Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings - Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings (1954) (Remastered, 2007)

Artist: Henry Tree
Title Of Album: Electric Holy Man
Year Of Release: 1952/54/2007
Label (Catalog#) : Original Jazz Classics [OJCCD-1727-2]
Country: USA
Genre: Jazz / Cool, Mainstream Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 00:36:56
Total Size: 161Mb

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Two unrelated session are combined on this CD reissue of an LP. Trombonist Bennie Green is heard on four ballads from 1952 while backed by a rhythm section and six strings. However, the more significant selections are eight songs that for the first time matched together trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding in a quintet. The Johnson and Winding group would be quite popular during the next two years and, listening to the colorful and melodic versions of such tunes as "How Long Has This Been Going On," "Dinner for One," and "We'll Be Together Again," it is easy to see why.

Tracks:
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01. There's A Small Hotel [Written-By – Rodgers] - 2:41
02. Stardust [Written-By – Carmichael] - 3:15
03. Serenade To Love [Written-By – Johnson] - 2:54
04. Embraceable You [Written-By – Gershwin] - 2:58
05. Don't Argue [Written-By – Winding] - 3:00
06. How Long Has This Been Going On [Written-By – Gershwin] - 2:33
07. Riviera [Written-By – Johnson] - 3:14
08. Dinner For One [Written-By – Carr] - 3:04
09. Hip Bones [ Written-By – Johnson] - 2:56
10. Wind Bag [Written-By – Winding] - 3:10
11. We'll Be Together Again [Written-By – Fischer] - 3:16
12. Bags' Groove [Written-By – Milt Jackson] - 3:11

Personnel:
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Bass – Peck Morrison (tracks: 5 to 12), Tommy Potter (tracks: 1 to 4)
Drums – Al Harewood (tracks: 5 to 12), Osie Johnson (tracks: 1 to 4)
Engineer [Engineering By] – Van Gelder
Piano – Dick Katz (tracks: 5 to 12), John Malachi (tracks: 1 to 4)
Remastered By – Phil De Lancie
Strings – Adam Micevich (tracks: 1 to 4), Alan Lane (4) (tracks: 1 to 4), Autrey McKissack (tracks: 1 to 4), Max Waxler (tracks: 1 to 4)
Trombone – Bennie Green (tracks: 1 to 4), Jay Jay Johnson* (tracks: 5 to 12), Kai Winding (tracks: 5 to 12)

Tracks 1 to 4: Chicago May 13, 1952 in Chicago, IL
Tracks 5 to 12: December 13, 1954 in Hackensack, NJ

All thanks to original releaser