Budd Johnson

tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, saxophone, arranger, reeds, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, bass saxophone, piano

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Quincy Jones
Earl Hines
Earl Hines and His Orchestra
Louis Jordan (American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter)
Diverse (Afghani rapper/musician(?))

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) bass All My Love, Blue Lou, Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Don't Blame Me, Driftwood, I'll Get By, The Message (Memories of Lester Young, Part II, Trinity River Bottom
Ray Nance trumpet, violin All My Love, Blue Lou, Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Don't Blame Me, Driftwood, I'll Get By, The Message (Memories of Lester Young, Part II, Trinity River Bottom
Harry “Sweets” Edison trumpet All My Love, Blue Lou, Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Don't Blame Me, Driftwood, I'll Get By, The Message (Memories of Lester Young, Part II, Trinity River Bottom
Herb Lovelle drums All My Love, Blue Lou, Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Don't Blame Me, Driftwood, I'll Get By, The Message (Memories of Lester Young, Part II, Trinity River Bottom
Clark Terry trombone, trumpet All My Love, Blue Lou, Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Don't Blame Me, Driftwood, I'll Get By, Trinity River Bottom
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) piano Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Driftwood, The Message (Memories of Lester Young, Part II, Trinity River Bottom
Tommy Flanagan piano All My Love, Blue Lou, Don't Blame Me, I'll Get By

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Quincy Jones tenor saxophone A Change of Pace, A Sunday Kind of Love, After Hours, Air Mail Special, Banja Luka, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Blues in the Night, Caravan, Chant of the Weed, Cherokee, Chinese Checkers, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, Eesom, Everybody's Blues, Ghana, I Never Has Seen Snow, Lester Leaps In, Love Is Here to Stay, Marchin' the Blues, Moanin', Moonglow, Parisian Thoroughfare, Pleasingly Plump (first version), Solitude, Stolen Moments, Syncopated Clock, The Hucklebuck, The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, The Preacher, They Say It's Wonderful, Trouble on My Mind, Tuxedo Junction
Earl Hines reeds, tenor saxophone Comin' In Home, Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight (Alt Tk -2), Honeysuckle Rose, Honeysuckle Rose (Alt Tk -2), I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall in Love With Me), Jelly, Jelly, Jersey Bounce, My Melancholy Baby, My Melancholy Baby (Alt Tk -2), On the Sunny Side of the Street, On the Sunny Side of the Street (Alt Tk -1), Pianology, Rhythm Sundae, Rhythm Sundae (Alt Tk -2), Sally, Won't You Come Back, Second Balcony Jump, Solid Mama, Solid Mama (Alt Tk -2), Southside, Stormy Monday Blues, Tantalizing a Cuban, Tantalizing a Cuban (Alt Tk -1), The Earl, The Father Jumps (Alt Tk -2), Up Jumped the Devil, Up Jumped the Devil (Alt Tk -2), Wait `Til It Happens to You, Windy City Jive, Yellow Fire, You Can Depend on Me (Alt Tk -1)
Earl Hines and His Orchestra reeds, tenor saxophone Ann, Blue Because of You, Dominick Swing, Everything Depends on You, Flany Doodle Swing, Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight, I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I'm Falling for You, In Swamp Lands, Inspiration, It Had to Be You, Julia, Please Be Kind, She'll Always Remember, Skylark, Somehow, Straight to Love, The Boy With the Wistful Eyes, The Jitney Man, Tippin' at the Terrace, Topsy-Turvy, Water Boy, You Can Depend on Me, You Don't Know What Love Is
Louis Jordan baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, tenor saxophone Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens, Beware, Brother, Beware!, Big Bess, Caldonia, Cat Scratchin', Choo Choo Ch'boogie, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Early in the Morning, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby), Knock Me a Kiss, Let the Good Times Roll, Run Joe, Salt Pork, West Virginia
Diverse arranger Blue Monday Blues, Cloudy, Confessin' the Blues, Fare Thee, Honey, Fare the Well, Froggy Bottom, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Hootie Blues, Jumpin' the Blues, Ooo-Wee Then the Lights Go Out, Piney Brown Blues, Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound, Ride On, Until the Real Thing Comes Along (The Slave Song)
Dissident Pachyderm tenor saxophone Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Cannon Bilt, Cannon Bilt (alternate take), Day in, Day Out, It Happened in Monterey, My One and Only Love, Thumbstring, Tricrotism, Two for the Blues, Work Song, Work Song (alternate take)
Kóbor János tenor saxophone Baby, Baby All the Time, If You Were Mine, My Old Flame, Roses of Picardy, S'Posin', Stars Fell on Alabama, Taking a Chance on Love, That Old Feeling, Until the Real Thing Comes Along, You Can Depend on Me
Cannonball Adderley clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone Cyclops, Domination, Gon Gong, I Worship You, Interlude, Introduction to a Samba, Mystified (Angel Face), Shake a Lady
Clark Terry piano Nahstye Blues
Louis E. Quinn saxophone Am I Blue, Changin' the Blues, Exactly Like You, Louisiana, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Save It, Pretty Mama / If It's True, St. Louis Blues, Summertime
Lionel Hampton reeds, tenor saxophone Down Home Jump, Fiddle Diddle, Flying Home, Rock Hill Special, Save It Pretty Mama, Shades of Jade, Tempo and Swing, Till Tom Special
Sam “The Man” Taylor baritone saxophone, saxophone All Too Soon, Body and Soul, Bucks County Bounce, Flyin' Home, Lester Leaps In, Rockland County Round Trip, Westchester Waltz, Westport Wail
The Quincy Jones Big Band saxophone Birth of a Band, Everybody's Blues, I Remember Clifford, Moanin', Stockholm Sweetnin', Tickle Toe, Walkin'
Coleman Hawkins alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Angel Face, April in Paris, Half Step Down, Please, How Strange, Ol' Man River, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Fats Navarro alto saxophone Angel Face, April in Paris, Half Step Down Please, How Strange, Jumpin' for Jane
Etta Jones tenor saxophone Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, My Gentleman Friend, Out in the Cold Again, Travlin' Light
Ben Webster tenor saxophone Budd Johnson, De-Dar, In a Mellow Tone, Young Bean
Earl Hines Orchestra reeds, tenor saxophone Call Me Happy, Easy Rhythm, Swingin' on C, The Father Jumps
Ray Charles tenor saxophone Birth of the Blues, I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Let’s Go, One Mint Julep
Pete Johnson tenor saxophone 1946 Stomp (aka 1280 Stomp), Atomic Boogie, Back Room Blues
Anders Elmén reeds El Camino Real, Train Samba, Winter's Waif
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone Big Bess, Cat Scratchin'
Dizzy Gillespie tenor saxophone Love Me, Pretty Baby, Oh, Lady Be Good
Ray Brown tenor saxophone Work Song
Third Wave tenor saxophone Won't You Come Over to My House?
Konsoul tenor saxophone Paseo Street (Strut)
Filthmilk tenor saxophone Love for Sale
David Cool baritone saxophone How Often