Broadway Express (album) explained

Broadway Express
Type:	Studio
Artist:	J. J. Johnson
Cover:	Broadway Express (album).jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	December 13, 16 & 17, 1965 RCA Victor Studio A, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3544
Producer:	Brad McCuen
Chronology:	J. J. Johnson
Prev Title:	Goodies
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The Total J.J. Johnson
Next Year:	1966

Broadway Express is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J.J. Johnson and Orchestra featuring jazz version of Broadway musical songs conducted and arranged by Mundell Lowe and recorded in late 1965 for the RCA Victor label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:09
2. "Night Song" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 3:00
3. "Once in a Lifetime" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 2:13
4. "More Than One Way" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:02
5. "I Believe In You" (Frank Loesser) - 2:13
6. "Goodbye, Old Girl" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:40
7. "The Joker" (Newley, Bricusse) - 2:40
8. "Sew the Buttons On" (John Jennings) - 2:06
9. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) - 2:25
10. "Why Did I Choose You?" (Herbert Martin, Michael Leonard) - 2:04
11. "Xanadu" (Gérard Calvi, Harold Rome) - 1:43
12. "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 2:07

Personnel

• J. J. Johnson - trombone
• Burt Collins, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal - trumpet
• Wayne Andre, Dick Hixon - trombone
• Tony Studd - bass trombone
  • • James Buffington, Bob Northern - French horn Danny Bank, Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess - reeds Everett Barksdale, Kenny Burrell, Carl Lynch - guitar
    • Hank Jones - piano Richard Davis - bass Grady Tate - drums
• Warren Smith, Phil Kraus - percussion
• Mundell Lowe - arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/JJ-Johnson-Broadway-Express/release/6941212 Discogs album entry