J.J. & Kai in 1955
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Jai And Kai (digipack Edition)
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Featuring: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Bobby Jaspar (ts), Dick Katz, Tommy Flanagan (p), Milt Hinton, Bill Brown (b), Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Elvin Jones (d), Candido Camero (perc)
REFERENCE: JB 526
BAR CODE: 8436019585269
The complete LP “Jay & Kai” (1956) one of the best albums by the Johnson-Winding Quintet. Included as a bonus, are six rare tracks: three concert performances by Jay & Kai at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, and three studio recordings presenting both trombonists as part of groups conducted by Quincy Jones, one of them taken from a long unavailable compilation LP titled “The Giants Of Jazz”.
A frontline of two trombones was an atypical combination for jazz prior to these groundbreaking collaborations by Jay Jay Johnson (the first and primary exponent of bebop on his instrument) and Danish-born Kai Winding (a brilliant trombonist in his own right).
The original LP “Jay & Kai”, presented here, included two complete sessions by the tandem plus a couple of tunes taken from different sessions: "I Should Care" was recorded for a quintet session with J.J. and Bobby Jaspar, which belongs to the sessions that produced the LP “J Is for Jazz”, while "Yes, You" was recorded by the Kai Winding Septet (without J.J.) for the session that produced the LP “Trombone Panorama”.
Tracklisting:
01. YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO (3:30)
02. CARIBE (2:41)
03. HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE (3:40)
04. THE SONG IS YOU (4:02)
05. IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING (4:18)
06. YES, YOU (3:29)
07. TROMBONIUMS IN MOTION (3:40)
08. HOW HIGH THE MOON (2:33)
09. VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS (4:20)
10. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT (3:26)
11. 'S WONDERFUL (3:08)
12. I SHOULD CARE (3:54)
13. LOVER COME BACK TO ME (5:32) (*) Bonus Track
14. TRUE BLUE TROMBONIUMS (4:17) (*) Bonus Track
15. NWPT (3:04) (*) Bonus Track
16. YOU'RE CRYING (3:12) (*) Bonus Track
17. FUNK JUNCTION (3:07) (*) Bonus Track
18. GRASSHOPPER (3:20) (*) Bonus Track
Total time: 65:13 min.
Tracks #1-12 from the original album "Jay and Kai" (columbia CL 742). Personnel: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Dick Katz (p), Milt Hinton (b), Shadow Wilson (d), and Candido Camero (congas/bongos). Recorded in New York, on November 17, 1955.
Tracks #13-15 Personnel: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Dick Katz (p), Bill Brown (b) Rudy Collins (d). Live at the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport, Rhode Island, July 6, 1956.
Tracks #16-17 Jay & Kai, with the Quincy Jones Orchestra. Recorded in New York, on December 7, 1954.
Track #18 Jay & Kai, with Quincy Jones and the All Stars, Recorded in New York, on February 25, 1955.
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