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J. Johnson – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="J. J. Johnson" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.J._Johnson" title="J.J. Johnson – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="J.J. Johnson" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson" title="J. J. Johnson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="J. J. Johnson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson" title="J. J. 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Johnson" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C.%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86" title="جی.جی. جانسن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جی.جی. جانسن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson" title="J. J. Johnson – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="J. J. Johnson" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A8" title="J. J. 존슨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="J. J. 존슨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.J._Johnson" title="J.J. Johnson – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="J.J. Johnson" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson" title="J. J. Johnson – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="J. J. 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924–2001)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named J. J. Johnson, see <a href="/wiki/J._J._Johnson_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="J. J. Johnson (disambiguation)">J. J. 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Johnson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:J._J._Johnson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Johnson in a 1961 DownBeat advertisement"><img alt="Johnson in a 1961 DownBeat advertisement" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/J._J._Johnson.jpg/190px-J._J._Johnson.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/J._J._Johnson.jpg/285px-J._J._Johnson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/J._J._Johnson.jpg/380px-J._J._Johnson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="780" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Johnson in a 1961 <a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a> advertisement</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">James Louis Johnson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Jay Jay Johnson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1924-01-22</span>)</span>January 22, 1924<br /><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 4, 2001<span style="display:none">(2001-02-04)</span> (aged 77)<br />Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hard_bop" title="Hard bop">hard bop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Third_stream" title="Third stream">third stream</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument</th><td class="infobox-data note">Trombone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1942–1996</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>J. J. Johnson</b> (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001),<sup id="cite_ref-GuardObit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardObit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born <b>James Louis Johnson</b> and also known as <b>Jay Jay Johnson</b>, was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> trombonist, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Arranger">arranger</a>. </p><p>Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-berendt_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berendt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_bands">Big bands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Big bands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After studying the piano beginning at age 9, Johnson decided to play <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a> at the age of 14. In 1941, he began his professional career with Clarence Love, and then played with <a href="/wiki/Snookum_Russell" title="Snookum Russell">Snookum Russell</a> in 1942. In Russell's band, he met the <a href="/wiki/Trumpeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Trumpeter">trumpeter</a> <a href="/wiki/Fats_Navarro" title="Fats Navarro">Fats Navarro</a>, who influenced him to play in the style of the tenor <a href="/wiki/Saxophonist" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxophonist">saxophonist</a> <a href="/wiki/Lester_Young" title="Lester Young">Lester Young</a>. Johnson played in <a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a>'s orchestra between 1942 and 1945,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made his first recordings in 1943 under Carter's leadership, recording his first solo (on "Love for Sale") in October 1943. In 1944, he took part in the first <i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic" title="Jazz at the Philharmonic">Jazz at the Philharmonic</a></i> concert,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presented in Los Angeles and organized by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Granz" title="Norman Granz">Norman Granz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1945, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a> of <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>, touring and recording with him until 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bebop">Bebop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bebop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the trombone was featured prominently in <a href="/wiki/Dixieland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixieland">dixieland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swing_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (genre)">swing</a> music, it fell out of favor among <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a> musicians, largely because instruments with valves and keys (trumpet, saxophone) were believed to be more suited to bebop's often rapid tempos and demand for technical mastery. In 1946, bebop co-founder <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> encouraged the young trombonist's development: "I've always known that the trombone could be played different, that somebody'd catch on one of these days. Man, you're elected."<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving Basie in 1946 to play in small bebop bands in New York clubs,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson toured in 1947 with <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Jacquet" title="Illinois Jacquet">Illinois Jacquet</a>. During this period, he also began recording as a leader of small groups featuring <a href="/wiki/Max_Roach" title="Max Roach">Max Roach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bud_Powell" title="Bud Powell">Bud Powell</a>. He performed with <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a> at the 17 December 1947 <a href="/wiki/Dial_Records_(1946)" title="Dial Records (1946)">Dial Records</a> session, following Parker's release from <a href="/wiki/Camarillo_State_Mental_Hospital" title="Camarillo State Mental Hospital">Camarillo State Mental Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1951, with bassist <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Pettiford" title="Oscar Pettiford">Oscar Pettiford</a> and trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Howard_McGhee" title="Howard McGhee">Howard McGhee</a>, Johnson toured the military camps of Japan and Korea, before returning to the United States and taking a day job as a blueprint inspector. Johnson admitted later he was still thinking of nothing but music during that time, and indeed, his <a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a> recordings as both a leader and with <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a> date from this period. Johnson's compositions "Enigma" and "Kelo" were recorded by Davis for Blue Note, and Johnson was part of the Davis studio session band that recorded the jazz standard "Walkin'" in 1954 (the title track of <a href="/wiki/Walkin%27" title="Walkin'">a Davis album</a> issued by <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jay_and_Kai">Jay and Kai</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Jay and Kai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1954, producer <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Cadena" title="Ozzie Cadena">Ozzie Cadena</a>, then with <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Records" title="Savoy Records">Savoy Records</a>, convinced Johnson to set up a combo with trombonist <a href="/wiki/Kai_Winding" title="Kai Winding">Kai Winding</a>: the "Jay and Kai Quintet".<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trombone styles and personalities of the two musicians, although very different, blended so well<sup id="cite_ref-berendt_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berendt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that the pairing, which lasted until August 1956, was a success both musically and commercially. They toured U.S. nightclubs and recorded numerous albums. The duo reunited again in 1958 for a tour of the UK, an <a href="/wiki/Impulse_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Impulse Records">Impulse!</a> studio album in 1960 and, in 1968–1969, (two albums for CTI/A&M Records). In January 1967, Johnson and Winding were in an all-star line-up (alongside the likes of <a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Shavers" title="Charlie Shavers">Charlie Shavers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Newman_(trumpeter)" title="Joe Newman (trumpeter)">Joe Newman</a>) backing <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a> on her last sessions for <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a>, released as the album <i><a href="/wiki/Sassy_Swings_Again" title="Sassy Swings Again">Sassy Swings Again</a></i>, with three of the cuts, including <a href="/wiki/Billy_Strayhorn" title="Billy Strayhorn">Billy Strayhorn</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Take_the_%22A%22_Train" title="Take the "A" Train">Take the "A" Train</a>", being arranged by Johnson himself. The duo also made some jazz festival appearances in Japan in the early 1980s, the last shortly before Winding died in May 1983. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo_career">Solo career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Solo career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the mid-1950s collaboration with Winding, J. J. Johnson began leading his own touring small groups for about three years, covering the United States, United Kingdom and Scandinavia. These groups (ranging from quartets to sextets) included tenor saxophonists <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jaspar" title="Bobby Jaspar">Bobby Jaspar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Jordan" title="Clifford Jordan">Clifford Jordan</a>, cornetist <a href="/wiki/Nat_Adderley" title="Nat Adderley">Nat Adderley</a>, trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, pianists <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Flanagan" title="Tommy Flanagan">Tommy Flanagan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a>, and drummers <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_%22Tootie%22_Heath" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert "Tootie" Heath">Albert "Tootie" Heath</a>, and Roach. In 1957, he recorded the quartet albums <i><a href="/wiki/First_Place" title="First Place">First Place</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Trombone" title="Blue Trombone">Blue Trombone</a></i>, with Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Roach. He also toured with the <a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic" title="Jazz at the Philharmonic">Jazz at the Philharmonic</a> show in 1957 and 1960, the first tour yielding a live album, featuring Johnson and tenor saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a>. In 1958–59, Johnson was one of three plaintiffs in a court case which hastened the abolition of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Cabaret_Card" title="New York City Cabaret Card">cabaret card</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-aaj_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaj-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This period overlaps with the beginnings of Johnson's serious forays into <a href="/wiki/Third_Stream" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Stream">Third Stream</a> music (see below). Periods of writing and recording his music would alternate with tours demanding attention to his playing. </p><p>Following the six months he spent writing <i>Perceptions</i> (see below), Johnson entered the studio for a date with <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn" title="André Previn">André Previn</a>'s trio (adding Johnson as the only horn). They recorded an entire album of the music of <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a>, released as <i>Andre Previn and J. J. Johnson Play 'Mack The Knife' and Other Kurt Weill Songs</i>. In 1962, Johnson toured for a number of months with Davis' sextet of that year, which went unrecorded. </p><p>Johnson's 1963 album <i><a href="/wiki/J._J.%27s_Broadway" title="J. J.'s Broadway">J. J.'s Broadway</a></i> is an example of both his mature <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a> style and sound, and his arranging abilities. Johnson's album <i><a href="/wiki/Proof_Positive_(album)" title="Proof Positive (album)">Proof Positive</a></i> (1964) was the last recording of his working band for over 20 years. Beginning in 1965, Johnson recorded a number of large group studio albums under his name, featuring many of his own compositions and arrangements. The late 1960s saw a radical downturn in the fortunes of many jazz musicians, and Johnson was consequently heard almost exclusively on big band-style studio records, usually backing a single soloist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composer">Composer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Composer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the mid-1950s, but especially the early 1960s on, Johnson dedicated more and more time to <a href="/wiki/Musical_composition" title="Musical composition">composition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became an active contributor to the Third Stream movement in jazz, (which included such other musicians as <a href="/wiki/Gunther_Schuller" title="Gunther Schuller">Gunther Schuller</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Lewis_(pianist)" title="John Lewis (pianist)">John Lewis</a>), and wrote large-scale works which incorporated elements of both classical music and jazz. He contributed his "Poem for Brass" to a Third Stream compilation titled <i>Music for Brass</i> in 1957, and composed a number of original works which were performed at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Jazz_Festival" title="Monterey Jazz Festival">Monterey Jazz Festival</a> in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961, he composed a <a href="/wiki/Suite_(music)" title="Suite (music)">suite</a> in six movements, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Perceptions_(Dizzy_Gillespie_album)" title="Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie album)">Perceptions</a></i>, with Gillespie as soloist. The First International Jazz Festival, held in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> in 1962, featured another extended work. In 1965, he spent time in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> to perform and record his <i>Euro Suite</i> with a jazz-classical fusion orchestra led by <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Gulda" title="Friedrich Gulda">Friedrich Gulda</a>. In 1968, a Johnson work titled "Diversions" was commissioned by the <a href="/wiki/American_Wind_Symphony" class="mw-redirect" title="American Wind Symphony">American Wind Symphony</a> and performed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hollywood">Hollywood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hollywood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson moved to California to compose for cinema and television.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, he played almost no concerts, except in 1977 and 1982 in Japan, and in 1984 in Europe. Despite the low profile, he did record six albums as a leader between 1977 and 1984 (including a 1984 trombone duo album with <a href="/wiki/Al_Grey" title="Al Grey">Al Grey</a>) and a few albums as a sideman, two with Basie, and on <i>The Sting II</i> soundtrack. During the California period he also played in the <a href="/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)" title="Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)">Cocoanut Grove</a> orchestra of <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a> and the TV orchestra of <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_performing">Return to performing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Return to performing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson returned to performing and recording in November 1987, with an engagement at the <a href="/wiki/Village_Vanguard" title="Village Vanguard">Village Vanguard</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. Tours of the United States, Europe and Japan followed as well as a return engagement to the Vanguard in July 1988 which yielded two albums worth of material. </p><p>While touring Japan in December 1988,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinJazz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson learned that his wife Vivian had suffered a bad stroke, which incapacitated her for the remaining three and a half years of her life. During this period Johnson cancelled all work, devoting his energy to caring for his ailing wife. After her death in 1991, he dedicated an album to her on <a href="/wiki/Concord_Records" title="Concord Records">Concord</a>. </p><p>In 1992, Johnson married his second wife, Carolyn Reid, and he began actively performing once again. Following this second comeback in 1992, Johnson's contracts with a variety of record labels, including <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antilles_Records" title="Antilles Records">Antilles</a>, resulted in five albums as a leader, from small groups to separate brass orchestra and string orchestra recordings, as well as sideman appearances with his leading disciple, trombonist <a href="/wiki/Steve_Turre" title="Steve Turre">Steve Turre</a>, and the vocalist <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Lincoln" title="Abbey Lincoln">Abbey Lincoln</a>. He earned several <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> nominations during this period. He retired from active performing and touring in late 1996, after having performed his last concert at <a href="/wiki/William_Paterson_College" class="mw-redirect" title="William Paterson College">William Paterson College</a> on November 10, 1996, then choosing to stay at his home in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> where he could indulge his passion of composing and arranging music with computers and <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a>. </p><p>Later diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a>, Johnson maintained a positive outlook<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and underwent treatment. He wrote a book of original exercises and études for jazz musicians, published later by <a href="/wiki/Hal_Leonard" title="Hal Leonard">Hal Leonard</a>. A biography, titled <i>The Musical World of J. J. Johnson</i>, was published in 2000. </p><p>On February 4, 2001, he died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His funeral in Indianapolis drew jazz musicians, friends and family from around the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson's work in the 1940s and 1950s demonstrated that the slide trombone could be played in the bebop style; as trombonist Steve Turre has summarized, "J. J. did for the trombone what <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a> did for the saxophone. And all of us that are playing today wouldn't be playing the way we're playing if it wasn't for what he did. And not only, of course, is he the master of the trombone—the definitive master of this century—but, as a composer and arranger, he is in the top shelf as well."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several of Johnson's compositions, including "Wee Dot", "Lament", and "Enigma" have become <a href="/wiki/Jazz_standard" title="Jazz standard">jazz standards</a>. </p><p>From the mid-1950s onwards, Johnson was a perennial polling favorite in jazz circles, even winning "Trombonist of the Year" in <i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i> magazine during years he was not active. He was voted into the <i>DownBeat</i> Hall of Fame in 1995. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Johnson_discography" title="J. J. Johnson discography">J. J. Johnson discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Musical World of J. J. Johnson</i> by Joshua Berrett and Louis G. Bourgois (Rowman & Littlefield). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8108-3648-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-8108-3648-3">0-8108-3648-3</a></li> <li><i>Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Instrumentalist</i> by J. J. Johnson (Hal Leonard Corporation, February 1, 2002). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-634-02120-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-634-02120-6">0-634-02120-6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GuardObit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GuardObit_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFordham2001" class="citation news cs1">Fordham, John (7 February 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/feb/07/guardianobituaries.johnfordham">"Obituary: JJ Johnson"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-11-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=An+Interview+with+Steve+Turre&rft.pub=Online+Trombone+Journal&rft.date=1994&rft.aulast=Bernotas&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trombone.org%2Farticles%2Flibrary%2Fsteveturre-int.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJ.+J.+Johnson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._J._Johnson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181111142439/http://trombone.org/articles/library/jjtribute.asp">A tribute at trombone.org</a></li> <li><a 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J. Johnson"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:J._J._Johnson" title="Template talk:J. J. Johnson"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:J._J._Johnson" title="Special:EditPage/Template:J. J. Johnson"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="J.J._Johnson" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J.J. Johnson</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release<br />(except for the film scores)</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As<br />leader or<br />co-leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/J._J._Johnson%27s_Jazz_Quintets" title="J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets">J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets</a></i> (1946–49)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jay_Jay_Johnson_with_Clifford_Brown" title="Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown">Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/The_Eminent_Jay_Jay_Johnson_Volume_1" class="mw-redirect" title="The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1">The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1</a></i>/<br /><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eminent_Jay_Jay_Johnson_Volume_2" class="mw-redirect" title="The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2">The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2</a></i> (1953–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eminent_Jay_Jay_Johnson_Volume_3" class="mw-redirect" title="The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3">The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J_Is_for_Jazz" title="J Is for Jazz">J Is for Jazz</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Place" title="First Place">First Place</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Trombone" title="Blue Trombone">Blue Trombone</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dial_J._J._5" title="Dial J. J. 5">Dial J. J. 5</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz_and_J._J._Johnson_at_the_Opera_House" title="Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House">Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J._J._in_Person!" title="J. J. in Person!">J. J. in Person!</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Really_Livin%27" title="Really Livin'">Really Livin'</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trombone_and_Voices" title="Trombone and Voices">Trombone and Voices</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J.J._Inc." title="J.J. Inc.">J.J. Inc.</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Touch_of_Satin" title="A Touch of Satin">A Touch of Satin</a></i> (1960–61)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn_and_J._J._Johnson" title="André Previn and J. J. Johnson">André Previn and J. J. Johnson</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J._J.%27s_Broadway" title="J. J.'s Broadway">J. J.'s Broadway</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Proof_Positive_(album)" title="Proof Positive (album)">Proof Positive</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/J.J.!" title="J.J.!">J.J.!</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodies_(J._J._Johnson_album)" title="Goodies (J. J. Johnson album)">Goodies</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Express_(album)" title="Broadway Express (album)">Broadway Express</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Total_J.J._Johnson" title="The Total J.J. Johnson">The Total J.J. Johnson</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Yokohama_Concert" title="The Yokohama Concert">The Yokohama Concert</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Nat_Adderley" title="Nat Adderley">Nat Adderley</a>, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chain_Reaction:_Yokohama_Concert,_Vol._2" title="Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2">Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2</a></i> (with Nat Adderley, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinnacles_(J._J._Johnson_album)" title="Pinnacles (J. J. Johnson album)">Pinnacles</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Concepts_in_Blue" title="Concepts in Blue">Concepts in Blue</a></i> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Kai_Winding" title="Kai Winding">Kai Winding</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/K_%2B_J.J." title="K + J.J.">K + J.J.</a></i> (aka, <i>Nuf Said</i>, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trombone_for_Two" title="Trombone for Two">Trombone for Two</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck_and_Jay_%26_Kai_at_Newport" title="Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport">Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport</a></i> (one side each, 1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jay_and_Kai_%2B_6" title="Jay and Kai + 6">Jay and Kai + 6</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jay_and_Kai" title="Jay and Kai">Jay and Kai</a></i> (1955–57)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Kai_%26_J._J." title="The Great Kai & J. J.">The Great Kai & J. J.</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Israel_(album)" title="Israel (album)">Israel</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betwixt_%26_Between" title="Betwixt & Between">Betwixt & Between</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stonebone" title="Stonebone">Stonebone</a></i> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums<br />as<br />sideman or<br />arranger/<br />composer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Julian_%22Cannonball%22_Adderley_(album)" title="Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (album)">Julian "Cannonball" Adderley</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sayin%27_Somethin%27" title="Sayin' Somethin'">Sayin' Somethin'</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Nat_Adderley" title="Nat Adderley">Nat Adderley</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soul_of_the_City" title="The Soul of the City">The Soul of the City</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Manny_Albam" title="Manny Albam">Manny Albam</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Basie_Jam" title="Basie Jam">Basie Jam</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bosses" title="The Bosses">The Bosses</a></i> (Count Basie/<a href="/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner" title="Big Joe Turner">"Big Joe" Turner</a>, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Song_(Kenny_Burrell_album)" title="Night Song (Kenny Burrell album)">Night Song</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a>, 1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Tryin%27_to_Get_Home" title="I'm Tryin' to Get Home">I'm Tryin' to Get Home</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Donald_Byrd" title="Donald Byrd">Donald Byrd</a>, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Slick" title="New York Slick">New York Slick</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ron_Carter" title="Ron Carter">Ron Carter</a>, 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Birth_of_the_Cool" title="Birth of the Cool">Birth of the Cool</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>, 1949–50)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Man_with_a_Horn_(Miles_Davis_album)" title="Young Man with a Horn (Miles Davis album)">Young Man with a Horn</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis_Volume_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Miles Davis Volume 1">Miles Davis Volume 1</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis_Volume_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Miles Davis Volume 2">Miles Davis Volume 2</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summertime_(Paul_Desmond_album)" title="Summertime (Paul Desmond album)">Summertime</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Paul_Desmond" title="Paul Desmond">Paul Desmond</a>, 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro-Cuban_(album)" title="Afro-Cuban (album)">Afro-Cuban</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dorham" title="Kenny Dorham">Kenny Dorham</a>, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Opera_House" title="At the Opera House">At the Opera House</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_RCA_Victor_Recordings" title="The Complete RCA Victor Recordings">The Complete RCA Victor Recordings</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, 1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dee_Gee_Days:_The_Savoy_Sessions" title="Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions">Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, 1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro_(album)" title="Afro (album)">Afro</a></i> (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dizzy_and_Strings" title="Dizzy and Strings">Dizzy and Strings</a></i> (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perceptions_(Dizzy_Gillespie_album)" title="Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie album)">Perceptions</a></i> (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Modern_Touch" title="The Modern Touch">The Modern Touch</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Benny_Golson" title="Benny Golson">Benny Golson</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hawk_Flies_High" title="The Hawk Flies High">The Hawk Flies High</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman Hawkins</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_in_Satin" title="Lady in Satin">Lady in Satin</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a>, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/And_Then_Again" title="And Then Again">And Then Again</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a>, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Modern_Jazz_Society_Presents_a_Concert_of_Contemporary_Music" title="The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music">The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/John_Lewis_(pianist)" title="John Lewis (pianist)">John Lewis</a>, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Band" title="The Big Band">The Big Band</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff" title="Jimmy McGriff">Jimmy McGriff</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happenings_(Hank_Jones_and_Oliver_Nelson_album)" title="Happenings (Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson album)">Happenings</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a> & <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Jazz" title="Encyclopedia of Jazz">Encyclopedia of Jazz</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a>, 1965–66)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nine_Flags" title="Nine Flags">Nine Flags</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Chico_O%27Farrill" title="Chico O'Farrill">Chico O'Farrill</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker_on_Dial" title="Charlie Parker on Dial">Charlie Parker on Dial</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins,_Vol._2" title="Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2">Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a 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the Pen of Quincy Jones">Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Matadors_Meet_the_Bull" title="The Matadors Meet the Bull">The Matadors Meet the Bull</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a>, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_New!!!" title="What's New!!!">What's New!!!</a></i> (Sonny Stitt, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joyride_(Stanley_Turrentine_album)" title="Joyride (Stanley Turrentine album)">Joyride</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Stanley_Turrentine" title="Stanley Turrentine">Stanley Turrentine</a>, 1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film<br /> scores</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_and_Boy_(1971_film)" title="Man and Boy (1971 film)">Man and Boy</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a 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