Dial J. J. 5 is an album by the J. J. Johnson Quintet which was released on the Columbia label.Discogs album entry accessed July 18, 2016Tommy Flanaghan Catalog, accessed July 18, 2016Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 6: CL 1000-1099 (1957-1958), accessed July 18, 2016The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions - Liner Notes , accessed July 18, 2016
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing "Tea Pot" (J. J. Johnson) - 5:34 "Barbados" (Charlie Parker) - 4:37 "In a Little Provincial Town" (Bobby Jaspar) - 4:21 "Cette Chose" (Jaspar) - 3:19 "Blue Haze" (Miles Davis) - 5:12 "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:48 "So Sorry Please" (Bud Powell) - 4:19 "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:52 "Bird Song" (Thad Jones) - 5:42 "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 6:45 Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC on January 29, 1957 (tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9), January 31, 1957 (tracks 2–4) and May 14, 1957 (tracks 1, 7 & 10)
Personnel J. J. Johnson – trombone (tracks 1–6, 9, 10) Bobby Jaspar – tenor saxophone, flute Tommy Flanagan – piano Wilbur Little – bass Elvin Jones – drums
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