Get Happy (alternate take)
~ Recording by J.J. Johnson
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.9 | Get Happy (alternate take) | 4:11 | J.J. Johnson | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (Ron McMaster transfer) | J.J. Johnson | Album |
| Blue Note | |
| 2.9 | Get Happy (alternate take) | 4:14 | J.J. Johnson | The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings | Clifford Brown | Album + Compilation |
| Blue Note | CDP 7243 8 34195 2 4 |
| 2.9 | Get Happy (alternate take) | 4:14 | J.J. Johnson | The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings (BMG club edition) | Clifford Brown | Album + Compilation |
| Blue Note, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | CDP 7243 8 34195 2 4, D 207021 |
| 1.9 | Get Happy (alternate take) | 4:12 | J.J. Johnson | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (RVG edition) | J.J. Johnson | Album |
| Blue Note | 7243 5 32143 2 6 |
| 1.9 | Get Happy (alternate take) | 4:12 | J.J. Johnson | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (RVG Edition) | Jay Jay Johnson | Album |
| Blue Note | 7243 5 32144 2 5 |
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| 3.5 | Get Happy (alternate take) | 4:11 | Jay Jay Johnson | Jay Jay Johnson | Jay Jay Johnson | Album + Compilation |
| Quadromania | 222449-444 |
Relationships
| double bass: | Percy Heath (on 1953-06-22) |
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| drums (drum set): | Kenny Clarke (on 1953-06-22) |
| piano: | John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1953-06-22) |
| tenor saxophone: | Jimmy Heath (on 1953-06-22) |
| trombone: | J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1953-06-22) |
| trumpet: | Clifford Brown (trumpet) (on 1953-06-22) |
| recorded at: | WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-06-22) |
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| recording of: | Get Happy (on 1953-06-22: instrumental) |
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Related works
Get Happy
| lyricist: | Ted Koehler (in 1929) |
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| composer: | Harold Arlen (in 1929) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) Remick Music Corp. S.A. Music Co. Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again |
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| later translated versions: | Voyage au paradis |
| later versions: | Get Happy (2024) |
| part of: | Summer Stock The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930) |
| music quoted in: | Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart") |
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