Jo Jones - The Jo Jones Special (1955)

One of the few sessions on which Jo Jones, Basie's old drummer, appears as leader of the combo.
An outstanding small group jazz session.

1. Shoe Shine Boy (take 1) (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn) 5:53
2. Lover Man (Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) 6:31
3. Georgia Mae (Jo Jones) 4:48
4. Caravan (Jaun Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) 3:59
5. Lincoln Heights (Jo Jones, Lucky Thompson) 7:47
6. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin) 6:42
7. Shoe Shine Boy (take 2) (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn) 5:17

Emmet Berry, (trumpet); Benny Green, (trombone); Lucky Thompson, (tenor sax); Nat Piece, (piano except on ''Shoe Shine Boy'');
Count Basie, (piano on ''Shoe Shine Boy''); Freddie Green, (guitar); Walter Page, (bass); Jo Jones, (drums).

on ''Caravan'';
Lawrence Brown, (trombone) replaces Benny Green;
Rudy Powell, (alto sax) replaces Lucky Thompson;
Pete Johnson, (piano) replaces Nat Pierce

Originally issued on Vanguard Records LP VRS 8503 (1955)

:: The Jo Jones Special ::

Dizzy Gillespie At Newport '57

mp3 @ 320 kbps

1. Dizzy's Blues
2. School Days
3. Doodlin'
4. Manteca
5. I Remember Clifford
6. Cool Breeze
7. Zodiac Suite:
Virgo / Libra / Aries
8. Carioca
9. A Night in Tunisia

Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on July 6, 1957

Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, vocals)
Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell (alto saxophones)
Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophones)
Pee Wee Moore (baritone saxophone)
Lee Morgan, Talib Dawud, Emmett Perry, Carl Warwick (trumpets)
Melba Liston, Al Grey, Ray Connors (trombones)
Wynton Kelly, Mary Lou Williams (piano)
Paul West (bass)
Charlie Persip (drums)

Label: Verve

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