J.J. Johnson
jazz/bop trombonist/session leader
United States • 1924-01-22 – 2001-02-04
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.
Eat A Peach
1972
Birth Of The Cool
1957
'Round About Midnight
1957
Shaft
1971
Miles Ahead
1957
Afro
1954
Trouble Man
1972
Inner City Blues
1971
Lady In Satin
1958
The Hawk Flies High
1957
Sonny Rollins Vol. 2
1957
The Cape Verdean Blues
1965
Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims
1957
Walkin'
1957
A Night At Birdland, Volume 1
1956
Walking In Space
1969
Quiet Nights
1963
Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
1962
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Across 110th Street
1972
A Night At Birdland, Volume 2
1956
Volume 1
1955
Afro-Cuban
1955
The Best Of Miles Davis (The Capitol / Blue Note Years)
1992
Credited work
6,441 releases · 903 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 10,131
- Other credits · 313
- Production · 83
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · WOR Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Birdland