J. J. Johnson discography

This is a discography of the Jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001).^[1]

As leader/co-leader

1949: J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy, 1950s)[LP] – J. J. Johnson Savoy singles and EPs from 1946–49
1949: Modern Jazz Trombones (Prestige) – B-side of 10 inch album, released 1951. Kai Winding 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 [BLP 5028] (Blue Note) – 10"
1953: Jazz Workshop, Volume One: Trombone Rapport with Kai Winding, Bennie Green, Willie Dennis (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 [BLP 5057] (Blue Note) – 10"
1955: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 3 [BLP 5070] (Blue Note) – 10"
1955: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1 [BLP 1505] (Blue Note) – 12"
1955: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 2 [BLP 1506] (Blue Note) – 12"
1956: J Is for Jazz (Columbia)
1957: First Place (Columbia)
1957: Blue Trombone (Columbia)
1957: Dial J. J. 5 (Columbia)
1957: Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (Verve)
1958: J. J. in Person! (Columbia, 1958)
1959: Really Livin' (Columbia, 1959)
1960: Trombone and Voices (Columbia, 1960)
1960: J.J. Inc. (Columbia, 1961)
1961: A Touch of Satin (Columbia, 1962)
1961: André Previn and J. J. Johnson with André Previn (Columbia, 1962)
1963: J.J.'s Broadway (Verve, 1963)
1964: Proof Positive (Impulse!, 1964)
1964: J.J.! (RCA Victor, 1965)
1965: Goodies (RCA Victor, 1966)
1965: Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1966)
1966: The Total J.J. Johnson (RCA Victor, 1967)
1977: The Yokohama Concert with Nat Adderley (Pablo, 1978) – live
1977: Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 with Nat Adderley (Pablo, 2002)
1979: Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)
1980: Concepts in Blue (Pablo, 1981)
1982: Aurex Jazz Festival ’82 All Star Jam with Clark Terry, Kai Winding, Dexter Gordon, et al. (East Worl, 1982) – live
1983: Jackson, Johnson, Brown and Company with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, et al. (Fantasy, 1983)
1984: We'll Be Together Again with Joe Pass (Pablo, 1984)
1984: Things Are Getting Better All the Time with Al Grey (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 Orchestra (Verve, 1995)
1996: The Brass Orchestra (Verve, 1997)
1996: Heroes (Verve, 1998)

As co-leader with Kai Winding

1954: Jay & Kai (Savoy, 1954)[10"]
1954: An Afternoon at Birdland ("X", 1955)
1954: Jay and Kai – Dec. 3, 1954 (Prestige, 1955)[10"]
1955: K + J.J. (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, The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet (Columbia, 1956)
1956: Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (Columbia, 1956) – live. Johnson on the last three tracks only.
1955–57: Jay and Kai (Columbia, 1957)[10"]
1960: The Great Kai & J. J. (Impulse!, 1960)
1968: Israel (A&M/CTI, 1968)
1968–69: Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1969)
1969: Stonebone (A&M/CTI (Japan), 1970)

As sideman

With Count Basie

The Bosses (Pablo, 1973)
Basie Jam (Pablo, 1974) – rec. 1973
Kansas City 7 (Pablo, 1980)

With Miles Davis

Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949)
Young Man with a Horn (Blue Note, 1952)
Walkin' (Prestige, 1954)
Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1956)
Miles Davis Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956)

With Dizzy Gillespie

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995) – rec. 1937–49
Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1976) – rec. 1951–52
Afro (Norgran, 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1954)
Perceptions (Verve, 1961) - composer and arranger

With Oliver Nelson

Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)

With Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
Alfie (Impulse!, 1966)

With Lalo Schifrin

New Fantasy (Verve, 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)

With Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Roulette, 1965)
What's New!!! (Roulette, 1966)

With others

Cannonball Adderley, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955)
Nat Adderley, Sayin' Somethin' (Atlantic, 1966)
Manny Albam, The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966)
Kenny Burrell, Night Song (Verve, 1969)
Donald Byrd, I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note, 1964)
Ron Carter, New York Slick (Milestone, 1979)
Paul Desmond, Summertime (A&M/CTI, 1968)
Kenny Dorham, Afro-Cuban (Blue Note, 1955)
Ella Fitzgerald, At the Opera House (Verve, 1957)
Benny Golson, The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1957)
Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Billie Holiday, Lady in Satin (Columbia, 1958)
Milt Jackson, Bebop (East West, 1988)
Elvin Jones, And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965)
John Lewis, The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (Norgran, 1955)
Howard McGhee, Howard McGhee, Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1950)
Jimmy McGriff The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)
Chico O'Farrill, Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker on Dial (Dial, 1947)
Moacir Santos, Carnival of the Spirits (Blue Note, 1975)
Horace Silver, The Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note, 1965)
Steve Turre, Steve Turre (Verve, 1996)
Stanley Turrentine, Joyride (Blue Note, 1965)

Soundtracks

Man And Boy (Sussex, 1971) – with Quincy Jones featuring Bill Withers
Across 110th Street (United Artists, 1972) – with Bobby Womack
Top of the Heap (Fanfare Corp. & St. John Unlimited Prod., 1972) with Christopher St. John
Cleopatra Jones (Warner, 1973) – with Joe Simon featuring Millie Jackson
Willie Dynamite (MCA, 1974) – featuring Martha Reeves & The Sweet Things

Other notable recordings

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)

References

^ Fordham, John (7 February 2001). "Obituary: JJ Johnson". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

Jazz trombonist J.J. Johnson: A comprehensive discography and study of the early evolution of his style by Louis George Bourgois
The Musical World of J. J. Johnson by Joshua Berret and Louis G. Bourgois III
The Jazz Discography Project, www.jazzdisco.org
www.discogs.com

[1] Fordham, John (7 February 2001). "Obituary: JJ Johnson". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

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v t e J.J. Johnson
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores)
As leader or co-leader	J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946–49) Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1/ The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1953–55) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955) J Is for Jazz (1956) First Place (1957) Blue Trombone (1957) Dial J. J. 5 (1957) Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957) J. J. in Person! (1957) Really Livin' (1959) Trombone and Voices (1960) J.J. Inc. (1960) A Touch of Satin (1960–61) André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961) J. J.'s Broadway (1963) Proof Positive (1964) J.J.! (1964) Goodies (1965) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966) The Yokohama Concert (with Nat Adderley, 1977) Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 (with Nat Adderley, 1977) Pinnacles (1979) Concepts in Blue (1980)
With Kai Winding	K + J.J. (aka, Nuf Said, 1955) Trombone for Two (1955) Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (one side each, 1956) Jay and Kai + 6 (1956) Jay and Kai (1955–57) The Great Kai & J. J. (1960) Israel (1968) Betwixt & Between (1968) Stonebone (1969)
Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955) Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966) The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973) The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964) New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979) Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952) Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951) Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960) The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957) The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957) Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955) The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966) Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66) Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966) Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975) New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965) Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965) What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966) Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
Film scores	Man and Boy (1971) Across 110th Street (1972) Top of the Heap (1972) Cleopatra Jones (1973) Willie Dynamite (1974)
Discography

J. J. Johnson discography

As leader/co-leader

As co-leader with Kai Winding

As sideman

Soundtracks

Other notable recordings

References

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