Kai Winding, Jay Jay Johnson and Bennie Green with Strings

• Artist: Kai Winding with J.J.Johnson and Bennie Green
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• Release Date: 1952 05 13+1954 12 03
• Total Time: 36:12
• Genre: Jazz

Review

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. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
There's a Small Hotel	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Bennie Green With Strings	(2:41)
Stardust	Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish	Bennie Green With Strings	(3:15)
Serenade to Love	Bennie Green	Bennie Green With Strings	(2:54)
Embraceable You	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Bennie Green	(2:58)
Don't Argue	Kai Winding		(3:00)
How Long Has This Been Going On?	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin		(2:33)
Riviera	J.J. Johnson		(3:14)
Dinner for One	Michael Carr		(3:04)
Hip Bones	J.J. Johnson		(2:56)
Wind Bag	Kai Winding		(3:10)
We'll Be Together Again	Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer		(3:16)
Bags' Groove	Milt Jackson		(3:11)

Credits

Dick Katz (Piano), Tommy Potter (Bass), Al Harewood (Drums), Bennie Green (Trombone), Bennie Green (Performer), J.J. Johnson (Trombone), J.J. Johnson (Performer), Osie Johnson (Drums), Alan Lane (Strings), John Malachi (Piano), Peck Morrison (Bass), Don White (Strings), Don White (?), Kai Winding (Trombone), Kai Winding (Main Performer), Kai Winding (Performer), Autrey McKissack (Strings), Adam Michevich (Strings), Harold Sonn (Strings), Max Waxler (Strings), Adam Micevich (Strings)