Get Happy (alternate take)

~ Recording by J.J. Johnson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9Get Happy (alternate take)4:11J.J. JohnsonThe Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (Ron McMaster transfer)J.J. JohnsonAlbum
Blue Note
2.9Get Happy (alternate take)4:14J.J. JohnsonThe Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz RecordingsClifford BrownAlbum + Compilation
Blue NoteCDP 7243 8 34195 2 4
2.9Get Happy (alternate take)4:14J.J. JohnsonThe Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings (BMG club edition)Clifford BrownAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)CDP 7243 8 34195 2 4, D 207021
1.9Get Happy (alternate take)4:12J.J. JohnsonThe Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (RVG edition)J.J. JohnsonAlbum
  • US2001-07-03
Blue Note7243 5 32143 2 6
1.9Get Happy (alternate take)4:12J.J. JohnsonThe Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (RVG Edition)Jay Jay JohnsonAlbumBlue Note7243 5 32144 2 5
(unknown)
3.5Get Happy (alternate take)4:11Jay Jay JohnsonJay Jay JohnsonJay Jay JohnsonAlbum + Compilation
Quadromania222449-444

Relationships

double bass:Percy Heath (on 1953-06-22)
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)
recording of:Get Happy (on 1953-06-22: instrumental)

Get Happy

lyricist:Ted Koehler (in 1929)
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)
referred to in medleys:Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again
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")