Prestige session · in the studio
October 17, 1949
Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers
In the room
- J.J. Johnson – trombone · as Jay Jay Johnson
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
- John Lewis – piano
- Nelson Boyd – bass
- Max Roach – drums
The takes
3 of these 8 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| JRC600A | Afternoon In Paris (take 1) | Not issued at the time · later on Prestige PRST 7839 |
| JRC600C | Afternoon In Paris (take 2) | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC601A | Elora (take 1) | Not issued at the time · later on New Jazz 814 (later) |
| JRC601B | Elora (take 2) | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC602A | Tea Pot (take 1) | Not issued at the time · later on Prestige PRST 7839 |
| JRC602B | Tea Pot (take 2) | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC603B | Blue Mode (take 1) | PRLP 7024 |
| JRC603C | Blue Mode (take 2) | PRLP 7024 |
8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7023 | Trombone By Three | J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, John Lewis, Max Roach |
2 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5012 | The McGhee-Navarro Sextet · not on the site yet | Howard McGhee's All Stars | 1952 | J.J. Johnson, Max Roach |
 | BLP 5028 | Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Sextet | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, John Lewis |
 | 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 |
 | BLP 1511 | Genius of Modern Music Volume 2 | Thelonious Monk | 1956 | Nelson Boyd, Max Roach |
 | PRLP 7054 | Blue Haze | Miles Davis | 1956 | John Lewis, Max Roach |