Budd Johnson

Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984) 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.

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.

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

Discography As leader/coleader 1958: Blues a la Mode (Felsted) 1960: Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (Riverside) with Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Nat Adderley and Harry Edison 1960: Let's Swing! (Swingville) 1963: French Cookin' (Argo) 1964: Ya! Ya! (Argo) 1964: Off the Wall (Argo) with Joe Newman 1970: Ya! Ya! (Black & Blue) 1974: The Dirty Old Men (Black & Blue) with Earl Hines – rereleased as Mr. Bechet 1978: In Memory of a Very Dear Friend (Dragon) 1984: The Ole Dude & The Fundance Kid (Uptown) with Phil Woods

As sideman With Cannonball Adderley Domination (Capitol, 1965) With Count Basie The Legend (Roulette, 1961) Kansas City 8: Get Together (1979) With Ruth Brown Miss Rhythm (Atlantic, 1959) With Benny Carter 'Live and Well in Japan! (Pablo Live, 1978) With Roy Eldridge What It's All About (Pablo, 1976) With Duke Ellington and Count Basie First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia, 1961) With Gil Evans Great Jazz Standards (Pacific Jazz, 1959) Out of the Cool (Impulse!, 1960) With Dizzy Gillespie The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937–1949 ) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1951–1952 ) Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955) With Coleman Hawkins Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944 ) compilation of Apollo recordings With Earl Hines The Father Jumps (Bluebird, 1939–1945 ) With Claude Hopkins Swing Time! (Swingville, 1963) with Vic Dickenson With Etta Jones Lonely and Blue (Prestige, 1962) With Quincy Jones The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959) I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959–65 ) With Jimmy McGriff The Big Band (Solid State, 1966) With Carmen McRae Something to Swing About (Kapp, 1959) With Bud Powell Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1948) With Carrie Smith Carrie Smith (West 54 Records, 1978) With Jimmy Smith Monster (Verve, 1965) With Sonny Stitt Broadway Soul (Colpix, 1965) With Clark Terry Color Changes (Candid, 1960) Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (Moodsville, 1962) With Ben Webster Ben Webster and Associates (Verve, 1959) With Randy Weston Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960) Highlife (Colpix, 1963) Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)

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