Really Livin is an album recorded by the J. J. Johnson Sextet which was released on the Columbia label.[1][2][3]

Really Livin'
Studio album by
The J. J. Johnson Sextet
Released1959
RecordedMarch 18, 19, and 24, 1959
Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length44:15
LabelColumbia
CL 1383/CS 8178
ProducerBob Morgan and Irving Townsend
J. J. Johnson chronology
J. J. in Person!
(1958)
Really Livin'
(1959)
Trombone and Voices
(1960)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "Me Too" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:00
  2. "Decision" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:50
  3. "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)[5] - 4:10
  4. "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 2:45
  5. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 4:45
  6. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:10
  7. "Sidewinder" (Johnson) - 7:05
  8. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:18
  9. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 6:27

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed July 18, 2016
  2. ^ Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 9: CL 1300-1399 (1959-1960), accessed July 18, 2016
  3. ^ The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions - Liner Notes, accessed July 18, 2016
  4. ^ a b Really Livin' – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  5. ^ "Duke Ellington: I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved March 17, 2022.