J.J. Johnson Quintet - Blue Bossa - U. Jazz 1993

[brian106699]

Um, Renee blew everyone off the stage. No wonder they made her solo towards the end.

[ElCubanoConguero]

Rufus is KILLIN~

[jmckinney85]

kewl intro

[tromboneman4]

Thumbs up if JJ Johnson is the bet trombonest ever!

[metroidprimeEXO]

as a bassist i know bassists get no love, i am truly happy that at least two people posted comments about that bass intro, i started watchin' this video for jjj and have since started it over 7 times just to listen to that bass lick.

[frawhi65]

Truly terrific work by a superior jazz aggregation.

[lakisdiako1]

J.J.J. is the best trombone player (for me) for all the years until today!!! Blue Bossa is very nice composition!

[SlaM900]

wish it didn't cut off at the end :(

[trombonepenguin]

@shoegazer666 Your ignorance is showing. You might want to cover it up before you get arrested.

Really!? Why do people insist on criticizing stuff that they don't understand? Stupid internet.

[paulman6356]

1:58 Is where JJ's solo starts.

[MrSaxmanJones]

OMG!! THAT BASS LINE!!!

[paulman6356]

who's the drummer on this?

[tdude129]

@paulman6356 Billy Drummond

[eaglerat1]

oiyep! this piece has fantastic groove!



[RevWrona]

That bass intro is just sick!

[56conn6h]

JJ's solo was great! Nothing 'method book' about it, unless you are using it to study from yourself shoegazer!

[tamararu1]

beautiful sound balance

[shoegazer666]

JJ's awesome when playing the head of a song but he loses it when soloing. It seems that even a high school basson player has better jazz vocabulary than him.

[pablito162]

@shoegazer666

You certainly have a lot to learn about Jazz. JJ had a bigger Jazz vocabulary than most soloists who ever played jazz. However, one of the first things about playing jazz is that you do not need to use your entire vocabulary or ability to play in every solo. For example, one of the first things the great Art Blakey taught young soloists playing in the Jazz Messengers is how to not only know what to play, but what not to play.

[shoegazer666]

@pablito162 It's about quality, not quantity. He seems to pour all his stock licks that sounds like its from a method book. Maybe Art Blakey should have taught JJ something too.

[revronep]

@shoegazer666 well- considering he he method book...

[revronep]

@shoegazer666 -well, yeah, I guess- considering he wrote the method book...

[tbonejok]

@shoegazer666 you need to go back and listen to J.J.'s discography dating back to his earliest albums. No point in disproving the nonsense you're claiming until you go back and really listen to everything he's ever done.

[akey2011]

@shoegazer666 Bro...do you even know what you're talking about?

[RaiderAllTV]

@shoegazer666 lol i bet you got into a B, why you hatin on people better?

[DajaWaja]

@shoegazer666 that's kinda wrong ...

[rbrt509]

Fantastic!!!

[AlexGhone]

I'd make love to that bass player.

[bad99bear]

Beautiful

[anandyoganathan2]

I love the Bass opening !

[luke2thab]

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