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{{Short description|American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1910–1984)}}
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| birth_name = Albert J. Johnson III
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| birth_name = Albert J. Johnson III
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|14|}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|14|}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|10|20|1910|12|14}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], United States
| death_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|10|20|1910|12|14}}
| instrument = Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet
| death_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
| instrument = Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| occupation = Musician
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1920s–1970s
| years_active = 1920s–1970s
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| past_member_of = [[Earl Hines]], [[Ben Webster]], [[Benny Goodman]], [[Big Joe Turner]], [[Coleman Hawkins]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Count Basie]], [[Billie Holiday]]
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| website =
| associated_acts = [[Earl Hines]], [[Ben Webster]], [[Benny Goodman]], [[Big Joe Turner]], [[Coleman Hawkins]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Count Basie]], [[Billie Holiday]]
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'''Albert J.''' "'''Budd'''" '''Johnson III''' (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984)<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=368 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, [[Ben Webster]], [[Benny Goodman]], [[Big Joe Turner]], [[Coleman Hawkins]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Count Basie]], [[Billie Holiday]] and, especially, [[Earl Hines]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/budd-johnson-mn0000640725/biography Allmusic biography]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/23/obituaries/budd-johnson-73-a-jazz-saxophonist-from-swing-to-bop.html |title=Budd Johnson, 73; A Jazz saxophonist from Swing to Bop |date= October 23, 1984 |author=John S. Wilson |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref>
'''Albert J.''' "'''Budd'''" '''Johnson III''' (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984)<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=368 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, [[Ben Webster]], [[Benny Goodman]], [[Big Joe Turner]], [[Coleman Hawkins]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Count Basie]], [[Billie Holiday]] and, especially, [[Earl Hines]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/budd-johnson-mn0000640725/biography|title=Budd Johnson &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/23/obituaries/budd-johnson-73-a-jazz-saxophonist-from-swing-to-bop.html |title=Budd Johnson, 73; A Jazz saxophonist from Swing to Bop |date= October 23, 1984 |author=John S. Wilson |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 21, 2013}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Johnson initially played drums and piano before switching to tenor saxophone. In the 1920s he performed in Texas and parts of the Midwest, working with [[Jesse Stone]] among others. Johnson had his recording debut while working with [[Louis Armstrong]]'s band in 1932-33 but he is more known for his work, over many years, with [[Earl Hines]]. It is contended that he and [[Billy Eckstine]], Hines' long-term collaborator, led Hines to hire "modernists" in the birth of [[bebop]], which came largely out of the Hines band. Johnson was also an early figure in the bebop era, doing sessions with [[Coleman Hawkins]] in 1944. In the 1950s he led his own group and did session work for [[Atlantic Records]] - he is the featured tenor saxophone soloist on [[Ruth Brown]]'s hit "[[Teardrops from My Eyes]]". In the mid-1960s he began working and recording again with Hines. His association with Hines is his longest lasting and most significant. In 1975 he began working with the New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra. He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993. His grandson, Albert Johnson (aka [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]]), was a member of the hip-hop duo [[Mobb Deep]].<ref name="gillett">{{cite book
Johnson initially played drums and piano before switching to tenor saxophone.<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=228}}</ref> In the 1920s, he performed in Texas and parts of the Midwest, working with [[Jesse Stone (musician)|Jesse Stone]] among others.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Johnson had his recording debut while working with [[Louis Armstrong]]'s band in 1932 to 1933, but he is more known for his work, over many years, with [[Earl Hines]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> It is contended that he and [[Billy Eckstine]], Hines' long-term collaborator, led Hines to hire "modernists" in the birth of [[bebop]], which came largely out of the Hines band. Johnson was also an early figure in the bebop era, doing sessions with [[Coleman Hawkins]] in 1944. Johnson was a key figure in the first bebop group on 52nd Street in NYC, which played at the Onyx Club (1944) and featured Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, George Wallington (pn), Oscar Pettiford (bs) and Max Roach (drs). Johnson urged Gillespie to write out his melodic ideas for 2 horns (trumpet and saxophone) to play in unison, a sound which became the signature style of small-group bebop. In the 1950s he led his own group,<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> and did session work for [[Atlantic Records]] he is the featured tenor saxophone soloist on [[Ruth Brown]]'s hit "[[Teardrops from My Eyes]]". In the mid-1960s, he began working and recording again with Hines.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> His association with Hines is his longest lasting and most significant. In 1975, he began working with the New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993. His grandson, Albert Johnson (aka [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]]), was a member of the hip-hop duo [[Mobb Deep]].<ref name="gillett">{{cite book
| first=Charlie
| first=Charlie
| last=Gillett
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| authorlink=Charlie Gillett
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| year= 1996
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| title= The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
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He died of a heart attack in Kansas City at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/23/obituaries/budd-johnson-73-a-jazz-saxophonist-from-swing-to-bop.html|title=BUDD JOHNSON, 73; A JAZZ SAXOPHONIST FROM SWING TO BOP|first=John S.|last=Wilson|date=23 October 1984|access-date=July 28, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
== Discography ==


== Discography ==
===As leader/coleader===
===As leader/coleader===
*1958: ''[[Blues a la Mode]]'' ([[Felsted Records|Felsted]])
*1958: ''[[Blues a la Mode]]'' ([[Felsted Records|Felsted]])
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*1960: ''[[Let's Swing!]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Swingville]])
*1960: ''[[Let's Swing!]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Swingville]])
*1963: ''[[French Cookin' (Budd Johnson album)|French Cookin']]'' ([[Argo Records|Argo]])
*1963: ''[[French Cookin' (Budd Johnson album)|French Cookin']]'' ([[Argo Records|Argo]])
*1964: ''[[Ya! Ya! (1964 album)|Ya! Ya!]]'' (Argo)
*1964: ''Ya! Ya!'' (Argo)
*1964: ''[[Off the Wall (Budd Johnson album)|Off the Wall]]'' (Argo) with [[Joe Newman (trumpeter)|Joe Newman]]
*1964: ''[[Off the Wall (Budd Johnson album)|Off the Wall]]'' (Argo) with [[Joe Newman (trumpeter)|Joe Newman]]
*1970: ''[[Ya! Ya! (1970 album)|Ya! Ya!]]'' ([[Black & Blue Records|Black & Blue]])
*1970: ''[[Ya! Ya! (1970 album)|Ya! Ya!]]'' ([[Black & Blue Records|Black & Blue]])
*1974: ''[[The Dirty Old Men]]'' (Black & Blue) with [[Earl Hines]] - rereleased as ''Mr. Bechet''
*1974: ''[[The Dirty Old Men]]'' (Black & Blue) with [[Earl Hines]] rereleased as ''Mr. Bechet''
*1978: ''In Memory of a Very Dear Friend'' ([[Dragon Records|Dragon]])
*1978: ''In Memory of a Very Dear Friend'' ([[Dragon Records|Dragon]])
*1984: ''The Old Dude and the Fundance Kid'' ([[Uptown Records (jazz)|Uptown]]) with [[Phil Woods]]
*1984: ''The Ole Dude & The Fundance Kid'' ([[Uptown Records (jazz)|Uptown]]) with [[Phil Woods]]


===As sideman===
===As sideman===
'''With [[Cannonball Adderley]]'''
'''With [[Cannonball Adderley]]'''
*''[[Domination (Cannonball Adderley album)|Domination]]'' (Capitol, 1965)
*''[[Domination (Cannonball Adderley album)|Domination]]'' (Capitol, 1965)
'''WIth [[Count Basie]]'''
'''With [[Count Basie]]'''
*''[[The Legend (Count Basie album)|The Legend]]'' (Roulette, 1961)
*''[[The Legend (Count Basie album)|The Legend]]'' (Roulette, 1961)
*''[[Kansas City 8: Get Together]]'' (1979)
*''[[Kansas City 8: Get Together]]'' (1979)
'''With [[Ruth Brown]]'''
'''With [[Ruth Brown]]'''
*''[[Miss Rhythm]]'' (Atlantic, 1959)
*''[[Miss Rhythm]]'' (Atlantic, 1959)
'''With [[Benny Carter]]'''
*''[['Live and Well in Japan!]]'' (Pablo Live, 1978)
'''With [[Roy Eldridge]]'''
*''[[What It's All About (Roy Eldridge album)|What It's All About]]'' (Pablo, 1976)
'''With [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Count Basie]]'''
'''With [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Count Basie]]'''
*''[[First Time! The Count Meets the Duke]]'' (Columbia, 1961)
*''[[First Time! The Count Meets the Duke]]'' (Columbia, 1961)
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*''[[Out of the Cool]]'' (Impulse!, 1960)
*''[[Out of the Cool]]'' (Impulse!, 1960)
'''With [[Dizzy Gillespie]]'''
'''With [[Dizzy Gillespie]]'''
*''[[The Complete RCA Victor Recordings]]'' (Bluebird, 1937-1949 [1995])
*''[[The Complete RCA Victor Recordings]]'' (Bluebird, 1937–1949 [1995])
*''[[Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions]]'' (Savoy, 1951-1952 [1976])
*''[[Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions]]'' (Savoy, 1951–1952 [1976])
*''[[Jazz Recital]]'' (Norgran, 1955)
*''[[Jazz Recital]]'' (Norgran, 1955)
'''With [[Coleman Hawkins]]'''
*''[[Rainbow Mist]]'' (Delmark, 1944 [1992]) compilation of Apollo recordings
'''With [[Earl Hines]]'''
'''With [[Earl Hines]]'''
*''The Father Jumps'' (Bluebird, 1939-1945 [1975])
*''The Father Jumps'' (Bluebird, 1939–1945 [1975])
'''With [[Claude Hopkins]]'''
* ''[[Swing Time!]]'' (Swingville, 1963) with [[Vic Dickenson]]
'''With [[Etta Jones]]'''
'''With [[Etta Jones]]'''
*''[[Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album)|Lonely and Blue]]'' (Prestige, 1962)
*''[[Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album)|Lonely and Blue]]'' (Prestige, 1962)
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*''[[The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
*''[[The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
*''[[I Dig Dancers]]'' (Mercury, 1960)
*''[[I Dig Dancers]]'' (Mercury, 1960)
*''[[Quincy Plays for Pussycats]]'' (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
*''[[Quincy Plays for Pussycats]]'' (Mercury, 1959–65 [1965])
'''With [[Jimmy McGriff]]'''
'''With [[Jimmy McGriff]]'''
*''[[The Big Band]]'' (Solid State, 1966)
*''[[The Big Band]]'' (Solid State, 1966)
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'''With [[Randy Weston]]'''
'''With [[Randy Weston]]'''
*''[[Uhuru Afrika]]'' (Roulette, 1960)
*''[[Uhuru Afrika]]'' (Roulette, 1960)
*''[[Highlife (album)|Highlife]]'' (Colpix, 1963)
*''[[Highlife (Randy Weston album)|Highlife]]'' (Colpix, 1963)
*''[[Tanjah (album)|Tanjah]]'' (Polydor, 1973)
*''[[Tanjah (album)|Tanjah]]'' (Polydor, 1973)

===As arranger===
'''With [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]'''
* ''[[Goin' to Kansas City Blues]]'' (RCA Victor, 1958) with [[Jay McShann]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/317503-Budd-Johnson Budd Johnson] at [[Discogs]].com
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/317503-Budd-Johnson Budd Johnson] at [[Discogs]].com
*{{allmusic|artist/budd-johnson-mn0000640725}}
*{{AllMusic|artist/budd-johnson-mn0000640725}}
*[http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/j/J57.HTM Music web]
*[http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia/j/J57.HTM Music web]
*[https://archivesspace.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/6/resources/147 Budd Johnson manuscript scores collection], [[Institute of Jazz Studies]], Rutgers University
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/music/muze/index.pl?site=radio2&action=biography&artist_id=15515&rand= BBC Radio 2 bio]
*[https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/27/resources/4723 Albert J. "Budd" Johnson manuscript scores and other material, 1910–1984] at [https://library.harvard.edu/collections/isham-memorial-library Isham Memorial Library, Harvard University]


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Budd Johnson
Background information
Birth nameAlbert J. Johnson III
Born(1910-12-14)December 14, 1910
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 20, 1984(1984-10-20) (aged 73)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet
Years active1920s–1970s
LabelsAtlantic
Formerly ofEarl Hines, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Billie Holiday

Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984)[1] was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and, especially, Earl Hines.[2][3]

Life and career

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Johnson initially played drums and piano before switching to tenor saxophone.[4] In the 1920s, he performed in Texas and parts of the Midwest, working with Jesse Stone among others.[4] Johnson had his recording debut while working with Louis Armstrong's band in 1932 to 1933, but he is more known for his work, over many years, with Earl Hines.[4] It is contended that he and Billy Eckstine, Hines' long-term collaborator, led Hines to hire "modernists" in the birth of bebop, which came largely out of the Hines band. Johnson was also an early figure in the bebop era, doing sessions with Coleman Hawkins in 1944. Johnson was a key figure in the first bebop group on 52nd Street in NYC, which played at the Onyx Club (1944) and featured Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, George Wallington (pn), Oscar Pettiford (bs) and Max Roach (drs). Johnson urged Gillespie to write out his melodic ideas for 2 horns (trumpet and saxophone) to play in unison, a sound which became the signature style of small-group bebop. In the 1950s he led his own group,[4] and did session work for Atlantic Records – he is the featured tenor saxophone soloist on Ruth Brown's hit "Teardrops from My Eyes". In the mid-1960s, he began working and recording again with Hines.[4] His association with Hines is his longest lasting and most significant. In 1975, he began working with the New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra.[4] He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993. His grandson, Albert Johnson (aka Prodigy), was a member of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep.[5]

He died of a heart attack in Kansas City at the age of 73.[6]

Discography

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As leader/coleader

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As sideman

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With Cannonball Adderley

With Count Basie

With Ruth Brown

With Benny Carter

With Roy Eldridge

With Duke Ellington and Count Basie

With Gil Evans

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Coleman Hawkins

  • Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944 [1992]) compilation of Apollo recordings

With Earl Hines

  • The Father Jumps (Bluebird, 1939–1945 [1975])

With Claude Hopkins

With Etta Jones

With Quincy Jones

With Jimmy McGriff

With Carmen McRae

With Bud Powell

With Carrie Smith

With Jimmy Smith

With Sonny Stitt

With Clark Terry

With Ben Webster

With Randy Weston

As arranger

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With Jimmy Witherspoon

References

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  1. ^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 368. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. ^ "Budd Johnson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  3. ^ John S. Wilson (October 23, 1984). "Budd Johnson, 73; A Jazz saxophonist from Swing to Bop". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  5. ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll (2nd ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
  6. ^ Wilson, John S. (23 October 1984). "BUDD JOHNSON, 73; A JAZZ SAXOPHONIST FROM SWING TO BOP". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
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