• INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

This release contains the complete quartet LP "Plays Mack the Knife", appearing here on CD for the first time ever. It presents Johnson fronting a quartet that includes André Previn on piano, Red Mitchell on bass and Frank Capp on drums playing songs by the celebrated Kurt Weill. As a bonus, another complete LP by Johnson, "Trombone and Voices", which also appears here on CD for the first time ever.

PERSONNEL:

• [1-8]: PLAYS MACK THE KNIFE
• J. J. Johnson, trombone André Previn, piano Red Mitchell, bass Frank Capp, drums
• Los Angeles, December 31, 1961.

• [9-18]: TROMBONE AND VOICES
• J.J. Johnson (tb soloist) with orchestra & chorus conducted and arranged by Frank De Vol.
• New York, June 23, 24 & 28, 1960.

TRACKS:

• 01 BILBAO SONG
• 02 BARBARA SONG
• 03 OVERTURE
• 04 SEERÄUBER JENNY
• 05 MACK THE KNIFE
• 06 SURABAYA-JOHNNY
• 07 WIE MAN SICH BETTET
• 08 UNZULÄNGLICHKEIT
• 09 PORTRAIT OF JENNY
• 10 ONLY THE LONELY
• 11 SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
• 12 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
• 13 GET OUT OF TOWN
• 14 I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU
• 15 YOU’RE MY GIRL
• 16 TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
• 17 WHAT IS THERE TO SAY
• 18 LAZY BONES

• TOTAL TIME: 68:25 min.