“Elysses” – Jay Jay Johnson’s Sextet (1949)

A 19-year-old Sonny Rollins plays here with master trombonist J. J. Johnson’s sextet featuring trumpeter Kenny Dorham, Leonard Gaskin, John Lewis, and Max Roach on a boppin’ New Jazz side from 1949.

0:00 Intro / head
0:38 Kenny Dorham trumpet solo
1:11 John Lewis piano solo
1:26 Sonny Rollins tenor sax solo
1:43 J.J. Johnson trombone solo
2:13 Max Roach drum breaks punctuating trombone solo continuation
2:35 Outro

Recorded in New York City on May 26, 1949.
Released on the New Jazz label as NJ 810.