J.C. Johnson
Biography
J. J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Sweet & Sour Tears
1964
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1
1980
Giants Of Jazz: Billie Holiday
1979
"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966
LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith
1958
Sing: Chapter 1
2009
Super Sisters: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 3
1982
The Complete Fats Waller, Vol. II (1935)
1981
Old Timers With Wild Bill Davison
1979
Broken Blossom
1977
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
The Billie Holiday Story Volume III
1973
Empty Bed Blues
1971
Patented By Edison
1960
Basie/Eckstine, Inc.
1959
Mood For 12
1955
"Fats" Waller Favorites
1944
Coffret Souvenir - 1910 - 1953
1969
The Bix Beiderbecke Story / Volume 1 - Bix And His Gang
1952
The Joint Is Jumpin'
Credited work
1,167 releases · 321 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,518
- Other credits · 26
- Production · 2
Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · Studio 55, Los Angeles · Lucerna Hall · North Sea Jazz Festival
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Fats Waller
- Billie Holiday
- Bessie Smith
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Louis Armstrong
- Fats Waller And His Rhythm