Milt Jackson, J.J. Johnson & Ray Brown
When this album was made in 1983, its three principals could look back on four decades at the top of their profession. J.J. Johnson's first appearance in the major leagues of jazz was with Benny Carter in 1942, Ray Brown's and Milt Jackson's with Dizzy Gillespie in 1945. All of them are still setting standards on their instruments, as inventive as ever and admired around the world. Here, they explore seven pieces including a Jay McShann-Charlie Parker blues that announced the bebop era, compo… MORE
