''Blue Trombone'' is an LP by

J. J. Johnson J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop. Biograph ...

. An early example of hard bop, the album features pianist

Tommy Flanagan Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...

, bassist

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

and drummer Max Roach. The album was released on

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

in 1957 and was reissued on CD by Tristar in 1994.

Reception

Michael Nastos of

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rated the album four stars and stated: "All of the music is excellent, and shows why Johnson was regarded as the very best jazz trombonist in the bop and post-bop movements."

Track listing

# Hello, Young Lovers (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) # Kev (J.J. Johnson) # What's New (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) # Blue Trombone (Part 1) (J.J. Johnson) # Blue Trombone (Part 2) (J.J. Johnson) # Gone with the Wind (Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson) # 100 Proof (J.J. Johnson)

Track listing - reissue with bonus tracks

# Hello Young Lovers # Kev # What's New # Blue Trombone # Gone With The Wind # 100 Proof # Our Love Is Here To Stay # Portrait Of Jenny # Pennies From Heaven # Viscosity # You're Mine, You # Daylie Double # Groovin'

Lineup

J.J. Johnson J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop. Biography ...

- trombone *

- piano (tracks 1 - 7) *

- bass (tracks 1 - 6, 8 - 13) * Max Roach - drums (tracks 1 - 6) *

Wilbur Little Wilbur "Doc" Little (March 5, 1928 – May 4, 1987) was an American jazz bassist known for playing hard bop and post-bop. Little originally played piano, but switched to double bass after serving in the military. In 1949 he moved to Washington, ...

- bass (track 7) * Elvin Jones - drums (track 7) * Horace Silver - piano (tracks 8 - 13) * Kenny Clarke - drums (tracks 8 - 13) *

Hank Mobley Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to descr ...

- tenor sax (tracks 9 - 13)

References

*Columbia CL 1303 1957 albums J. J. Johnson albums Columbia Records albums Hard bop albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub