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Blue Note

The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 3

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Recorded1955
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBLP 5070
Released1955
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 925019

The record

Hank Mobley's tenor and J.J. Johnson's trombone up front, with Horace Silver, Paul Chambers and Kenny Clarke behind them -- a quintet without a weak chair. Six sides on a Blue Note ten-inch, BLP 5070 from 1955: 'Daylie Double', 'Viscosity' and 'Groovin'' alongside 'Pennies From Heaven' and 'Portrait Of Jenny'.

Tracks

  1. Daylie Double
  2. You're Mine You
  3. Pennies From Heaven
  4. Groovin'
  5. Viscosity
  6. Portrait Of Jenny

Session personnel

  • Paul Chambers (3) — Bass
  • Kenny Clarke — Drums
  • Horace Silver — Piano
  • Hank Mobley — Tenor Saxophone
  • J.J. Johnson — Trombone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1955Blue Note · BLP 5070 — Vinyl LP 10" Album Mono earliest on file

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