Jay Jay Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1

Label: Blue Note – BLP 1505 
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono 
Country: US 
Released: 1955 
Genre: Jazz 
Style: Bop, Hard Bop 

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+) / Near Mint Minus (NM-)

Few hairline scratches on side A. 

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+) 

Matrix Runout

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): BN-LP-1505A 9M RVG [ear] 
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): BN-LP-1505B 9M RVG [ear] 

Tracklist 

Credits

Bass – Charlie Mingus (tracks: B1 to B5), Percy Heath (tracks: A1 to A5) 
Congas [Conga Drum] – Sabu (tracks: B1 to B5) 
Design [Cover] – John Hermansader 
Drums – Kenny Clarke 
Lacquer Cut By – RVG 
Liner Notes – Leonard Feather 
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff 
Piano – John Lewis (2) (tracks: A1 to A5), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B1 to B5) 
Producer – Alfred Lion 
Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder 
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Heath (tracks: A1 to A5) 
Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson 
Trumpet – Clifford Brown (tracks: A1 to A5) 

Other Notes

Side 1: WOR Studios, NYC, June 22, 1953.

Side 2: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 24, 1954.

-Original first pressing. January 1956.
-Label with 767 Lexington Avenue address on side 1&2. Deep groove on both side. No (R) or (inc)
-”Plastylite” mark on the dead wax on both sides. RVG etched on both sides. 9M etched on both sides. Flat rim.
-767 Lexington Avenue New York 21 on back cover. Front cover is framed “Gakubushi”. Blank spine. Non-laminated cover but coated as it should be.