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J.J. Johnson: The Eminent J.J. Johnson Vol. 1
by AAJ Staff
Compared with the first appearance of previously released jazz albums in CD format, the second generation of jazz CD reissues represents sophisticated product: 24 bit remastering, updated liner notes, and glossy packaging--candy for jazz lovers. One in the most recent block of titles from Blue Note’s Rudy Van Gelder (RVG) edition reissue series, The Eminent J.J. ...
Gunther Schuller Turns 75!
by Scott Menhinick
All About Jazz: I was curious about what kind of influence your father being a professional musician had on your choice to follow a musical path.Gunther Schuller: Enormous, except not formal. I heard great music in my mother's womb and my father was in the New York Philharmonic so I was taken to concerts ...
Heroes
By J.J. Johnson
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: Carolyn (in the Morning); Ten-85; Thelonious the Onliest; Vista; In Walked Wayne; Better Days; Blue in Green; Blue Train; Carolyn (in the Evening).
J. J. Johnson: Pinnacles
by AAJ Staff
From the start of a decade, this tried to blend old faces with a new sound. The electric piano starts up; the sound flits from speaker to speaker in annoying fashion. The rhythm gets behind, Billy Higgins getting a firm hand on things. And then J.J. enters: dark and rich and full of confidence. He stutters ...
J. J. Johnson and Ray Anderson: Heroes and Funkorific
by John Sharpe
Many years ago, I played the trombone in my high-school band. Personally, I found it to be a rather awkward, unwieldy instrument. These two discs demonstrate that, in the hands of master musicians, the old 'bone is capable of great range and expressive versatility. Heroes and Funkorific are a study in contrasts between the legendary veteran ...
J.J. Johnson: Heroes
by Jim Santella
Still paving the way for younger trombone-playing leaders and composers, J.J. Johnson at 75 plays that instrument better than any other jazz artist does. Remember Kid Ory, Jack Teagarden, Vic Dickenson, Glenn Miller, and Tommy Dorsey? Don’t forget Frank Rosolino. And there’s Urbie Green, John Fedchock, Steve Turre, Wycliffe Gordon, Robin Eubanks, and Ray Anderson. Lots ...
