Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House

Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House
Live album by Stan Getz
Released	1957
Recorded	1957 September 29, October 7
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:04 (mono), 35:25 (stereo)
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Stan Getz chronology
Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz (1957) Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957) Getz Meets Chet (1958)
J. J. Johnson chronology
Dial J.J. 5 (1957) Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957) J.J. In Person (1958)
Alternate cover
Re-issue (Verve V 8490 / V6 8490)

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Allmusic	[1]

Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House is a 1957 live album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Connie Kay on drums. Two different versions of the same material, one recorded in Chicago and one recorded in Los Angeles by the same musicians, were released by Verve under the same title. One recording was mono and the other was stereo.

Multiple releases and misidentified recording dates / locations

The original album liner notes apparently misidentified which recording came from which location on which date but later CD re-issue liner notes claim to have the corrected information.

"Note: The liner notes to the compact disc reissue of these titles…(Verve 831-272-2), by jazz historian Phil Schaap corrects the date and location information of this concert recording as listed in the Jespen, Bruyninckx, and Fini discographies."^[2]

According to the later CD liner notes, the stereo recording was made at the Civic Opera House in Chicago on September 29, 1957 and the mono recording was made at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on October 7, 1957.

Track listing

Verve MGV 8265 / V 8490 (mono)

LP Side A

1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 7:57
2. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:28

LP Side B

1. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) – 7:47
2. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 3:42
3. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:52
4. "Blues In the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:18

Verve MGVS 6027 / V6 8490 (stereo)

LP Side A

1. "Billie's Bounce" (Parker) – 10:15
2. "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart) – 7:40

LP Side B

1. "Crazy Rhythm" (Caesar, Meyer, Wolfe Kahn) – 7:36
2. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:46
3. "Blues In the Closet" (Pettiford) – 6:08

CD re-issues have included all or most tracks from both concerts on a single disc

Personnel

• Stan Getz – tenor saxophone (except "Yesterdays")
• J.J. Johnson – trombone (except "It Never Entered My Mind")
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Connie Kay – drums

References

1. Allmusic review
2. The Musical World of J.J. Johnson by Joshua Berrett, Louis G. Bourgois III. Page 355