J.J. Johnson

trombone, producer, arranger, conductor, percussion, horn, instrument arranger, drums, performer

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Anders Elmén (Moon)
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist)
Ella Fitzgerald
Skope (Dub)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Anders Elmén arranger, conductor, producer, trombone "Daylie" Double, 'Daylie' Double, 'Daylie' Double (alternate take), 100 Proof, A Second Chance, A Sleeping Bee, Almost Like Being in Love, Alone Together, Amazing Grace, Angel Eyes, Aquarius, Audubon, Azure, Azure-Te, Bag's Groove, Ballad for Joe, Barbados, Be My Love, Beautiful Love, Bee Jay, Before Crash, Bemsha Swing, Better Days, Bird Song, Bloozineff, Bloozineff (Organ version), Blue 'N Boogie, Blue Bossa, Blue Haze, Blue Nun, Blue Train, Blue Trombone, Blue Trombone, Parts 1 & 2, Blue and Green, Blues Waltz, Boneology, Bud's Blues, But Not for Me, Cadenza, Cannonball Junction, Canonn for Bela, Capri, Capri (alternate take), Carolyn (In the Evening), Carolyn (In the Morning), Cette Chose, Chase Cassette, Chasin' the Bird, Cleo Chase, Cleo and Reuben, Cleo and Reuben Love Theme, Coffee Pot, Come Rain or Come Shine, Coming Home, Commutation, Concepts in Blue, Coppin' the Bop, Cry Me a River, Cube Steak, Cyclops (feat. Nat Adderley), Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup, Deak, Decision, Dinner for One, Please, James, Doc Was Here, Don't Blame Me, Doodle Apartment, Down Vernon's Alley, El Camino Real, Emdee, Enigma, Fatback, Fatback (long version), Fatback (short version), First Movement: Ode to G.T., Flat Rock, For Dancers Only, For Heaven's Sake, Fourth Movement: Reunion, Frankie and Johnnie, Full Moon and Empty Arms, Get Happy, Get Happy (alternate take), Gigi, Gingerbread Boy, Go Chase Cleo, God Bless the Child, Goin' to the Chase, Gone With the Wind, Goodbye, Goof Square, Groovin', Harvey's House, Hasten Jason, Hello Young Lovers, Horace (feat. Nat Adderley), How Deep Is the Ocean, How Long Has This Been Going?, Hummin' (feat. Nat Adderley), I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Love You, I Should Care, I Thought About You, I Waited for You, I'll Remember April, I've Got You Under My Skin, If I Had You, If I Hit the Lottery, In Walked Horace, In Walked Wayne, In a Little Provincial Town, Indiana, It Could Happen to You, It Happens (feat. Nat Adderley), It Might as Well Be Spring, It Never Entered My Mind, It's All Right With Me, It's Only a Paper Moon, It's You or No One, Jackie-Ing, Jay, Jay Bird, Jay Jay, Jay Jay's Blues, Jerry Old Man, Jevin (feat. Nat Adderley), Joey, Joey, Joey, Karate Gag, Kenya, Kev, Lament, Lament (feat. Nat Adderley), Laura, Love Letters, Lovely, Lover Man, Lullaby of Jazzland, Lullaby of the Leaves, Mad Be Bop, Make Someone Happy, Malaga Moon, Malagueña, May I Have Dis Dance?, Melodee (feat. Nat Adderley), Minor Blues, Minor Mist, Mira (Can You Imagine That?), Misterioso, Mohawk, Motorcycle Funk, Mr. Clean, My Favorite Things, My Funny Valentine, My Little Suede Shoes, My Old Flame, Naptown U.S.A., Nefertiti, Neo, Nermus, Never Let Me Go, Nickels and Dimes, Night Flight, Nobody's Heart, Now's the Time, Old Devil Moon, Opus De Focus, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Out of My Dreams, Out of Nowhere, Overdrive, Paul's Pal, Pennies From Heaven, Pennies From Heaven (alternate take), People Time, Pinnacles, Portrait of Jennie, Portrait of Jenny, Pot Burn / Mommy / Police Raid, Put on a Happy Face, Quintergy, Really Livin', Red Cross, Riffette, Satin Doll, Second Movement: Let's Hang Out, See See Rider, Shutterbug, Sidewinder, Sketch 1, Snake Crib, So Sorry Please, So What, Solar, Sophisticated Lady, Soul Food, Speak Low, Splashes (feat. Nat Adderley), Stardust, Stella by Starlight, Stir-Fry, Stolen Moments, Stratusphunk, Swing Spring, Syntax, Tea Pot, Ten-85, That Tired Routine Called Love, The End of a Love Affair, The Meaning of the Blues, The More I See You, The Nearness of You, The Sweetest Sounds, The Very Thought of You, Thelonious the Onliest, There Will Never Be Another You, There's No You, Third Movement: Love You Nana, Time After Time, Too Marvelous for Words, Train Samba, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Tune Up, Turnpike, Turnpike (alternate take), Two's Company, Undecided, Villlage Blues, Viscosity, Viscosity (alternate take), Vista, Walkin', Walkin' (feat. Nat Adderley), What Is This Thing Called Love, What's New, When the Saints Go Marching In, Who Will Buy?, Why Indianapolis, Why Not Indianapolis?, Why Not (feat. Nat Adderley), Wild is the Wind, Winter's Waif, Work Song (feat. Nat Adderley), Yesterdays, You Don't Know What Love Is, You're Mine You, You're Mine, You, You've Changed
Miles Davis arranger, trombone Aos Pes Da Cruz, Blue 'n' Boogie, Boplicity, C.T.A., C.T.A. (alternate take), Chance It, Corcovado, Darn That Dream, Dear Old Stockholm, Deception, Donna (alternate take), Enigma, Enigma (alternate take), I Waited for You, Israel, Kelo, Kelo (alternate take), Moon Dreams, Once Upon a Summertime, Ray's Idea, Ray's Idea (alternate take), Rocker, Rouge, Song #1, Song #2, Tempus Fugit, Tempus Fugit (alternate take), Venus de Milo, Wait Till You See Her, Walkin', Would'n You (alternate take)
Joe Pass trombone After School, Alison, Balloons, Bass Blues, Better Days, Burning Spear, Flying Down Baja, Free Sample, Gotcha!, Head Start, In the City, It's Too Late, My Bonnie, Slick Cat, The Preacher, We'll Be Together Again, When Love
Ella Fitzgerald trombone After You, All of You, Anything Goes, At Long Last Love, C'est magnifique, Down in the Depths, Dream Dancing, I Concentrate on You, I Get a Kick Out of You, I've Got You Under My Skin, Just One of Those Things, Love for Sale, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Oh, Lady Be Good, So Near and Yet So Far, Stompin’ At the Savoy, Without Love
Skope percussion Ali, Anyhow, Bird on the Wire, Crying Over You, Don’t Drift Away, Don’t Know What It Means, I Pity the Fool, I Want More (Soul Sacrifice Outro), Just as Strange, Keep On Growing, Leavin’ Trunk, Let Me Get By, Right on Time, These Walls, Within You, Without You
Sarah Vaughan trombone An Occasional Man, Cherokee, Don’t Be on the Outside, How High the Moon, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream, I’ll Never Smile Again, Maybe, Oh My, Over the Rainbow, Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy (version 2), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 3), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 4), Soon, Why Can’t I
Count Basie trombone B-flat Blues, High Tide, Lazy Lady Blues, Queer Street, Rambo, San Jose, Stay Cool, Stay on It, The King, The Mad Boogie, Tippin', on the Q.T.
Coleman Hawkins trombone Angel Face, April in Paris, Blue Lights, Chant, Half Step Down, Please, How Strange, Juicy Fruit, Laura, Sancticity, Think Deep
Charlie Parker trombone Bongo Beep, Charlie's Wig, Crazeology, Drifting on a Reed (Big Foot), How Deep Is the Ocean?, Overtime [long version], Overtime [short version], Quasimado, Victory Ball [long version], Victory Ball [short version]
Cal Tjader trombone A Waltz for Diane, Blues March, Canto de Ossanha, Django, Georgie Girl, Hip Vibrations, Moanin', Moanin´, Sweet Honeybee, Windy
Jerad Lippi trombone Blues Around the Clock, Cherry Red, Flip, Flop, and Fly, Good Mornin' Blues, Honey Hush, Night Time Is the Right Time, Roll 'em Pete, Since I Fell for You, The Honeydripper, Wee Baby Blues
Sonny Rollins trombone Alfie's Theme, He's Younger Than You Are, Misterioso, Poor Butterfly, Reflections, Wail March, Why Don’t I, You Stepped Out of a Dream
Stanley Turrentine trombone A Kettle of Fish, A Taste of Honey, Bayou, Gravy Train, I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone, Little Sheri, Mattie T., River's Invitation
Moacir Santos trombone Anon, Coisa No. 2, Jequie, Kamba, Quiet Carnival, Route Infinitry, Sampaguita, Tomorrow Is Mine
Eve & The Travelers trombone Gerry Old Man, I'll Remember April, If I Had You, Indiana, Jay Jay's Blues, Lullaby of the Leaves, Out of Nowhere, There's No You
Cannonball Adderley trombone Cyclops, Domination, Gon Gong, I Worship You, Interlude, Introduction to a Samba, Mystified (Angel Face), Shake a Lady
Kenny Dorham trombone Afrodisia, Basheer's Dream, Basheer’s Dream, Lotus Flower, Minor's Holiday, Minor's Holiday (alternate take), Venita's Dance
Кульчицкий trombone Billie's Bounce, Blues in the Closet, Crazy Rhythm, It Never Entered My Mind, My Funny Valentine, Yesterdays
Bike Cops trombone Blues, Lion's Roar, Mean and Evil World, Relaxing, Scamparoo, Suede Jacquet
Dizzy Gillespie trombone Contraste, Jungla, Love Me, Pretty Baby, Manteca Theme, Oh, Lady Be Good, Rhumba-Finale
Julecamp'en arranger Dues Blues, I Found a New Baby, Long Before I Knew You, Neckbones, Soft Winds, Tee Jay
Benny Golson Sextet trombone Blues on Down, Hymn to the Orient, Namely You, Out of the Past, Reunion, Venetian Breeze
Raul de Souza conductor, instrument arranger Canto de Ossanha (feat. Cannonball Adderley), Chants to Burn (feat. Cannonball Adderley), Crystal Silence, Dr. Honoris Causa, Festival, Nannã
Donald Byrd trombone Brother Isaac, I'm Tryin' to Get Home, I've Longed and Searched for My Mother, March Children, Noah, Pearly Gates
Tim de Paravicini trombone Chance It, Donna, How Deep Is the Ocean, Would'n You, Yesterdays
Fats Navarro trombone Angel Face, April in Paris, Half Step Down Please, How Strange, Jumpin' for Jane
Zoot Sims trombone Black Butterfly, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, In a Mellow Tone, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Ron Carter trombone A Slight Smile, Alternate Route, Aromatic, NY Slick, Tierra Española
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars trombone Don't Push Daddy, Goofin' Off, It's Wild, Riffin' With Jacquet
Nat Adderley trombone Call Me, Gospelette, Manchild, Satin Doll
Lalo Schifrin trombone Bossa Antique, The Blues for Johann Sebastian, The Wig, Troubadour
Tadd Dameron trombone Focus, Heaven’s Doors Are Wide Open, John’s Delight, What's New
Jody Marie Gnant drums Boy Blue, Lucky Night, Take Me to My Kingdom, What We Don't
The J.J. Johnson Quintet trombone Bird Song, Cette Chose, It Could Happen to You, Love Is Here to Stay
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Quintet trombone Lover Come Back to Me, NWPT, True Blue Tromboniums
Illinois Jacquet trombone Blow, Illinois Blow, Illinois Blows the Blues, Sahara Heart
Quincy Jones trombone Addie's at It Again, Almost, I Had a Ball
Cyndi Grecco horn Dancing, Dancing, I Think I Can Make It
Sammy Davis Jr. arranger I'm Glad There Is You, Somebody
Count Basie & His Orchestra trombone Rambo
Stan Getz performer My Funny Valentine (feat. J.J. Johnson)
Maurice Conchis trombone Boplicity
Marvin Gaye arranger "T" Stands for Trouble
YONCE trombone Caribé
Lionel Hampton trombone Stardust
Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra trombone You Left Me All Alone