Budd Johnson

And he did this for the independent Jubilee label.

recorded some singles for Jubilee on August 13th, 1950, a group that also had Bud Johnson on tennis sax, John Collins, guitar, Jimmy Jones at the piano, Tommy Potter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums.

Here's Benny Green's first records as a leader on the Jubilee label from 1950.

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First, we heard a nice blowing thing, an original composition they called Lowland Bounce with a little bit of the mambo twist and just a nice groove and bounce.

And then a pretty straightforward ballad treatment of Edith Piaf's La Vie en Rose.

Bud Johnson on tenor sax along with Benny Green's trombone.

John Collins on guitar and the rhythm section did a little nice twist at the end of La Vie en Rose to liven it up with Jimmy Jones, Tommy Potter, and Roy Haynes.