chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 i, would like to learn more about what jazz was like in the space/time period between Eminent JJ Johnson's vol. 1 versus 2.....this is jazz you can only learn on organissmo-- not in the books! Quote
Alexander Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 I'm not sure what you mean when you ask what jazz was "like" during this period. Like any other period in jazz history, there was a tremendous amount of diversity. Vol. 1 was recorded in 1953, vol. 2 featured sessions recorded in 54 and 55, so there's a gap of - at most - two years. Bop was about ten years old by this point. Cool jazz was just finding its feet. The big bands were dying off. Sinatra was just getting started at Capitol. Probably the most important changes during this period were technological. The LP and the 45 had already been introduced by this time, and many record companies were changing formats. I want to say that it was during the early fifties that Blue Note started releasing 10" LPs. It seems to me that the session on the first volume of the Johnson album was probably released on 78 first, and then on LP shortly thereafter. The second session was probably released on LP only (if anyone has any information to back this up or refute it, please contribute). Also, the first session was clearly not recorded on magnetic tape. The second session sounds to me like it was recorded on magnetic tape. Quote
John L Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) Walkin' Art Blakey Quintet at Birdland Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers. Hard Bop arrives! Edited January 13, 2008 by John L Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Posted January 14, 2008 um im pretty sure the JJ wasnt released on 78 but on 10 inch.... Quote
Chas Posted January 14, 2008 Report Posted January 14, 2008 It seems to me that the session on the first volume of the Johnson album was probably released on 78 first, and then on LP shortly thereafter. The second session was probably released on LP only (if anyone has any information to back this up or refute it, please contribute). um im pretty sure the JJ wasnt released on 78 but on 10 inch.... According to this site two of the tracks from The Eminent J.J. Johnson Vol. 1 were issued on a 10-inch 78 . Quote
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