J.J. Johnson

Artist: Sonny Stitt , Bud Powel , and J.J. Johnson
Label: Ojc
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 025218110921
EAN: 0025218110921
ASIN: B000000Y0C

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Bud Powell
Sonny Side - Bud Powell
Bud's Blues - Bud Powell
Sunset - Bud Powell
Fine And Dandy (Take I) - Bud Powell
Fine And Dandy (Take 2) - Bud Powell
Strike Up The Band - Bud Powell
I Want To Be Happy - Bud Powell
Taking A Chance On Love - Bud Powell
Afternoon In Paris (Take I) - John Lewis
Afternoon In Paris (Take 2) - John Lewis
Elora (Take I) - John Lewis
Elora (Take 2) - John Lewis
Teapot (Take I) - John Lewis
Teapot (Take 2) - John Lewis
Blue Mode (Take I) - John Lewis
Blue Mode (Take 2) - John Lewis

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Customer Reviews:

Bud yes, but what a Sonny !!!.......2004-08-08

Bud played some of his best music here that's for sure and I say this thing too just to clarify that I agree with other reviewers who tribute the genius of Bud Powell on this particular recording. But the other guys' review lack words about Sonny who was the main actor of this music. Here he was in his tenor period so his playing is somewhat different from what we are used to hear from him. Personally I prefer his alto playing simply because with the alto Sonny was almost unreachable. With the alto he had an incredibly shining sound and he was able to blow chorus after chorus with tons of ideas. The tenor slowed him a little bit, he was forced to play differently, still in the bop idiom but with lesser "turns" and "curves" .. still he remained the boppest tenorman out there! In my opinion a lot better than a lot of celebated tenorman of the sixties .. Some, probably non-parker aficionados like him most with the tenor, I don't agree because I'm a parkerian, but Sonny Stitt remains Sonny Stitt even if you left him only his whistle .. It is true that what matters here are the first nine tracks and that the J.J.Johnson session are less important, altought still splendid recordings too. But the titans encounter between Stitt and Bud is something that every jazzcat should own in his collection! Just in case you forgot how bad those two were!!!

Transcendent Bud.......2004-04-19

It's really the Powell-Stitt tracks that matter, and they contain some of the most inventive and articulate piano playing in the entire history of jazz. On "All God's Children," Bud's choruses build on each other with dizzying creativity; the flow of ideas at such an astounding tempo is almost too much to grasp.

Bud's solo on "Strike Up the Band" begins as if he had already been playing silently for a chorus (of course, he'd been comping for Stitt to good effect!): you have to catch up with the ideas, and when you do, he doesn't disappoint; the musical narrative is both moving and surprising. Moreover, the way he backs Stitt, with highly syncopated chord punctuations, brings out the best in Sonny.

Often overlooked is the incredible subtlety in Bud's playing, in addition to the astonishing tempos, and this sets him apart from other jazz pianists. His incisive yet elegant touch is almost classical: he forces the listener to concentrate on how he shapes musical ideas and on the ways he manipulates notes with distinctive "trills" and arpeggios. I can never hear these tracks enough, and each time I listen I hear something new. This is pure Bud, pure genius, and Bud is boss!

A True Classic.......2002-12-06

What can anyone say? Powell's playing is PERFECT. Not only no bad notes whatsoever, but not even any remotely QUESTIONABLE notes. The rest of the gang are amazing, but Bud is PERFECT. I don't even listen to the non-Bud tracks.

I can't wait to get my live in NY 1944-49 CD.

BUD POWELL!.......2002-01-04

Unquestionably tracks 1 to 9 contain the best uptempo modern jazz piano playing on record. The piano must have been still smoking after he finished this assault!

Great playing from Sonny Stitt, but even he's left looking a bit flat-footed by the dazzingly incisive work of Bud Powell. I first heard this when I was quite young and unfortunately everything else I've heard since then by him or by anyone else for that matter was bound to seem a little second-rate by comparison. It's amazing music!

A gem.......2001-07-11

This essential-to-own recording captures every one of the players at the top of their form. Powell and Stitt at their very best, wonderfully complementing each other. Speed, articulation, creativity, soul, tight group, bebop at its very best. Don't even ask, just own it.

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