Savoy MG 12106 · 12-inch LP · 1957

MG 12106

J J Johnson's Jazz Quintets

J.J. Johnson's Beboppers

Released: 1957
Tracks: 12

1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 1
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 4
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 2
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 3
3 more tracks from these dates went to Kai Winding's All Stars
3 more tracks from these dates went to Kai Winding Sextet
1 more track from these dates went to Jay & Kai

Who's on it

J.J. Johnson – trombone
Cecil Payne – alto sax
Bud Powell – piano
Leonard Gaskin – bass
Max Roach – drums
J. J. Johnson – trombone
Leo Parker – baritone sax
Hank Jones – piano
Al Lucas – bass
Shadow Wilson – drums
Sonny Rollins – tenor sax
John Lewis – piano
Gene Ramey – bass

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 3 sessions.

1Jay Bird (as Fly Jay)June 26, 1946 · S3309-11
2Coppin' The BopJune 26, 1946 · S3310
3Jay Jay (as Hey Jay Jay)June 26, 1946 · S3311-2
4Mad Be BopJune 26, 1946 · S3312
5Boneology (as Bone-ology)December 24, 1947 · S3519
6Down Vernon's AlleyDecember 24, 1947 · S3520
7YesterdaysDecember 24, 1947 · S3521
8RiffetteDecember 24, 1947 · S3522
9Audobahn (as Audubon)May 11, 1949 · S36-130-3
10Don't Blame MeMay 11, 1949 · S36-131
11-May 11, 1949 · S36-132-8
12-May 11, 1949 · S36-133-5

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Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

9 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 15049	Kai Winding Sextet	J.J. Johnson	1955	J.J. Johnson, J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis, Gene Ramey

8 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9024	The Birth Of Bop Volume 3	Various Artists	1953	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Bud Powell, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Shadow Wilson

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9022	The Birth Of Bop Volume 1	Various Artists	1953	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Bud Powell, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach, Leo Parker, Al Lucas

5 of them 12 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 109	Modern Jazz Trombones	Kai Winding And His All Stars, Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars	1951	J.J. Johnson, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
MG 9009	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Leo Parker	1952	J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson
MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Bud Powell, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach
MG 9025	The Birth Of Bop Volume 4	Various Artists	1953	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Bud Powell, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach
MGC-622	Jazz Moods By Illinois Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1954	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson, Gene Ramey
MG 12010	Jay & Kai	J. J. Johnson's Bop Quintet	1955	J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson
MG 15048	Kai Winding's All Stars	J.J. Johnson Quintet	1955	J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson
DEB-198	Autobiography In Jazz	Jazz Workshop	1956	J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Hank Jones, John Lewis
MGC-702	Groovin' With Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1956	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson, Gene Ramey
PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	J.J. Johnson, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
MGV-8230	The Anatomy Of Improvisation	Various Artists	1957	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Max Roach, Hank Jones, Shadow Wilson
PRLP 7253	Looking Back	J.J. Johnson	1963	J.J. Johnson, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis

4 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9026	The Birth Of Bop Volume 5	Various Artists	1953	J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Shadow Wilson
MGC-701	Port Of Rico	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra Featuring Count Basie	1956	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson
PRLP 7024	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1956	J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
RLP 12-244	Jazz For Lovers	Various Artists	1957	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, Hank Jones, Sonny Rollins
MG 12114	Opus De Bop	Various Artists	1957	Max Roach, Leo Parker, Hank Jones, Gene Ramey

3 of them 26 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7824	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra	1946	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, Hank Jones
PR 7839	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers · not on the site yet	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1949	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 9000	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Charlie Parker	1951	Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 9001	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1951	Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
PRLP 123	Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two	Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson	1952	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, John Lewis
BLP 5003	The Amazing Bud Powell	Bud Powell's Modernists	1952	Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
MGC-167	Jazz By Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1954	Cecil Payne, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson
MGN-1034	Tenor Saxes	Stan Getz, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Charlie Ventura	1955	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Shadow Wilson
BLP 1503	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1	Bud Powell	1955	Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
MG 12000	Charlie Parker Memorial	Charlie Parker All Stars	1955	Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 12001	The Immortal Charlie Parker	Tiny Grimes Quintette	1955	Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 12009	Charlie Parker Memorial Volume 2	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 12014	The Genius Of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Bud Powell, Max Roach, John Lewis
MG-36043	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley	Cannonball Adderley Octet	1955	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Max Roach
MGC-700	Jazz Moods	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1956	Cecil Payne, Al Lucas, Shadow Wilson
BLP 1504	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2	Bud Powell	1956	Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
PRLP 7025	Miles Davis And Horns	Miles Davis Sextet	1956	Leonard Gaskin, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
MG-36066	Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars	Jimmy Cleveland Octet	1956	Cecil Payne, Max Roach, Hank Jones
MG-36085	The Young Ones Of Jazz	Various Artists	1956	Cecil Payne, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
RLP 12-239	Jazz Contrasts	Kenny Dorham	1957	Max Roach, Hank Jones, Sonny Rollins
BLP 1542	Sonny Rollins Volume 1	Sonny Rollins	1957	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Gene Ramey
RLP 12-267	Riverside Drive	Various Artists	1958	Max Roach, Hank Jones, Sonny Rollins
RLP 12-284	Saxophone Revolt	Various Artists	1958	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, Hank Jones
JLP 72	Sonny's Time	Sonny Rollins	1962	Max Roach, Hank Jones, Sonny Rollins
JLP 82	Kenny Dorham And Friends With Cannonball Adderley & Sonny Rollins	Kenny Dorham Quintet/Sextet	1962	Max Roach, Hank Jones, Sonny Rollins
V-8568	The Essential Coleman Hawkins	Coleman Hawkins Solo	1963	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne, Shadow Wilson

2 of them 102 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 4430	Bud Powell's Modernists · not on the site yet	Bud Powell's Modernists	1949	Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins
PRLP 113	Modern Jazz Trumpets	Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham	1951	Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
PR 7674	Miles Davis Sextet · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet	1951	Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
MG 9004	Stan Getz Beboppers	Stan Getz Quartet / The Be Bop Boys	1951	Max Roach, Hank Jones
BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins
BLP 5012	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet	Howard McGhee's All Stars	1952	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach
MG 9005	Fats Navarro	Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys	1952	Leo Parker, Gene Ramey
MG 9007	Tenor Sax Solos	Don Byas	1952	Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach
MG 9010	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3	Charlie Parker	1952	Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 9011	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 4	Charlie Parker	1952	Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 9016	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3	Dexter Gordon	1952	Bud Powell, Max Roach
MG 9018	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 5	Leo Parker	1952	Leo Parker, Al Lucas
DLP-2	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 1	The Quintet	1953	Bud Powell, Max Roach
DLP-3	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 2	Bud Powell Trio	1953	Bud Powell, Max Roach
PRLP 140	Blue Period	Miles Davis	1953	Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
PRLP 154	Miles Davis Play The Compositions Of Al Cohn	Miles Davis Septet	1953	Leonard Gaskin, John Lewis
BLP 5028	Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown	Jay Jay Johnson Sextet	1953	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
PR 7822	Miles Davis Quartet · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Quartet	1953	Max Roach, John Lewis
DLP-4	Jazz At Massey Hall Vol. 3	The Quintet	1954	Bud Powell, Max Roach
DLP-5	Jazz Workshop Vol. 1	Trombone Rapport	1954	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
MGC-157	Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quartet	1954	Max Roach, Hank Jones
MGC-158	Jumping Moods By Flip Phillips	Flip Phillips And His Orchestra	1954	Cecil Payne, Max Roach
PRLP 161	Miles Davis Quartet	Miles Davis Quartet	1954	Max Roach, John Lewis
MGN-1005	The President, Lester Young	Lester Young Quartet	1954	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
MG 9034	Bird - Diz - Bud - Max	Various Artists	1954	Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 15043	Tenor Sax Solos By Don Byas	Don Byas' Swing Shifters	1954	Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach
DLP-14	Jazz Workshop Vol. 2	Trombone Rapport	1955	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
MGC-680	The Kid And The Brute	Illinois Jacquet And Ben Webster	1955	Leo Parker, Al Lucas
MGN-1017	Jazz Original	Bud Powell	1955	Bud Powell, Max Roach
CL 2573	Jay And Kai	J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding	1955	J.J. Johnson, Shadow Wilson
BLP 5065	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	1955	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne
MG 12020	Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	1955	Leo Parker, John Lewis
MG 15059	The Ernie Wilkins-Kenny Clarke Septet Vol. 1	Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet	1955	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones
MG 15060	The Ernie Wilkins-Kenny Clarke Septet Vol. 2	Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet	1955	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones
DEB-124	Jazz At Massey Hall	The Quintet	1956	Bud Powell, Max Roach
MGC-692	Swinging With Flip	Flip Phillips And His Orchestra	1956	Cecil Payne, Max Roach
CL 892	Jay & Kai + 6: The Jay And Kai Trombone Octet	J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding	1956	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
CL 935	J Is For Jazz	The J.J. Johnson Quintet	1956	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
MGN-1040	The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music	The Modern Jazz Society	1956	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
MGN-1063	Jazz Giant	Bud Powell	1956	Bud Powell, Max Roach
MGN-1071	Lester's Here	Lester Young And His Orchestra	1956	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
MGN-1072	Pres	Lester Young And His Orchestra	1956	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
BLP 1505	The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1	J.J. Johnson	1956	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
BLP 1506	The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2	J.J. Johnson	1956	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
PRLP 7020	Work Time	Sonny Rollins	1956	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
PRLP 7029	Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey And Kenny Drew	Sonny Rollins Quartet	1956	Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
PRLP 7037	Fontainebleau	Tadd Dameron	1956	Cecil Payne, Shadow Wilson
PRLP 7038	Sonny Rollins Plus 4	Sonny Rollins Plus 4	1956	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
PRLP 7045	Earl Coleman Returns	Earl Coleman	1956	Hank Jones, Shadow Wilson
PRLP 7054	Blue Haze	Miles Davis	1956	Max Roach, John Lewis
MG 12007	Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins	Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet	1956	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones
MG-36070	Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street	Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet	1956	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
MG-36087	Today Is Bargain Day - A Collection Of All Star High Fidelity Recordings	Various Artists	1956	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne
MG-36098	Max Roach + 4	Max Roach Quintet	1956	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
DEB-126	Four Trombones	Trombone Rapport / Four Trombones	1957	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
RLP 12-226	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	1957	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
RLP 12-233	The Hawk Flies High	Coleman Hawkins Septet	1957	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
CL 941	Music For Brass	The Brass Ensemble Of The Jazz And Classical Music Society	1957	J.J. Johnson, John Lewis
CL 997	One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie	1957	J.J. Johnson, Shadow Wilson
CL 1020	Jazz Omnibus	Various Artists	1957	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach
CL 1030	First Place	J.J. Johnson	1957	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach
BLP 1531	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1	Fats Navarro	1957	Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins
BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins
BLP 1535	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	1957	J.J. Johnson, Cecil Payne
BLP 1558	Sonny Rollins Volume 2	Sonny Rollins	1957	J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins
PRLP 7079	Saxophone Colossus	Sonny Rollins	1957	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
PRLP 7095	Rollins Plays For Bird	Sonny Rollins Quintet With Kenny Dorham And Max Roach	1957	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
MGV-8001	The Charlie Parker Story #2	Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra	1956+	Max Roach, Hank Jones
MGV-8005	Now's The Time: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #3	The Quartet Of Charlie Parker	1956+	Max Roach, Hank Jones
MG-36108	Jazz In 3/4 Time	Max Roach	1957	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
RLP 12-251	Abbey Lincoln With The Riverside Jazz Stars	Abbey Lincoln With The Riverside Jazz Stars	1958	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
RLP 12-256	The Modern Touch	Benny Golson Sextet	1958	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach
RLP 12-258	Freedom Suite	Sonny Rollins	1958	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
RLP 12-266	Last Chorus	Ernie Henry	1958	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
LP 1299	Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins	The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn Volume 2	1958	Sonny Rollins, John Lewis
PRLP 7126	Tour De Force	Sonny Rollins	1958	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
MG 12126	The Jazz Hour	Various Artists	1958	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones
MG 12130	Dexter Rides Again	Dexter Gordon	1958	Bud Powell, Max Roach
CL 1303	Blue Trombone	J.J. Johnson	1959	J.J. Johnson, Max Roach
MGV-8308	The Lester Young Story	The Lester Young - Buddy Rich Trio	1959	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
MGV-8320	Down Beat's Hall Of Fame Vol. 1	Various Artists	1959	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
PRLP 7207	Sonny Boy	Sonny Rollins	1961	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
CJM 8019	The Jazz Life!	Various Artists	1961	Cecil Payne, Max Roach
CJM 8022	Newport Rebels	Jazz Artists Guild	1961	Cecil Payne, Max Roach
V-8398	The Essential Lester Young	The Lester Young - Buddy Rich Trio	1961	John Lewis, Gene Ramey
V-8409	The Essential Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quartet With Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	1961	Max Roach, Hank Jones
RLP 421	Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits	Thelonious Monk Quintet	1962	Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
NJLP 8274	Asia Minor	Dizzy Reece	1962	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones
A-43	Now!	Sonny Stitt	1963	Hank Jones, Al Lucas
NJLP 8292	The Jazz Soul Of Cleopatra	John Coltrane/Ahmed Abdul-Malik/Dizzy Reece/Oudi Hrant/Yusef Lateef	1963	Cecil Payne, Hank Jones
V-8530	J.J.'s Broadway	J.J. Johnson	1963	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
V-8579	Winners All! Down Beat Jazz Poll	Various Artists	1964	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
LP 1443	And Then Again	Elvin Jones	1965	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
PR 7352	Miles Davis Plays For Lovers	Miles Davis Quartet	1965	Max Roach, John Lewis
V-8619	When My Dreamboat Comes Home	Bill Henderson	1965	J.J. Johnson, Al Lucas
PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Max Roach, John Lewis
A-9111	Alfie (Soundtrack)	Sonny Rollins	1966	J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins
A-9113	Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle	Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra	1966	Hank Jones, Al Lucas
A-9132	Happenings	Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson	1966	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
LM-82029	With Respect To Nat	Oscar Peterson	1966	J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones
PR 7586	Original Moody's Mood	King Pleasure	1968	Cecil Payne, Leonard Gaskin