Kai Winding-J.J. Johnson-Bennie Green • Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings

 

Review by Scott Yanow
Two unrelated session are combined on this CD reissue of an LP. Trombonist Bennie Green is heard on four ballads from 1952 while backed by a rhythm section and six strings. However, the more significant selections are eight songs that for the first time matched together trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding in a quintet. The Johnson and Winding group would be quite popular during the next two years and, listening to the colorful and melodic versions of such tunes as "How Long Has This Been Going On," "Dinner for One," and "We'll Be Together Again," it is easy to see why.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/kai-and-jay-bennie-green-with-strings-mw0000654635

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Reseña de Scott Yanow
Dos sesiones no relacionadas se combinan en esta reedición en CD de un LP. El trombonista Bennie Green se escucha en cuatro baladas de 1952 mientras está respaldado por una sección rítmica y seis cuerdas. Sin embargo, las selecciones más significativas son ocho canciones que por primera vez emparejaron a los trombonistas J. J. Johnson y Kai Winding en un quinteto. El grupo Johnson y Winding sería bastante popular durante los próximos dos años y, escuchando las versiones coloridas y melódicas de canciones como "How Long Has This Been Going On"," Dinner for One " y "We'll Be Together Again", es fácil ver por qué.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/kai-and-jay-bennie-green-with-strings-mw0000654635

Tracks:
1 - Bennie Green With Strings*– - There's A Small Hotel
Written-By – Rodgers*
2 - Bennie Green With Strings*– - Stardust
Written-By – Carmichael*
3 - Bennie Green With Strings*– - Serenade To Love
Written-By – Johnson*
4 - Bennie Green With Strings*– - Embraceable You
Written-By – Gershwin*
5 - Kai And Jay*– - Don't Argue
Written-By – Winding*
6 - Kai And Jay*– - How Long Has This Been Going On
Written-By – Gershwin*
7 - Kai And Jay*– - Riviera
Written-By – Johnson*
8 - Kai And Jay*– - Dinner For One
Written-By – Carr*
9 - Kai And Jay*– - Hip Bones
Written-By – Johnson*
10 - Kai And Jay*– - Wind Bag
Written-By – Winding*
11 - Kai And Jay*– - We'll Be Together Again
Written-By – Fischer*
12 - Kai And Jay*– - Bags' Groove
Written-By – Milt Jackson


Credits:
    Bass – Peck Morrison (tracks: 5 to 12), Tommy Potter (tracks: 1 to 4)
    Drums – Al Harewood (tracks: 5 to 12), Osie Johnson (tracks: 1 to 4)
    Engineer [Engineering By] – Van Gelder*
    Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
    Mastered By – Phil De Lancie
    Piano – Dick Katz (tracks: 5 to 12), John Malachi (tracks: 1 to 4)
    Strings – Adam Micevich (tracks: 1 to 4), Alan Lane (4) (tracks: 1 to 4), Autrey McKissack (tracks: 1 to 4), Max Waxler (tracks: 1 to 4)
    Supervised By – Bob Weinstock
    Trombone – Bennie Green (tracks: 1 to 4), Jay Jay Johnson* (tracks: 5 to 12), Kai Winding (tracks: 5 to 12)

Recording dates:
Tracks 1 to 4: Chicago May 13, 1952 in Chicago, IL
Tracks 5 to 12: December 13, 1954 in Hackensack, NJ
Mastered 1989 (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)

Label:    Prestige – LP 7030, Prestige – PRLP 7030
Country:    US
Released:    Jul 1956
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/4610259-Kai-And-Jay-Bennie-Green-With-Strings-Kai-And-Jay-Bennie-Green-With-Strings

 

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