J. J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
Biograph ...
(January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001).
As leader/co-leader
* 1949: ''
J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets
''J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets'' is a studio album by jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson, released by Savoy Records, containing material from three different recording sessions in 1946, 1947 and 1949. Material from the first two sessions had been p ...
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
and EPs from 1946–49
*1949: ''Modern Jazz Trombones'' (Prestige) – B-side of 10 inch album, released 1951.
Kai Winding
Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of "More", the theme from the movie ''Mondo Ca ...
on A-side
*1949: ''J. J. Johnson with Sonny Stitt'' (Prestige) – also issued as part of 1951's, 10 inch ''Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two''. Also reissued in 1957 as part of '' Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson''
*1952: ''Jazz South Pacific'' (Regent / Savoy)
*1953: '' Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown,…'' (Blue Note) – re-issued as '' The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1''
*1953: ''Jazz Workshop, Volume One: Trombone Rapport'' with Kai Winding,
Bennie Green
Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977) was an American jazz trombonist.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and ...
,
Willie Dennis
Willie Dennis ( née William DeBerardinis, January 10, 1926 – July 8, 1965) was an American jazz trombonist known as a big band musician but who was also an excellent bebop soloist.
Career
After working with Elliot Lawrence, Claude Th ...
(Debut Records)
*1953: ''Jazz Workshop, Volume Two: Trombone Rapport'' (Debut, 1955) – more recordings from the 1953 ''Jazz Workshop'' sessions
*1953: ''Four Trombones'' (Debut) – third release (in 1957) of recordings from the 1953 ''Jazz Workshop'' sessions
*1954: '' The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2'' (Blue Note)
*1955: '' The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3'' (Blue Note)
*1956: ''
J Is for Jazz
''J Is for Jazz'' is an album by the J. J. Johnson Quintet which was released on the Columbia label.First Place'' (Columbia)
*1957: '' Blue Trombone'' (Columbia)
*1957: '' Dial J. J. 5'' (Columbia)
*1957: ''
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House
''Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House'' is a 1957 live album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. They were accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Connie Kay on drums. Two different versions of the same material, one recorded in Chicago ...
'' (Verve)
* 1958: '' J. J. in Person!'' (Columbia, 1958)
* 1959: ''
Really Livin'
''Really Livin'' is an album recorded by the J. J. Johnson Sextet which was released on the Columbia label.
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing
# "Me Too" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:00
# "Decision" ( Sonny Rollins) - 4:50
# " ...
André Previn
André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...
(Columbia, 1962)
* 1963: ''
J.J.'s Broadway
''J. J.'s Broadway'' is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J. J. Johnson recorded in 1963 for the Verve label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, MVerve Label Discography accessed July 13, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow o ...
The Total J.J. Johnson
''The Total J.J. Johnson'' is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J. J. Johnson and Big Band recorded in 1966 for the RCA Victor label.Chinen, N.Benny Powell discography accessed July 18, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow ...
'' (RCA Victor, 1967)
* 1977: ''
The Yokohama Concert
''The Yokohama Concert'' is a live album by jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson and trumpeter Nat Adderley recorded in 1977 for the Pablo Live label and originally released as a double LP.Nat Adderley
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years.
Adderley's composition " ...
Pinnacles
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'' (Milestone, 1980)
* 1980: ''
Concepts in Blue
''Concepts in Blue'' is an album by jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson, recorded in 1980 for the Pablo Today label and originally released as a CD in 2002.Lord, T.Clark Terry discography accessed July 20, 2016
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scot ...
'' (Pablo, 1981)
* 1982: ''Aurex Jazz Festival ’82 All Star Jam'' with
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
, Kai Winding,
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...
, et al. (East Worl, 1982) – live
* 1983: ''Jackson, Johnson, Brown and Company'' with
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...
, Ray Brown, et al. (Fantasy, 1983)
* 1984: ''We'll Be Together Again'' with
Joe Pass
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass is well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, an ...
(Pablo, 1984)
* 1984: ''Things Are Getting Better All the Time'' with
Al Grey
Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book in 1987 called ''Plunger Techniques''.
Care ...
(Pablo, 1984)
* 1988: ''Quintergy'' (Antilles, 1991) – live
* 1988: ''Standards'' (Antilles, 1991) – live
* 1992?: ''Vivian'' (Concord, 1992)
* 1992: ''Let's Hang Out'' (Verve, 1993)
* 1994: ''Tangence'' with the
Robert Farnon
Robert Joseph Farnon CM (24 July 191723 April 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a composer of original works (often in the light music genre), he was commissioned by film and ...
Kai Winding
Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of "More", the theme from the movie ''Mondo Ca ...
* 1954: ''Jay & Kai'' (Savoy, 1954) 0"* 1954: ''An Afternoon at Birdland'' ("X", 1955)
* 1954: ''Jay and Kai – Dec. 3, 1954'' (Prestige, 1955) 0"* 1955: ''
K + J.J.
''K + J.J.'' (also released as ''"Nuf Said"'') is an album by American jazz trombonists J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding featuring performances recorded in 1955 for the Bethlehem label.Payne, DKai Winding discographyaccessed July 11, 2016Edwards, D. ...
'' (Bethlehem, 1955) – reissued as ''Nuf Said'' (1959), ''The Finest of K & J.J.'' (1976) and ''Kai & Jay!'' (Affinity, 1986)
* 1955: '' Trombone for Two'' (Columbia, 1956)
* 1956: ''
Jay and Kai + 6
''Jay and Kai + 6'' is the fifth album by jazz trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding, credited on this album as The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet. The title refers to the six trombonists (including two bass trombonists) who accompany Johnson a ...
, The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet'' (Columbia, 1956)
* 1956: ''
Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport
''Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport'' is a split live album featuring selections from Dave Brubeck's Quartet with Paul Desmond and the J. J. Johnson/ Kai Winding Quintet performances at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival which was released on the ...
'' (Columbia, 1956) – live. Johnson on the last three tracks only.
* 1955–57: '' Jay and Kai'' (Columbia, 1957) 0"* 1960: '' The Great Kai & J. J.'' (Impulse!, 1960)
* 1968: ''
Israel
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'' (A&M/CTI, 1968)
* 1968–69: ''
Betwixt & Between
''Betwixt & Between'' is an album by American jazz trombonists Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.
'' (A&M/CTI, 1969)
* 1969: ''
Stonebone
''Stonebone'' is an album by jazz trombonists Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released by CTI only in Japan.
'' (A&M/CTI (Japan), 1970)
As sideman
With
Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...
* ''
The Bosses
''The Bosses'' is a 1973 album by American blues shouter "Big Joe" Turner accompanied by a small group led by Count Basie, recorded in 1973 and released on the Pablo label.
Reception
An Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 sta ...
'' (Pablo, 1973)
* '' Basie Jam'' (Pablo, 1974) – rec. 1973
* '' Kansas City 7'' (Pablo, 1980)
With
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...
* ''
Birth of the Cool
''Birth of the Cool'' is a compilation album by American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis, released in February 1957 by Capitol Records. It compiles eleven tracks recorded by Davis's nonet for the label over the course of three sessio ...
Walkin'
''Walkin'' (PRLP 7076) is a Miles Davis compilation album released in March 1957 by Prestige Records. The album compiles material previously released on two 10 inch LPs in 1954 (''Miles Davis All-Star Sextet'' and Side One of ''Miles Davis Quinte ...
Miles Davis Volume 2
''Miles Davis Volume 2'' is the fifth studio album by musician Miles Davis. It refers to two separate but related entities. The first is a Miles Davis studio album released by Blue Note Records as a 10-inch LP, as BLP 5022 in 1953. The six tra ...
'' (Blue Note, 1956)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...
* ''
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
''The Complete RCA Victor Recordings'' is a 1995 compilation 2-CD set of sessions led by Jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie recorded for the RCA Victor label between 1937 and 1949.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, Richard S. Ginell stat ...
Afro
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'' (Norgran, 1954)
* ''
Dizzy and Strings
''Dizzy and Strings'' (also released as ''Diz Big Band'') is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1955 by Norgran Records.
'' (Norgran, 1954)
* ''
Perceptions
Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous system ...
'' (Verve, 1961) - composer and arranger
With
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...
*''
Happenings
A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events.
History
Origins
Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happen ...
'' with
Hank Jones
Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...
(Impulse!, 1966)
*''
Encyclopedia of Jazz
''Encyclopedia of Jazz'' (full title ''Leonard Feather Encyclopedia of Jazz (in the Sixties) Volume One: The Blues'') is an album released on the Verve Records, Verve label compiled by jazz journalist Leonard Feather featuring tracks which were r ...
Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...
* ''
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
''Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2'' is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It was released in 1957 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BLP 1558. It is noted for the appearance of pianists Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, both playing on the Monk composition "M ...
'' (Blue Note, 1957)
*''
Alfie
Alfie may refer to:
Theatre and film
* ''Alfie'' (play), a 1963 play by Bill Naughton
* ''Alfie'' (1966 film), a film based on the play starring Michael Caine
* ''Alfie'' (2004 film), a remake of the 1966 film
* ''Alfie'' (2013 film), an Indi ...
'' (Impulse!, 1966)
With
Lalo Schifrin
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...
Once a Thief and Other Themes
''Once a Thief and Other Themes'' is an album of film and television themes by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.Payne, DLalo Schifrin discographyaccessed March 14, 2012 The ...
'' (Verve, 1965)
With
Sonny Stitt
Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his ...
*''
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones
''Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones'' is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Roost label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, MRoyal Roost/Roost Album Discographyaccessed January 2, 2 ...
What's New!!!
''What's New!!!'' (subtitled ''Sonny Stitt Plays the Varitone'') is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Roulette label. The album represents Stitt's first recorded use of the varitone, an electronic amplificat ...
'' (Roulette, 1966)
With others
*
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...
, ''
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...
'' (EmArcy, 1955)
*
Nat Adderley
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years.
Adderley's composition " ...
, ''
Sayin' Somethin'
''Sayin' Somethin is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Atlantic Records, Atlantic label featuring four performances by Adderley with an 11-piece orchestra and four by Adderley's Quintet with Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Bob ...
'' (Atlantic, 1966)
*
Manny Albam
Manny Albam (June 24, 1922 – October 2, 2001) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, record producer, and educator.
Early life
A native of the Dominican Republic, Albam grew up in New York City. He was attracted to jazz at an ea ...
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...
Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
, ''
New York Slick
''New York Slick'' is an album by bassist Ron Carter which was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in 1979 and released on the Milestone label the following year.Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " ...
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
, ''
Afro-Cuban
Afro-Cubans or Black Cubans are Cubans of West African ancestry. The term ''Afro-Cuban'' can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community and the combining of native African and other cultural ele ...
'' (Blue Note, 1955)
*
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...
Benny Golson
Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launch ...
, ''
The Modern Touch
''The Modern Touch'' is the second album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Riverside label.
'' (Riverside, 1957)
*
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first p ...
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop si ...
, ''
Lady in Satin
''Lady in Satin'' is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 1157 in mono and CS 8048 in stereo. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer and last released in her lifetime (her final ...
'' (Columbia, 1958)
*
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...
, ''Bebop'' (East West, 1988)
*
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
, ''
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music
''The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music'' is an album of music composed by John Lewis and arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller which was first released on the Norgran label.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album ...
'' (Norgran, 1955)
*
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger beb ...
, ''Howard McGhee, Vol. 1'' (Blue Note, 1950)
*
Jimmy McGriff
James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader.
Biography Early years and influences
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States, McGriff started playing pi ...
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The Big Band
''The Big Band'' (rereleased as ''The Big Band: A Tribute to Basie'') is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Solid State Records (jazz label), Solid State label.Pa ...
'' (Solid State, 1966)
*
Chico O'Farrill
Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (October 28, 1921 – June 27, 2001) was a Cuban composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work in the Latin idiom, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz or "Cubop", although he also composed traditional jazz pieces a ...
, ''
Nine Flags
''Nine Flags'' is an album by Cuban composer-arranger Chico O'Farrill featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.
'' (Impulse!, 1966)
*
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...
Moacir Santos
Moacir Santos (26 July 1926 – 6 August 2006) was a Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator. Musicians such as Baden Powell, Bola Sete and Wilson das Neves studied under him. As a composer, Santos worked with Nara Leão, Rob ...
Horace Silver
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...
, ''
The Cape Verdean Blues
''The Cape Verdean Blues'' is a 1966 album by a jazz quintet led by pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is augmented on the last three tracks on the album by trombonist J. J. Johnson. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, ...
'' (Blue Note, 1965)
*
Steve Turre
Stephen Johnson Turre (born September 12, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using Conch (instrument), seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For ...
, ''Steve Turre'' (Verve, 1996)
*
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion dur ...
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
featuring
Bill Withers
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), " Use Me" (1972) ...
*''
Across 110th Street
''Across 110th Street'' is a 1972 American action-crime film directed by Barry Shear and starring Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa and Paul Benjamin. The film is set in Harlem, New York and takes its name from 110th Street, the ...
'' (United Artists, 1972) – with
Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guit ...
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Top of the Heap
''Top of the Heap'' is an American sitcom that ran for seven episodes on Fox from April 7 until May 19, 1991, the most successful of three attempted spin-offs of '' Married... with Children'' (the other two being '' Radio Free Trumaine'' and '' ...
'' (Fanfare Corp. & St. John Unlimited Prod., 1972) with Christopher St. John
*''
Cleopatra Jones
''Cleopatra Jones'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett. Tamara Dobson stars as an undercover government agent who uses the day job of supermodel as her cover and an excuse to travel to exotic places. Bernie Casey, Sh ...
'' (Warner, 1973) – with
Joe Simon
Joseph Henry Simon (October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the ...
featuring
Millie Jackson
Mildred Virginia Jackson (born July 15, 1944) is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and Soul music, soul recording artist. Beginning her career in the early 1960s, three of Jackson's albums have been certified Music recording certification, gold ...
*''
Willie Dynamite
''Willie Dynamite'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Gilbert Moses and starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, and was released by Universal Pictures. The eponymous Willie Dynamite is a pimp in New Yo ...
*''The Birdlanders, Vol. 1, ...Vol. 2, ...Vol. 3'' (Period, 1954) – with Henri Renaud, Al Cohn, Milt Jackson, …
*''Aurex Jazz Festival '82 - Live Special'' (East World, 1982)
*''Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters'' (Verve, 1994)