Jay Jay Johnson – Supreme Jazz (2006) {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

James Louis “J. J.” Johnson was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. Johnson’s work in the 1940s and 1950s demonstrated that the slide trombone could be played in the bebop style; as trombonist Steve Turre has summarized, “J. J. did for the trombone what Charlie Parker did for the saxophone. And all of us that are playing today wouldn’t be playing the way we’re playing if it wasn’t for what he did. And not only, of course, is he the master of the trombone—the definitive master of this century—but, as a composer and arranger, he is in the top shelf as well”. From the mid-1950s on, Johnson was a perennial polling favorite in jazz circles, even winning “Trombonist of the Year” in Down Beat magazine during years he was not active. He was voted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame in 1995.

Tracklist:
01. Donґt Argue
02. How Long Has This Been Going On
03. Riviera
04. Dinner For One
05. Hip Bones
06. Wind Bag
07. Weґll Be Togehter Again
08. Bagґs Groove
09. Too Marvellous For Words
10. Jay
11. Old Devil Moon
12. Itґs Yo Or No One
13. Coffee Pot
14. Pennies From Heaven
15. Viscosity
16. Youґre Mine Yo
17. “Daylie” Double
18. Groovin