Jay Jay Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2

Label: Blue Note – BLP 1506 
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono 
Country: US 
Released: Jun 1956 
Genre: Jazz 
Style: Bop 

Media Condition: Near Mint Minus (NM-)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG) 

Spine seam splitting.  Top seam taped near opening. Wear on sides and corners.

Matrix Runout

Side 1: BN-LP-1506-A 9M ear RVG 
Side 2: BN-LP-1506-B 9M ear RVG 

Tracklist 

Credits

Bass – Charlie Mingus (tracks: B4), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Percy Heath (tracks: A4, A5, B5) 
Congas [Conga Drum] – Sabu* (tracks: B4) 
Design [Cover] – John Hermansader 
Drums – Kenny Clarke 
Lacquer Cut By – RVG 
Liner Notes – Leonard Feather 
Photography By [Photo] – Francis Wolff 
Piano – Horace Silver (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), John Lewis (2) (tracks: A4, A5, B5), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B4) 
Producer – Alfred Lion 
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4) 
Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder 
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3) 
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Heath (tracks: A4, A5, B5) 
Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson 
Trumpet – Clifford Brown (tracks: A4, A5, B5) 

Other Notes

Recorded at the WOR Studios, NYC, on June 22, 1953 (tracks A4, A5, B5), at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, on September 24, 1954 (tracks A1 to A3, B1 to B3) and on June 6, 1955 (track B4).

1st original mono issue has:
- deep grooved blue/white Blue Note Records labels with 767 Lexington Ave N.Y.C. addess
- flat edge vinyl with RVG etched and "P" (otherwise wrongly called "ear") for Plastylite etched in the trail off, both sides
- 767 Lexington Ave., New York 21 address on back cover. Front cover is framed “Gakubushi”.
- blank spine on cover