Regarded as by many to become the best possible jazz trombonist ever, J.J. Johnson somehow moved the improvements of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to his even more awkward instrument, using such velocity and deceptive simplicity that at once some listeners assumed he was playing valve (instead of slip) trombone. Johnson toured using the place rings of Clarence Like and Snookum Russell during 1941-1942, and spent 1942-1945 with Benny Carter’s big music group. He produced his documenting debut with Carter (going for a single on “Like on the market” in 1943), and performed at the 1st JATP concert (1944). Johnson also experienced plenty of single space during his stick with Count number Basie’s Orchestra (1945-1946). During 1946-1950, he used all the best bop music artists, including Charlie Parker (with whom he documented in 1947), the Dizzy Gillespie big music group, Illinois Jacquet (1947-1949), as well as the Kilometers Davis Delivery of the Great Nonet. His personal recordings from your period included such sidemen as Bud Powell and a Sonny Rollins. Johnson, who also documented using the Metronome All-Stars, used Oscar Pettiford (1951) and Kilometers Davis (1952), but was beyond music, working like a blueprint inspector for just two years (1952-1954). His fortunes transformed when, in August 1954, he created a two-trombone quintet with Kai Winding that became referred to as Jay and Kai and was very popular during its 2 yrs. After Johnson and Winding proceeded to go their separate methods (they might later have several reunions), Johnson led a quintet that frequently included Bobby Jaspar. He started to compose ambitious functions, you start with 1956’s “Poem for Brass,” and including “Un Camino Actual” and an attribute for Dizzy Gillespie, “Perceptions”; his “Lament” became a typical. Johnson caused Kilometers Davis during section of 1961-1962, led even more small sets of his personal, and by the past due ’60s was held busy writing tv and film ratings. J.J. Johnson was so popular within the jazz globe that he continued earning Downbeat polls in the 1970s, despite the fact that he had not been playing in any way. However, you start with a Japanese tour in 1977, Johnson steadily returned to some busy performance timetable, leading a quintet within the 1980s that frequently highlighted Ralph Moore. Within the middle-’90s, he continued to be near the top of his field, but with the past due ’90s and early in to the 2000s, the renowned musician fell sick with prostate cancers, and sadly had taken his very own life on Feb 4, 2001.
Quick Facts
Full Name J. J. Johnson
Died February 4, 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Profession Film Score Composer, Bandleader, Trombonist
Education Crispus Attucks High School
Nationality American
Spouse Carolyn Johnson, Vivian Johnson
Parents Reverend James Horace Johnson, Nina Johnson
Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing In A Children's or Pre-School Children's Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series, Gemini Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series
Music Groups Kai Winding
Music Songs Mack the Knife, Blue Bossa, Bilbao-Song, Unzulänglichkeit, Concepts in Blue, Wie man sich bettet, Parade Strut, 'Daylie' Double, Boneology, It's Only a Paper Moon, In Walked Horace, Willie Chase, Barbara-Song, Nermus, Why Indianapolis, Why Not Indianapolis?, Coppin' The Bop, Quintergy, You're Mine You, If I Hit The Lottery, Blue Nun, Blue Trombone, Cannonball Junction, Elora, Afternoon in Paris, Doncha Hear Me Callin' to Ya, Lullaby of Jazzland, Billie's Bounce, Buzzy, Take the Money, 150 Rounds, This Is the Police, Sick & Tired
Albums The Great Kai & J. J., Blue Trombone, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1, The Cape Verdean Blues, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2, Proof Positive, J Is for Jazz, Trombone for Two, Across 110th Street, Stonebone, Broadway Express, The Yokohama Concert, Pinnacles, Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, André Previn and J. J. Johnson, Jay and Kai, Concepts in Blue, Betwixt & Between, Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3, First Place, Trombone by Three, J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets, Dial J. J. 5, The Eminent, J.J.'s Broadway, J. J. in Person!, Jay & Kai, Really Livin', The Total J.J. Johnson, Trombone and Voices, A Date in New York, Goodies, We'll Be Together Again, Israel, Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2, Play Mack the Knife and Other Kurt Weill Songs, J.J.!, It Could Happen To You (The Very Best Of), Get Happy, Jazz Foundations Vol. 40
Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie or Limited Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series, Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Movies Murder Me, Murder You, Willie Dynamite, Cleopatra Jones, Top of the Heap, Across 110th Street, Shaft, Man and Boy
TV Shows Dino Dan, Annedroids, Are We There Yet?: World Adventure, Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures, Giver
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TV Series executive producer - 54 episodes
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