Release Date: 01 November 2019
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436559467186
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 01 November 2019
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436559467186
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Limited Edition 6-panel Digipak with booklet. 2 LPs on 1 CD 'This Must Be Plas' & 'Mood For Blues' + 2 bonus tracks.
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 various different groups. Presented here are Johnson's two LPs as a leader for Capitol Records in their entireties: This Must Be the Plas! (Capitol Records ST-1281) and Mood for the Blues (Capitol Records ST-1503). Two songs from a rare 1959 single, which appear here on CD for the first time ever, have been added as a bonus.
Tracklisting
Tina Brooks Quintet
Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Aderley & George Shearing
Stan Getz
Steve Lacy
Booker Little
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Chet Baker
Harry James
Raynald Colom
Mette Henriette
Fred Hersch; Drew Gress; Joey Baron
Dino Saluzzi; Jacob Young; JosE MarIa Saluzzi
Anton Schwartz; Peter Bernstein; Taylor Eigsti; John Shifflett; Tim Bulkley
Anton Schwartz; Art Hirahara; John Wiitala; Tim Bulkley
Anton Schwartz; Paul Nagel; John Shifflett; Jason Lewis
Anton Schwartz; Dominick Farinacci; Taylor Eigsti; John Shifflett; Lorco Hart