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Eddie Johnson
Love You Madly
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. I Love You Madly - Eddie Johnson, Ellington, Duke
2. Gravy Waltz - Eddie Johnson, Allen, Steve [1]
3. Eyes of Love - Eddie Johnson, Jones, Quincy
4. My Buddy - Eddie Johnson, Donaldson, Walter
5. Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo - Eddie Johnson, Anderson, Cat
6. Wanderlust - Eddie Johnson, Ellington, Duke
7. This Love of Mine - Eddie Johnson, Parker, Sol
8. Whirley Bird - Eddie Johnson, Hefti, Neal
9. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - Eddie Johnson, Bricusse, Leslie
10. You Dirty Dog - Eddie Johnson, Ellington, Duke

CD Details

All Artists: Eddie Johnson
Title: Love You Madly
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Delmark
Original Release Date: 5/25/1999
Re-Release Date: 6/8/2010
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Cool Jazz, Modern Postbebop, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 038153051525

Synopsis

Product Description

Chicago tenor sax great Eddie Johnson passed away on April 7, 2010 at the age of 89. This 1999 session was recorded at the tail end of his last active period in a long professional career that went back to the 40s. Eddie led the Jazz Masters for six years at Alexander's Steakhouse on Chicago's south side so the band was ready for the date. With Chicago piano legend John Young, bassist Eddie De Haas and drummer George Hughes. Jazz Masters trumpeter Paul Serrano did not participate as musician but was the recording/mixing engineer. A wonderful straight-ahead jazz CD with ten songs including the Duke Ellington title track, Gravy Waltz, Eyes Of Love, My Buddy.

CD Reviews

Jazz as it should be played

G. Sawaged | Canada | 01/25/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A wonderful jazz album. Eddie Johnson should be far better known than he is. At 78, when this album was recorded, he proves he can still play tenor sax as well as anyone. This album features a few Duke Ellington tunes, including the title track. In fact back in the 40's, Duke Ellington tried unsuccessfully to pry Johnson away from Louis Jordan's band. Johnson and the rhythm section featured here on this album, have performed together in Chicago for the past 6 years leading up to this recording, and as Johnson states in the liner notes, "There was no such thing as a rehearsal. We just got together and played the way we always do." Along with Eddie on tenor, there is John Young on piano, Eddie De Haas on bass and George Hughes on drums."