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J.J. Johnson
Complete 60's Big Band Recordings
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (42) - Disc #1
1. Bemsha Swing
2. So What
3. My Little Suede Shoes
4. Stratusphunk
5. Stolen Moments
6. Swing Spring
7. Train Samba
8. Winter's Waif
9. El Camino Real
10. Agua De Beber
11. Pense A Moi
12. How Insensitive
13. I'm All Smiles
14. G'won Train
15. Feeling Good
16. Seventh Son
17. In The Name Of Love
18. No Particular Place To Go
19. 008
20. Billy Boy
21. Incidental Blues
22. Once In A Lifetime
23. Sunrise Sunset
24. Sew The Buttons On
25. More Than One Way
26. Night Song
27. Come Back To Me
28. Something's Coming
29. Why Did I Choose You?
30. Joker
31. Goodbye Old Girl
32. I Believe In You
33. Xanadu
34. Say When
35. Ballade
36. Litte Dave
37. Space Walk
38. In Walked Horace
39. Blue
40. Euro 1
41. Euro 2
42. Short Cake

CD Details

All Artists: J.J. Johnson
Title: Complete 60's Big Band Recordings
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lonehill Jazz Spain
Release Date: 6/25/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style:
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 8436019582930

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 two CD set that contains the complete discography of J.J. Johnson's 1960s Big Band recordings as a leader. These 13 different studio sessions were originally released across four separate albums (all featured here in their entirety): Dynamic Sound Of J.J. Johnson (1964), Goodies, Broadway Express (both 1965) and The Total J.J. Johnson. Featuring musical assistance from Art Farmer, Thad Jones, Clark Terry, Oliver Nelson, Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell and others. 42 tracks total. Lonehill.

CD Reviews

A little less complete might have been better...

T. Bensch | Beltsville, MD United States | 04/10/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"J.J.Johnson, himself, always sounds great. But this compilation of four albums would have been dramatically better if it had only included the first ("Dynamic Sound...") and last ("Total..."). The cuts from those two albums are well worth the cost of the set; hearing JJ play with a big band that includes Thad Jones, Clark Terry, Oliver Nelson, etc., is spectacular. Unfortunately, the orchestral arrangements (and the orchestra itself) for "Broadway Express" are almost painful. The horribly dated arrangements on "Goodies" are even worse (it's like a combination of elevator music and the Swingle Singers, with an overlay of JJ's nice trombone sound). If the albums had been combined differently, you could just dump one of the CDs -- But it's one good, and one dreadful, album on each disc. So as long as you're planning to rip the good tracks to an MP3 player or a single CD, you'd be good to go. Otherwise be ready for some serious track skipping."