J. J. Johnson

J. J. Johnson (Jan. 22, 1924 — Feb. 4, 2001) was an American jazz-funk trombonist, composer, and arranger from Indianapolis.

Discography:

• Modern Jazz Trombones (1951 • Kai Winding and His All Stars / Jay Jay Johnson and His All Stars)
• Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown (1953 • Jay Jay Johnson Sextet)
• The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 (1955)
• The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 (1955 • Jay Jay Johnson Quintet)
• Trombone for Two (1956 • J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding)
• 4 Trombones (1957 • Kai Winding + J.J. Johnson + Bennie Green + Willie Dennis and featuring John Lewis & Charlie Mingus)
• First Place (1957)
• J Is for Jazz (1957 • The J.J. Johnson Quintet)
• J. J. Johnson’s Jazz Quintets (1957)
• Music for Brass (1957 • Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, J. J. Johnson & Dimitri Mitropoulos)
• Dial J.J. 5 (1958)
• Blue Trombone (1959)
• Really Livin’ (1959 • The J.J. Johnson Sextet)
• J. J. Johnson, Trombone and Voices (1960)
• J.J. Inc. (1961 • The J.J. Johnson Sextet)
• The Great Kai & J.J. (1961 • J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding)
• A Touch of Satin (1962)
• Play Kurt Weill’s Mack the Knife & Bilbao-Song (1962 • André Previn & J. J. Johnson)
• J.J.’s Broadway (1963)
• J.J.! (1965)
• Proof Positive (1965)
• Broadway Express (1966)
• The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
• Israel (1968 • K. & J.J.)
• Betwixt & Between (1969 • J & K)
• Man and Boy (OST, 1971)
• Across 110th Street (OST, 1972 • Bobby Womack / J. J. Johnson)
• Cleopatra Jones (1973)
• Willie Dynamite (OST, 1974)
• Concepts in Blue (1980)
• Pinnacles (1980)
• Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company (1983 • Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company)
• Things Are Getting Better All the Time (1984 • J. J. Johnson & Al Grey)