November 8, 2019

In 1959, trombonist J. J. Johnson, along with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Max Roach, laid down an early example of what would become hard bop on the album Blue Trombone. The title track is my spin this evening>

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