Jon & Billy

Jon & Billy is an album by trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in Japan in 1974 and originally released on the Japanese Trio label.^[1]

Jon & Billy
Studio album by Jon Faddis and Billy Harper
Released	1974
Recorded	March 13, 1974
Studio	Teichiku Studio in Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:24
Label	Trio PAP 9003
Producer	Kazuo Harada and Kuniya Inaoka
Billy Harper chronology
Capra Black (1973) Jon & Billy (1974) Black Saint (1975)
Jon Faddis chronology
Jon & Billy (1974) Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis (1975)

Reception

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

On AllMusic Ron Wynn states " the date's value is in hearing where Harper and Faddis, as well as jazz itself, were in the mid-'70s and then comparing how far they and the music have and have not come since then".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Jon and Billy" (Roland Hanna) – 6:02
2. "Water Bridge-Mizu Hashi San" (Ron Bridgewater) – 8:06
3. "Ballad for Jon Faddis" (Hanna) – 4:03
4. "Two 'D's from Shinjyuku, Dig and Dug" (Billy Harper) – 7:07
5. "17-Bar Blues" (Hanna) – 5:29
6. "This All-Koredake" (Hanna) – 7:56

Personnel

• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
• Roland Hanna – piano, electric piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Motohiko Hino – drums
• Cecil Bridgewater – kalimba (track 4)