J.J. Johnson, trombone ; with Harold Mabern, piano, Arthur Harper, bass, and Frank Gant, drums (tracks 1-6) ; with Toots Thielemans, guitar, McCoy Tyner, piano ; Richard Davis, bass and Elvin Jones, drums (track 7). Original sessions produced by Bob Thiele ; Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna. Originally released in 1964 on MCA Records, AS-68; digitally re-mastered by Paul Elmore at MCA Music Media Studios. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 1, 1964. Program notes in English by Leonard Feather, edited from the original liner notes (7 pages : portrait) inserted in container.
Contents:
Neo (Miles Davis) (10:19) -- Gloria (Bronislaw Kaper) (3:04) -- Stella by Starlight (Ned Washington-Victor Young) (4:02) -- Minor blues (J.J. Johnson) (8:04) -- My funny valentine (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) (3:02) -- Blues waltz (Max Roach) (8:05) -- Lullaby of jazzland (Mammy Albam-Rick Ward) (5:08).
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