Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage returns with his 5th Blue Note release
Ella & Louis-Again is a key element of what could be considered the most iconic jazz duo of all time
" Yet it speaks volumes about a musician and a music that opened up the world of jazz to so many who had been excluded
and bassist John Ore to lay down takes of Mobley's skittering tunes "Three Way Split" and "No Room for Squares" in addition to two remarkable Morgan tunes: the gorgeous ballad "Carolyn" and the grooving "Me 'N You
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J.J. Johnson: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-141.1 Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage returnsBlue Note, 1954 J. J. Johnson adapted the language of bebop to the trombone winning the admiration of Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker. After appearing on Miles Davis first Blue Note session in 1952, Alfred Lion gave Johnson the chance to lead several of his own dates including a 1953 sextet date featuring trumpeter Clifford Brown, saxophonist Jimmy Heath, pianist John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Kenny Clarke; a 1954