Sax 5th Avenue - Plas Quintet Johnson - Music - ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS - 8436559466981 - June 21, 2019
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Sax 5th Avenue Limited edition

Plas Quintet Johnson

Sax 5th Avenue Limited edition

Born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1931 (he is 87 at this writing), soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson is most widely known as the sax soloist on Henry Mancini's "The Pink Panther Theme". Johnson recorded profusely both as a leader and with a variety of different groups. Presented here are two rare quintet albums which he originally issued for contractual reasons under the pseudonym "Johnny Beecher": Sax 5th Ave. (MGM Records/CRC Charter CLS 102), and On the Scene (MGM Records/CRC Charter CLS 104). The title track of the first album, "Sax 5th Avenue", was also issued as a single, billed as "Johnny Beecher and His Buckingham Road Quintet" and made its dent on the charts at # 65 Billboard Pop Hot 100. That song was backed on the single with "Jack Sax the City", from the same sessions, which has been added here as a bonus.

PLAS JOHNSON, tenor sax

EMIL RICHARDS, vibes

BERT KENDRICKS, organ

JIMMY BOND, bass

EARL PALMER

or WAYNE ROBINSON, drums

Los Angeles, 1962.

1-12: Sax 5th Ave. (MGM Records/CRC Charter CLS 102)

13-24: On the Scene (MGM Records/CRC Charter CLS 104)

* Bonus track (25): Same personnel

and date as above. Originally issued on the 45rpm single Astra A-1019/

Warner Bros 5341 as the B Side to "Sax Fifth Avenue".


+ ON THE SCENE & 1 BONUS TRACK

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 1
Released June 21, 2019
EAN/UPC 8436559466981
Label ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS ESJZ9466981.2
Genre Jazz
Dimensions 124 × 143 × 8 mm   ·   72 g