| Blue Trombone | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | J. J. Johnson |
| Cover: | Blue Trombone.jpeg |
| Released: | 1957 |
| Recorded: | April 26, 1957 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Columbia[1] |
| Prev Title: | First Place |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | Dial J. J. 5 |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
Blue Trombone is an LP by J. J. Johnson.[2] An early example of hard bop, the album features pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Max Roach. The album was released on Columbia Records in 1957 and was reissued on CD by Tristar in 1994.
Michael Nastos of AllMusic rated the album four stars and stated: "All of the music is excellent, and shows why Johnson was regarded as the very best jazz trombonist in the bop and post-bop movements."
Tracks 4 and 5 above are two halves of the same studio recording, divided at the beginning of Paul Chambers' bass solo to fit on opposite sides of the original vinyl LP. Some later CD reissues and compilations present the piece as a single track, as listed below.