J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader)

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Annotation

A legendary musician, James Louis Johnson's career spans over half a century, with countless sessions either as leader or as sideman, performing with most top-bop cats.
His influence is not limited to the "trombone area", and most of his tunes are standards.
Blue Note has very good starters, namely The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson volumes.

Annotation last modified on 2006-05-11 16:56 UTC.

Discography

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Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1951Modern Jazz TrombonesKai Winding, Jay Jay Johnson1
1951Modern Jazz Trombones Volume TwoBennie Green, J.J. Johnson with Sonny Stitt1
1953Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny ClarkeJ.J. Johnson1
1954Jay & KaiKai Winding & J.J. Johnson4
1955K + J.J.K + J.J.1
1955The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2Jay Jay Johnson4
1955This Is ChrisChris Connor featuring Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson, Ralph Sharon, Herbie Mann, Joe Puma, Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton4
1955The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1Jay Jay Johnson5
1955Trombone for TwoJ.J. Johnson and Kai Winding1
1956Jay & Kai + 6Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson2
1956Sonny Stitt Bud Powell J.J. JohnsonSonny Stitt, Bud Powell & J.J. Johnson5
1957Blue TromboneJ.J. Johnson4
1957Dial J.J .5J.J. Johnson1
1957First PlaceJ.J. Johnson2
1957Four TrombonesKai Winding + J.J. Johnson + Bennie Green + Willie Dennis And Featuring John Lewis & Charlie Mingus1
1957Music for BrassGunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, J.J. Johnson; Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gunther Schuller1
1959"Nuf Said"Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson2
1961J.J. Inc.J.J. Johnson13
1961The Great Kai & J.J.Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson7
1962Play Mack the Knife and Other Kurt Weill SongsAndré Previn & J.J. Johnson1
1965The Cape Verdean BluesThe Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson11
1965J.J.!J.J. Johnson5
1965Music for 4 Soloists and Band No. 1Friedrich Gulda; Eurojazz Orchestra, Jay Jay Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, Sahib Shihab4
1965Proof PositiveJ.J. Johnson4
1966GoodiesJ.J. Johnson1
1967The Total J.J. JohnsonJ.J. Johnson2
1968IsraelKai Winding and J.J. Johnson2
1969Betwixt & BetweenJ.J. Johnson / Kai Winding1
1970StoneboneJ & K3
1974First PlaceJ.J. Johnson1
1977Yokohama ConcertJ.J. Johnson2
1979A Date in New YorkJ.J. Johnson / Milt Jackson1
1980Concepts in BlueJ.J. Johnson2
1983Jackson, Johnson, Brown & CompanyJackson, J.J. Johnson, Brown & Company2
1984Things Are Getting Better All the TimeJ.J. Johnson & Al Grey2
1984We'll Be Together AgainJoe Pass & J.J. Johnson3
1991Music for BrassGunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, J.J. Johnson & Dimitri Mitropoulos1
1992J.J. Johnson's Jazz QuintetsJ.J. Johnson3
1992VivianJ.J. Johnson2
1993Let's Hang OutJ.J. Johnson1
1995TangenceJ.J. Johnson, The Robert Farnon Orchestra2
1997The Brass OrchestraJ.J. Johnson1
1999HeroesJ.J. Johnson1
1999PinnaclesJ.J. Johnson1
2001The Birdlanders Volume 1Milt Jackson, Al Cohn, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding1
2003J.J.'s BroadwayJ.J. Johnson1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1963Looking BackJ.J. Johnson1
1976The Finest Of K & JJKai Winding & J.J. Johnson1
1978Mad Be BopJ.J. Johnson1
1980The New York Sessions (Vol. 2)J.J. Johnson & Al Cohn1
1988The Be Bop LegendsJ.J. Johnson / Thelonious Monk1
1989The Trombone MasterJ.J. Johnson2
1992Trombone by ThreeJ.J. Johnson, Kai Winding & Bennie Green2
1995Jay & Kai +6 / J. J. In Person (Twofer from Collectables)J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding ; The J.J. Johnson Quintet1
1995The Trombone AlbumCurtis Fuller, J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, John “Billy” VerPlanck, Frank Wess1
1996The Complete Columbia J. J. Johnson Small Group SessionsJ.J. Johnson1
1998J.J. JohnsonJ.J. Johnson1
2000Savoy Prestige & Sensation: Complete Early Master TakesJ.J. Johnson1
2000All Stars RecordingsMiles Davis, Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Tadd Dameron1
2001The Chronological Classics: J.J. Johnson 1946-1949J.J. Johnson1
2002Mambo Bounce 1949/1951Sonny Rollins feat. Babs Gonzales, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson & Miles Davis1
2002Origins: The Savoy SessionsJ.J. Johnson1
2003The J.J. Johnson Memorial AlbumJ.J. Johnson1
2004Modern Jazz Archive: J J JohnsonJ.J. Johnson1
2005Jay Jay JohnsonJay Jay Johnson1
2006Supreme Jazz Jay Jay JohnsonJ.J. Johnson1
2007Trombone for Two / Jay and KaiJ.J. Johnson & Kai Winding1
2012Eight Classic AlbumsJ.J. Johnson1
2017Tempus FugitMiles Davis J.J. Johnson1
2017The Columbia Albums Collection 1956 - 1961J.J. Johnson1
2019The Eminent Volumes 1 & 2Jay Jay Johnson1
2023In PersonJ.J. Johnson1
—BirdlandersJay Jay Johnson1
—Milestones Of A Jazz LegendClifford Brown , Feat. Max Roach, Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, Quincy Jones, Roy Haynes, Clark Terry, Junior Mance, Kenny Drew, Gigi Gryce, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims, Art Blakey, Art Farmer, J.J. Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Lou Donaldson1

Album + Compilation + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2010Cleopatra Jones / Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of GoldJ.J. Johnson / Dominic Frontiere1

Album + Compilation + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1991Four Trombones ... The Debut RecordingsJ.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie Green, Willie Dennis1

Album + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1971Man and BoyJ.J. Johnson1
1972Across 110th StreetBobby Womack & J.J. Johnson7
1973Cleopatra JonesJ.J. Johnson2
1974Willie DynamiteJ.J. Johnson1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1956Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai At NewportKai Winding, J.J. Johnson & Dave Brubeck3
1991Quintergy: Live at the Village VanguardJ.J. Johnson1
1991Standards: Live at the Village VanguardJ.J. Johnson2
1993South Pacific JazzHoward McGhee, J.J. Johnson, Oscar Pettiford, Clifton Best, Rudy Williams, Charlie Rice1
2002Chain ReactionJ.J. Johnson & Nat Adderley1
2018Live in Paris: Jazz From Carnegie Hall, 1er oct. 1958Kenny Clarke, Red Garland, Kai Winding, Oscar Pettiford, Lee Konitz, Phineas Newborn, Jr. & J.J. Johnson1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1957Brass in Modern JazzBrass Ensemble featuring Miles Davis and J.J. Johnson1
1960The Winners of Down Beat's Readers Poll 1960 "Horns "Miles Davis / Jay Jay Johnson1
—Star SessionFrankie Laine, Buck Clayton, J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding1

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