Budd Johnson & The Four Brass Giants

Budd Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 30, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B00002SWKE
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,802 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All My Love

2. Blue Lou

3. Driftwood

4. Trinity River Bottom

5. Blues for Lester [Memories of Lester Young, Pt. 1]

6. The Message [Memories of Lester Young, Pt. 2]

7. Don't Blame Me

8. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Red Hot Swing Session, August 11, 2000

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William Faust (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budd Johnson & The Four Brass Giants (Audio CD)

This studio session, recorded in 1960, features one of the swing era's best tenormen accompanied by four trumpet heavyweights and a world class rhythm section that includes pianist Tommy Flanagan and "Crazy" Joe Benjamin on bass. This is a wailing swing ensemble that showcases the very different yet complementary styles of Edison, Nance, Terry and Adderly on trumpet (and flugelhorn) against Johnson's driving tenor. The trumpet work provides a unique look at how each of these big band alumni bring their backgrounds to a new forum. You can hear hints of Basie in Edison's solos and likewise some Ellingtonia via Nance and Terry. The tunes include mostly blues and standards with eveyone getting lots of room for inventive and sizzling solos. Highly recommended.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a CLASSIC Riverside session, September 7, 2003

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"douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budd Johnson & The Four Brass Giants (Audio CD)

I still have my "Budd Johnson and the Four brass Giants" LP, and I listen to it a whole lot. The "Blues for Lester" is a very swinging tribute. Budd gets off some loving Lester tribute licks and plays wonderfully, but what gives this one its signature sound are those four GIANTS - Nat Adderley, Ray Nance, 'Sweets' Edison and Clark Terry. Highly recommended for some classic swinging 'near-bop'.