Broadway Express (album)

Broadway Express
Studio album by J. J. Johnson
Released	1966
Recorded	December 13, 16 & 17, 1965 RCA Victor Studio A, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3544
Producer	Brad McCuen
J. J. Johnson chronology
Goodies (1965) Broadway Express (1966) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)

Broadway Express is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J.J. Johnson and Orchestra featuring jazz version of Broadway musical songs conducted and arranged by Mundell Lowe and recorded in late 1965 for the RCA Victor label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:09
2. "Night Song" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 3:00
3. "Once in a Lifetime" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 2:13
4. "More Than One Way" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:02
5. "I Believe In You" (Frank Loesser) - 2:13
6. "Goodbye, Old Girl" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:40
7. "The Joker" (Newley, Bricusse) - 2:40
8. "Sew the Buttons On" (John Jennings) - 2:06
9. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) - 2:25
10. "Why Did I Choose You?" (Herbert Martin, Michael Leonard) - 2:04
11. "Xanadu" (Gérard Calvi, Harold Rome) - 1:43
12. "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 2:07

Personnel

• J. J. Johnson - trombone
• Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal - trumpet
• Wayne Andre, Dick Hixon - trombone
• Tony Studd - bass trombone
• James Buffington, Bob Northern - French horn
• Danny Bank, Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess - reeds
• Everett Barksdale, Kenny Burrell, Carl Lynch - guitar
• Hank Jones - piano
• Richard Davis - bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Warren Smith, Phil Kraus - percussion
• Mundell Lowe - arranger, conductor

References

This page was last edited on 19 November 2023, at 07:02