Jay Jay Johnson - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1 Artist_Bardo Pond Recorded in London in September

Recorded in London in September 1979 with Jean Paul Florens on guitar

Their sole LP

and well-balanced songwriting

and ""Pick Up The Pieces"" which is a masterpiece of the average white band made into jazz-funk

Jay Jay Johnson - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1 Artist_Bardo Pond Recorded in London in SeptemberTrombonist J. J. Johnson took the language of bebop and adapted it to his instrument winning the admiration of Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker. After appearing on Miles Davis first Blue Note session in 1952, Johnson was given the chance to lead his own dates in 1953 and 1954. The first featured a sextet with Johnson joined by the brilliant trumpeter Clifford Brown, saxophonist Jimmy Heath, pianist John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, and