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Budd Johnson (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, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and, especially, Earl Hines. 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. <a href="https://www.last.
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- Johnson
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- male
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- United States
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- Dallas
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- Kansas City
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- saxophonist
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- English language
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- jazz
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- saxophone
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- Riverside
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- 1984-10-20
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Albert J. Johnson, noto come Budd Johnson (Dallas, 14 dicembre 1910 – Kansas City, 20 ottobre 1984), è stato un sassofonista, clarinettista, arrangiatore e cantante statunitense di jazz, sassofonista moderno partecipò alla prima registrazione in stile bebop della storia (febbraio 1944) e fu un ottimo arrangiatore di grandi orchestre (Earl Hines, Boyd Raeburn, Billy Eckstine, Woody Herman).
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