Release Date: 05 July 2019
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436559466981
Description
Born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1931 (he is 87 at this writing), soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson is most widely known as the sax soloist on Henry Mancini's "The Pink Panther Theme".
Johnson recorded profusely both as a leader and with a variety of different groups Presented here are two rare quintet albums which he originally issued for contractual reasons under the pseudonym "Johnny Beecher": Sax 5th Ave. (MGM Records/CRC Charter CLS 102), and On the Scene (MGM Records/CRC Charter CLS 104).
The title track of the first album, "Sax 5th Avenue", was also issued as a single, billed as "Johnny Beecher and His Buckingham Road Quintet" and made its dent on the charts at # 65 Billboard Pop Hot 100. That song was backed on the single with "Jack Sax the City", from the same sessions, which has been added here as a bonus.
Tracklisting
Stan Getz
Steve Lacy
Booker Little
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Chet Baker
Harry James
Nina Simone
Coleman Hawkins
James Chadwick Trio
Charles Mingus
Various Artists
Massimo Urbani Quintet
Jimmy Guiffre Trio / Gene Krupa Quartet
Miles Davis
JD Allen
Jerry Bergonzi
