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1956 studio album by The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet
Jay and Kai + 6 is the fifth album by jazz trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding , credited on this album as The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet.[ 2] [ 3] The title refers to the six trombonists (including two bass trombonists ) who accompany Johnson and Winding on the recording.[ 3] Columbia Records released the album (Columbia CL 892) as a monaural LP record in 1956.[ 3] [ 4] In December 1956, Jay and Kai + 6 reached the № 3 position on the Billboard jazz chart .[ 5]
The following track listing refers to the original LP configuration.[ 2] [ 4] [ 6]
J.J. Johnson – trombone , trombonium , arranger
Kai Winding – trombone, trombonium, arranger
Urbie Green – trombone
Bob Alexander – trombone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
Tom Mitchell – bass trombone
Bart Varsalona – bass trombone
Hank Jones – piano
Milt Hinton – bass ("Piece For Two Tromboniums", "Rise 'N' Shine", "No Moon at All", "Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "You're My Thrill", "Jeanne", "You Don't Know What Love Is")[ 4]
Ray Brown – bass ("Night In Tunisia", "All At Once You Love Her", "The Peanut Vendor", "The Continental")[ 4]
Osie Johnson – drums
Candido Camero – conga ("A Night in Tunisia"), bongo ("All At Once You Love Her", "The Peanut Vendor")[ 2]
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores)
As leader or co-leader WithKai Winding Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley , 1966)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Basie Jam (Count Basie , 1973)
The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell , 1969)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd , 1964)
New York Slick (Ron Carter , 1979)
Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis , 1949–50)
Young Man with a Horn /Miles Davis Volume 1 /Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
Summertime (Paul Desmond , 1968)
Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham , 1955)
At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald , 1957)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1949)
Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie , 1951)
Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
The Modern Touch (Benny Golson , 1957)
The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins , 1957)
Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday , 1958)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones , 1965)
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis , 1955)
The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff , 1966)
Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1965–66)
Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
Alfie (Sonny Rollins , 1966)
Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos , 1975)
New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver , 1965)
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Joyride (Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Film scores
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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