&list=OLAK5uy_ll2BvkxaueaOX92AjmXmUfedjePnUy86Q&index=1

#JohnLewis #GuntherSchuller #Jazz #ThirdStream #Music #JJJohnson #StanGetz #PercyHeath #ConnieKay #ModernJazzQuartet

Proof Positive is a 1964 album by American jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This CD reissue finds trombonist J.J. Johnson in prime form. In fact, his melancholy minor-toned explorations often recall Miles Davis, whose group he had played with the year before". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDmcwtPaoSI&list=OLAK5uy_nQQhj_9soim9dGWkssfk64pqezqE0Rhvw

#JJJohnson #ImpulseRecords #Jazz #Music #Trombone

Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington: Song Book One, 1980 on Pablo Today

First of two records of Sarah Vaughan doing Duke Ellington songs recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 (there is a Song Book Two, also released in 1980). Produced by Norman Granz, and engineered by Val Valentin and Bob Simpson.

Supporting artists include Waymon Reed (trumpet), J. J. Johnson (trombone), Frank Foster (tenor sax), Frank Wess (flute, tenor sax), Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Jimmy Rowles & Mike Wofford (piano), Joe Pass & Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Andy Simpkins (bass), and Grady Tate (drums), with Billy Byers arranging and conducting.

Pablo Today was a sub-label that started in 1979 and focused on “non-mainstream jazz” – not sure what that means but I’ve had great luck picking up Pablo records in general.

My copy, via Beatnick Records in Montréal Québec, is an original 1980 US pressing. with “Manufactured by Pablo Records” rim text.

Cara A: The Ethiopians–Drop Him
Written-By – L. Dillon

Cara B: The J.J. All Stars–Version Drop

The Ethiopians – Drop Him / Version Drop
Label: Sir J. J. – none
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Jamaica
Released:
Genre: Reggae
Style: Rocksteady, Reggae

#SkinheadSessions #Reggae #Rocksteady #TheEthiopians #JJAllStars #JJJohnson #SirJJRecords #RecordCollection #Vinyl45 #7InchVinyl
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