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was JJ johnson like actually "popular" for a short time, like the JJ&Kai columbia lps, etc- did any of this stuff 'cross-over' like brubeck, etc

Yes, in the 50s Jay and Kai were very popular by today's jazz standards - not the popularity of Elvis, of course, nor even the popularity of Brubeck or the MJQ for that matter - but they were big enough for a 17-year-old friend of mine to take up trombone in an attempt to emulate them. Anything that can get through to someone of 17 must be called popular, don't you think? :smirk: Don't forget their arrangements were catchy, almost singable, and their varied tonal effects - with mutes, etc - helped make an attractive product. I'm well aware of this as I frequently go to hear a trombone duo who do a Jay and Kai show with transcribed arrangements and they're very easy on the ear and get a big reception from an audience, many of whom must have been teenagers in the 50s.

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I think I read this is John Surman's first album. Side A is a surprising set of calypso/carnivale music, sincerely played. Side B is more of a free jazz outing. A lot of musicians important to British free jazz are here: Mike Osborne, Paul Rutherford, Kenny Wheeler, Harry Becket, Dave Holland.

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