J.J. Johnson
USA
Born: 22 January 1924
Died: 04 February 2001
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Third Stream, Free Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Modern Big Band, Big Band, Big Band/Swing
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Considered by many to be the finest jazz trombonist of all time, J.J. Johnson somehow transferred the innovations of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to his more awkward instrument, playing with such speed and deceptive ease that at one time some listeners assumed he was playing valve (rather than slide) trombone. Johnson toured with the territory bands of Clarence Love and Snookum Russell during 1941-1942, and then spent 1942-1945 with Benny Carter's big band. He made his recording debut with Carter (taking a solo on "Love for Sale" in 1943)...
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- Billy Childs (9)
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- Curtis Fuller (11)
- Trombone Shorty (6)
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- Slide Hampton (2)
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Influenced by
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Count Basie (74)
- Charlie Parker (59)
- Tommy Dorsey (4)
- Jack Teagarden (2)
Followers
- Ron Carter (33)
- Coleman Hawkins (30)
- Ray Brown (16)
- Art Blakey (15)
- Hank Jones (12)
- Max Roach (11)
- Horace Silver (11)
- Curtis Fuller (11)
- Bob Brookmeyer (8)
- Albert Mangelsdorff (7)
- Steve Turre (5)
- Kenny Clarke (4)
- Roswell Rudd (3)
- Julian Priester (2)
- Herbie Harper (1)
- the Brubeck Brothers (0)
- Frank Rosolino (0)
- Kai Winding (0)
Performed Songs By
- Miles Davis (281)
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Thelonious Monk (94)
- John Lewis (12)
- Johnny Mercer (2)
- Cole Porter (2)
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