Broadway Express (album)

Broadway Express is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J.J. Johnson and Orchestra featuring jazz version of Broadway musical songs conducted and arranged by Mundell Lowe and recorded in late 1965 for the RCA Victor label.[1]

Broadway Express
Studio album by
J. J. Johnson
Released1966
RecordedDecember 13, 16 & 17, 1965
RCA Victor Studio A, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelRCA Victor
LPM/LSP 3544
ProducerBrad McCuen
J. J. Johnson chronology
Goodies
(1965)		 Broadway Express
(1966)		 The Total J.J. Johnson
(1966)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:09
  2. "Night Song" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 3:00
  3. "Once in a Lifetime" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) - 2:13
  4. "More Than One Way" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 2:02
  5. "I Believe In You" (Frank Loesser) - 2:13
  6. "Goodbye, Old Girl" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:40
  7. "The Joker" (Newley, Bricusse) - 2:40
  8. "Sew the Buttons On" (John Jennings) - 2:06
  9. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) - 2:25
  10. "Why Did I Choose You?" (Herbert Martin, Michael Leonard) - 2:04
  11. "Xanadu" (Gérard Calvi, Harold Rome) - 1:43
  12. "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 2:07

Personnel

References
  1. Discogs album entry, accessed July 14, 2016
  2. Broadway Express – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 787. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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