J.J. Johnson - The Complete Columbia Small Group Sessions (1996) (7CD Box Set)

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This seven-CD limited-edition box set from Mosaic is another mind-boggling collection. The masterful trombonist J.J. Johnson recorded steadily for Columbia during the 1956-61 period, heading groups that ranged from quartets to sextets that performed solid hard bop. Johnson is joined on various selections by tenors Bobby Jaspar (doubling on flute) and Clifford Jordan; cornetist Nat Adderley; the young trumpeter Freddie Hubbard; pianists Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Cedar Walton, and Victor Feldman; bassists Percy Heath, Wilbur Little, Paul Chambers, Spanky DeBrest, Arthur Harper, and Sam Jones; and drummers Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Albert "Tootie" Heath, and Louis Hayes.
The music was originally issued on nine LPs; plus, there are 21 previously unreleased selections. Johnson's high-quality and consistently inventive playing is quite impressive, making this box a true must for his greatest fans.
It's time for us to fill a gaping hole in our catalog. And for you, even if you own albums by trombone great J. J. Johnson, to include this music in your collection.
You can't claim to be a label devoted to the great names in jazz without offering a set by J. J. Johnson, and his small group sessions for Columbia in the late 1950s are a fascinating chapter in Johnson's career. The man who, back in the 1940s, dumped all the sliding and slurring so common to the instrument and proved you could play with the precision and passion that bebop required.
Track List:
CD 1
01. I Should Care
02. Overdrive
03. Undecided
04. Joey, Joey, Joey
05. Angel Eyes
06. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
07. Cube Steak
08. Never Let Me Go
09. Solar
10. Chasin

J.J. Johnson The Complete Columbia Small Group Sessions 1996 7CD Box Set

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