BUDD JOHNSON, 4 Brass Giants (Adderley, Edison, Nance, Terry) LP NM/EX Riverside

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AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

This issue of a Riverside album, which surprisingly has not yet come out on CD, is a classic. The great Budd Johnson, who takes tenor solos throughout the date and also contributes a bit of clarinet in addition to providing the arrangements, is matched with four distinctive and very different trumpeters: Clark Terry, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Nat Adderley and Ray Nance (who doubles on violin). With Tommy Flanagan or Jimmy Jones on piano, bassist Joe Benjamin and drummer Herb Lovelle, the group performs four swing standards and four of Johnson's swinging originals. The colorful brassmen, Budd's versatile solos, and the inventive arrangements make this a particularly memorable set. Highly recommended.

Budd Johnson ?– Budd Johnson And The Four Brass Giants

Label:

Riverside Records ?– 343

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono 

Country:

US

Released:

1960

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Swing

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 All My Love

Written-By – Jolson*, Akst*, Chaplin*

3:59

A2 Blue Lou

Written-By – Edgar Sampson

5:08

A3 Trinity River Bottom

Written-By – Budd Johnson

8:04

A4 Driftwood

Written-By – Budd Johnson

4:18

B1 Blues For Lester (Memories Of Lester Young, Part 1)

Written-By – Budd Johnson

6:55

B2 The Message (Memories Of Lester Young, Part 2)

Written-By – Budd Johnson

6:29

B3 Don't Blame Me

Written-By – Fields-McHugh*

4:12

B4 I'll Get By

Written-By – Ahlert*, Turk*

4:29

Credits

Bass – Joe Benjamin

Cornet – Nat Adderley

Cover [Design] – Ken Deardoff

Drums – Herb Lovelle*

Engineer – Ray Fowler

Flugelhorn – Clark Terry (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)

Mastered By – Jack Matthews

Photography By [Back-liner] – Lawrence N. Shustak

Piano – Jimmy Jones (3) (tracks: A3 to B2), Tommy Flanagan (tracks: A1, A2, B3, B4)

Producer – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley*

Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson

Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A3), Harry Edison, Ray Nance

Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: A4, B3)

Notes

Recorded in New York; August 22 and September 6, 1960. 

The list of musicians on top of the back cover credits Nat Adderley and Clark Terry on trumpet, but this is corrected in the liner notes below that Adderley plays cornet on all tracks and Terry plays the flugelhorn on all tracks but one. 

Tommy Flanagan played on the first session date, and Jimmy Jones on the later session. 

The liner notes don't specify in which tracks the two pianists play, the info here has been collected from internet source: jazzdisco.org

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

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GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.