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The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1
| Recorded | Jun 22, 1953 & Sep 24, 1954 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1505 |
| Released | 1953 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 174533 |
The record
Clifford Brown's trumpet burns bright next to Jimmy Heath's reeds on this 1953 date, with Mingus, Percy Heath, Lewis and Kelly splitting rhythm duties across the session. Johnson's own lines stay clean and fast, laying out modern trombone vocabulary in real time.
Session personnel
- Charles Mingus — bass
- Percy Heath — bass
- Sabu Martinez — congas [conga drum]
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- John Lewis — piano
- Wynton Kelly — piano
- Jimmy Heath — tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- J.J. Johnson — trombone
- Clifford Brown — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest copy we list is a 1955 Blue Note BLP 1505 in mono -- deep groove, RVG stamp, Plastylite ear, laminated sleeve. A 1956 pressing of the same number adds the flat edge, and a 1957 mono repress carries the 47 W 63rd address. Stereo does not appear until the 1966 BST 81505. The French BLP 1505 of 1983 and the Japanese 2004 pressing are the practical listening copies.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 43 pressings on file.
| 1955 | Blue Note · BLP 1505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1956 | Blue Note · BLP 1505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Flat edge but without frame cover · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge; laminated sleeve |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BLP 1505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST-81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST 81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST 81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST 81505 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1978 | Blue Note · GXK8032(M) — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Charles Mingus also plays on
Percy Heath also plays on
Sabu Martinez also plays on