J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - Trombone for Two (1956)

J.J. Johnson  & Kai Winding - Trombone for Two (1956)

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Allmusic:
The J.J. Johnson-Kai Winding quintet became one of the more unlikely successes of the mid-'50s, recording nine albums during their two years of steady collaborations. Their first Columbia LP (there would be five) has such likable songs as "Give Me the Simple Life," "Trombone for Two," "It's Sand Man," "Let's Get Away from It All" and "This Can't Be Love." With pianist Dick Katz, bassist Paul Chambers (who would soon join Miles Davis) and drummer Osie Johnson, the focus is almost entirely on the competitive but complementary trombonists. The results are bop-based but full of surprises, tasteful but not always predictable. All of this group's albums deserve to be reissued in coherent fashion on CD; this one will be hard to find.

Tracks
-01. "The Whiffenpoof Song" (Minnigerode-Pomeroy-Galloway-Rev: R. Vallee) - 3:19
-02. "Give Me the Simple Life" - (Ruby - Bloom) - 3:54
-03. "Close as Pages in a Book" - (Fields - Romberg) - 3:36
-04. "Turnabout" - (J. J. Johnson) - 3:53
-05. "Trombone for Two" - (Kai Winding) - 3:15
-06. "It's Sand, Man" - (E. Lewis-Arr: K. Winding) - 3:57
-07. "We Two" - (J. J. Johnson) - 4:02
-08. "Let's Get Away From It All" - (Adair-Dennis) - 2:52
-09. "Goodbye" - (Jenkins) - 2:44
-10. "This Can't Be Love" - (Rodgers and Hart) - 4:04
-11. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - (Cole Porter) - 3:30
-12. "Caribé" - (Kai Winding) - 2:41
-13. "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" - (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 3:40
-14. "The Song Is You" - (Kern, Hammerstein) - 4:02
-15. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - 4:18
-16. "Trombonims in Motion" - 3:40
-17. "How High the Moon" - 2:33
-18. "Violets for Your Furs" - 4:20
-19. "Too Close for Comfort" - (Larry Holofcener) - 3:26
-20. "'S Wonderful" - 3:08

Personnel
* J.J. Johnson - Trombone
* Kai Winding - Trombone
* Dick Katz - Piano
* Paul Chambers - Bass
* Osie Johnson - Drums

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