J.J.!
1965 studio album by J. J. Johnson
J.J.! is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J. J. Johnson and Big Band recorded in 1964 for the RCA Victor label.[1][2]
Reception
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Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars.[3]
Track listing
- "El Camino Real" (J. J. Johnson) - 4:10
- "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) - 5:50
- "Train Samba" (Gary McFarland) - 6:50
- "Swing Spring" (Miles Davis) - 3:45
- "Bimsha Swing" (Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best) - 3:10
- "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 4:55
- "So What" (Davis) - 4:15
- "Stratusphunk" (George Russell) - 6:50
- "Winter's Waif" (McFarland) - 5:50
- Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on December 7, 1964 (tracks 5-8), December 8, 1964 (tracks 2 & 4) and December 9, 1964 (tracks 1, 3 & 9)
Personnel
- J. J. Johnson - trombone, arranger
- Thad Jones (tracks 1-4 & 9), Jimmy Maxwell (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Ernie Royal, Clark Terry (tracks 5-8), Joe Wilder (tracks 1, 3 & 9) - trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
- Tommy Mitchell (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Tony Studd – bass trombone
- James Buffington - French horn (tracks 1, 3 & 9)
- Bill Stanley - tuba (tracks 1, 3 & 9)
- Ray Beckenstein (tracks 2 & 4), Jerry Dodgion, Harvey Estrin (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Bud Johnson (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Oliver Nelson, Jerome Richardson (tracks 5-8) - reeds
- Hank Jones - piano
- Bob Cranshaw - bass
- Grady Tate - drums
References
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores) | As leader or co-leader | |
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With Kai Winding | |
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Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer |
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
- Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966)
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973)
- The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
- Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969)
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
- New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979)
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
- Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957)
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949)
- Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
- Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
- The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
- The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955)
- The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
- Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966)
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66)
- Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
- Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
- Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
- Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975)
- New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
- What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
- Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
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Film scores | |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. | Albums as leader or co-leader |
- Urbanity (1947–53)
- Bluebird (1955)
- Quartet-Quintet (1955)
- The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
- Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
- Gigi (1958)
- Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958)
- Porgy and Bess (1958)
- The Talented Touch (1958)
- Here's Love (1963)
- This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
- Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966)
- Hanky Panky (1975)
- Arigato (1976)
- Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
- Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
- Bop Redux (1977)
- Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
- I Remember You (1977)
- Just for Fun (1977)
- Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
- Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978)
- Compassion (1978)
- Groovin' High (1978)
- More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Bluesette (1979)
- I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
- Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987)
- The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988)
- The Oracle (1989)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
- Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994)
- Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006)
- Come Sunday (2010)
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The Great Jazz Trio | |
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With Bob Brookmeyer | |
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With Al Cohn | |
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With Coleman Hawkins | |
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With Johnny Hodges | |
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With Milt Jackson | |
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With J.J. Johnson | |
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With Oliver Nelson | |
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With Sonny Stitt | |
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With others |
- The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
- Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
- Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
- Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
- Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
- Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965)
- Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58)
- Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
- Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959)
- Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
- Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62)
- Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
- For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973)
- Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
- Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
- 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
- Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
- Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
- Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
- Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959)
- Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
- Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957)
- Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
- The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
- Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61)
- Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962)
- New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
- A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
- The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
- Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963)
- Gigi Gryce (1958)
- You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
- I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
- The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
- Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
- Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951)
- French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
- Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62)
- And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966)
- Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
- SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959)
- The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952)
- I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003)
- Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
- Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
- Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957)
- 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982)
- Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
- The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
- Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
- SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961)
- Great Day (James Mody, 1963)
- Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956)
- The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
- Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984)
- All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
- New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979)
- So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
- Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
- Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978)
- Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
- The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967)
- The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
- Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
- Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964)
- Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
- See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964)
- Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955)
- Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
- Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956)
- The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
- But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969)
- The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958)
- Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
- More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
- Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. | As leader or co-leader | |
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With Duke Ellington | |
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With Johnny Hodges | |
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With Quincy Jones | |
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With Herbie Mann | |
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With Oliver Nelson | |
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With others |
- My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1959)
- Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
- Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961)
- Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
- Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
- One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960)
- Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
- Goodies (George Benson, 1968)
- Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968)
- Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954)
- Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964)
- Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
- Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963)
- Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960)
- The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962)
- Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
- Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
- Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
- Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81)
- Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962)
- Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
- Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
- Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957)
- The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960)
- White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
- Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993)
- The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966)
- It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
- You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
- Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
- Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992)
- Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983)
- Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
- J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964)
- Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
- Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
- Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977)
- Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962)
- At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960)
- Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960)
- Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
- The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962)
- The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
- Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
- Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
- A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
- Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965)
- Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
- Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
- That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962)
- Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
- Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
- The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
- Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954)
- The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974)
- Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
- Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
- New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
- I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
- Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959)
- New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961)
- Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
- Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966)
- Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61)
- Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
- Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963)
- Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963)
- New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
- Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961)
- The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)
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