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Osie Johnson

December 27, 2022

James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.[1]

Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess.[1] He first worked with Sabby Lewis and then, after service in the United States Navy, freelanced for a time in Chicago. From 1951 to 1953, he was a member of Earl Hines's band.[2]

He can be heard on albums by Paul Gonsalves, Zoot Sims, and Mose Allison and is the drummer on Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife". (Some sources list Don Lamond as the drummer on "Mack the Knife") and on Ray Conniff's first album 'S Wonderful!. He recorded the album A Bit of the Blues as a singer and had arranged at a "hit" for singer Dinah Washington. His final recordings as a singer were on a J. J. Johnson album, now compiled as a collection called Goodies.

In 1957, Johnson appeared with Thelonious Monk and Ahmed Abdul-Malik on The Sound of Jazz.[3]

Johnson died from kidney failure in 1966, at the age of 43.[1]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Manny Albam

With Mose Allison

With Bob Brookmeyer

With Clifford Brown

With Ray Bryant

With Kenny Burrell

With Ralph Burns and Leonard Feather

With Jimmy Cleveland

With Arnett Cobb

With Al Cohn

With Freddy Cole

With Art Farmer

With Aretha Franklin

With Curtis Fuller

With Bennie Green

With Freddie Green

With Urbie Green

With Tiny Grimes

With Gigi Gryce

With Lionel Hampton

With Johnny Hartman

With Coleman Hawkins

With Johnny Hodges

With Claude Hopkins

With Langston Hughes

With Illinois Jacquet

With Budd Johnson

With J. J. Johnson

With Hank Jones

With Quincy Jones

With Mundell Lowe

With Junior Mance

With Gary McFarland

With Howard McGhee

With Carmen McRae

With Helen Merrill

With Phineas Newborn, Jr.

With Joe Newman

With Oscar Pettiford

With Bud Powell

  • Blues for Bud (Columbia, 1958)

With Jimmy Raney

With Irene Reid

  • Room for One More (Verve, 1965)

With George Russell

With Pee Wee Russell

With A. K. Salim

With Shirley Scott

With Zoot Sims

With Hal Singer

With Sonny Stitt

With Sylvia Syms

With Buddy Tate

With Billy Taylor

With Ben Webster

With Frank Wess

With Joe Wilder

With Cootie Williams

With Kai Winding

With Phil Woods

References

  1. ^ a b c Feather, Leonard (1999). The biographical encyclopedia of jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-19-507418-5.
  2. ^ All Music
  3. ^ Video on YouTube

External links

  • Worlds Records

December 27, 2022
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James Osie Johnson January 11 1923 in Washington D C February 10 1966 in New York City was a jazz drummer arranger and singer 1 Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess 1 He first worked with Sabby Lewis and then after service in the United States Navy freelanced for a time in Chicago From 1951 to 1953 he was a member of Earl Hines s band 2 He can be heard on albums by Paul Gonsalves Zoot Sims and Mose Allison and is the drummer on Bobby Darin s Mack the Knife Some sources list Don Lamond as the drummer on Mack the Knife and on Ray Conniff s first album S Wonderful He recorded the album A Bit of the Blues as a singer and had arranged at a hit for singer Dinah Washington His final recordings as a singer were on a J J Johnson album now compiled as a collection called Goodies In 1957 Johnson appeared with Thelonious Monk and Ahmed Abdul Malik on The Sound of Jazz 3 Johnson died from kidney failure in 1966 at the age of 43 1 Contents 1 Discography 1 1 As leader 1 2 As sideman 2 References 3 External linksDiscography EditAs leader Edit 1955 Johnson s Whacks 1955 Osie s Oasis with Henry Coker Charlie Fowlkes Milt Hinton Bill Hughes Thad Jones Dick Katz Wendell Marshall Frank Wess Ernie Wilkins 1955 Swingin Sounds 1957 The Happy Jazz of Osie Johnson Bethlehem As sideman Edit With Manny Albam The Drum Suite RCA Victor 1956 with Ernie WilkinsWith Mose Allison I Don t Worry About a Thing Atlantic 1962 With Bob Brookmeyer Brookmeyer Vik 1956 Jazz Concerto Grosso ABC Paramount 1957 with Gerry Mulligan and Phil Sunkel The Street Swingers World Pacific 1957 with Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney Kansas City Revisited United Artists 1958 With Clifford Brown The Beginning and the End Columbia 1973 With Ray Bryant Ray Bryant Trio Epic 1956 With Kenny Burrell Bluesin Around Columbia 1961 1983 With Ralph Burns and Leonard Feather Winter Sequence MGM 1954 With Jimmy Cleveland Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars EmArcy 1955 Rhythm Crazy EmArcy 1959 1964 With Arnett Cobb Smooth Sailing Prestige 1959 With Al Cohn Mr Music RCA Victor 1955 The Natural Seven RCA Victor 1955 That Old Feeling RCA Victor 1955 Four Brass One Tenor RCA Victor 1955 From A to Z RCA Victor 1956 with Zoot Sims The Sax Section Epic 1956 Cohn on the Saxophone Dawn 1956 With Freddy Cole Waiter Ask the Man to Play the Blues Dot 1964 With Art Farmer Last Night When We Were Young ABC Paramount 1957 With Aretha Franklin Aretha With The Ray Bryant Combo Columbia 1961 With Curtis Fuller Cabin in the Sky Impulse 1962 With Bennie Green Bennie Green Blows His Horn Prestige 1955 With Freddie Green Mr Rhythm RCA Victor 1955 With Urbie Green All About Urbie Green and His Big Band ABC Paramount 1956 With Tiny Grimes Callin the Blues Prestige 1958 with J C HigginbothamWith Gigi Gryce Gigi Gryce MetroJazz 1958 With Lionel Hampton You Better Know It Impulse 1965 With Johnny Hartman The Voice That Is Impulse 1964 With Coleman Hawkins Accent on Tenor Sax Urania 1955 The Hawk in Hi Fi RCA Victor 1956 The Hawk in Paris Vik 1956 Soul Prestige 1958 Hawk Eyes Prestige 1959 Coleman Hawkins All Stars Swingville 1960 with Joe Thomas and Vic Dickenson At Ease with Coleman Hawkins Moodsville 1960 Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra Crown 1960 The Hawk Swings Crown 1960 With Johnny Hodges Sandy s Gone Verve 1963 Blue Rabbit Verve 1964 Con Soul amp Sax RCA Victor 1965 with Wild Bill DavisWith Claude Hopkins Yes Indeed Swingville 1960 with Buddy Tate and Emmett BerryWith Langston Hughes Weary Blues MGM 1958 With Illinois Jacquet The Kid and the Brute Clef 1955 with Ben WebsterWith Budd Johnson French Cookin Argo 1963 With J J Johnson Goodies RCA 1965 With Hank Jones The Talented Touch Capitol 1958 This Is Ragtime Now ABC Paramount 1964 With Quincy Jones The Birth of a Band Mercury 1959 Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini Mercury 1964 With Mundell Lowe Porgy amp Bess RCA Camden 1958 With Junior Mance The Soul of Hollywood Jazzland 1962 With Gary McFarland The Jazz Version of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying Verve 1962 With Howard McGhee Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Bethlehem 1956 Music from the Connection Felsted 1960 With Carmen McRae Carmen McRae Bethlehem 1954 With Helen Merrill The Artistry of Helen Merrill Mainstream 1965 With Phineas Newborn Jr Phineas Newborn Jr Plays Harold Arlen s Music from Jamaica RCA Victor 1957 With Joe Newman New Sounds in Swing Jazztone 1956 with Billy Byers I Feel Like a Newman Storyville 1956 The Midgets Vik 1956 Locking Horns Rama 1957 with Zoot SimsWith Oscar Pettiford Basically Duke Bethlehem 1954 Another One Bethlehem 1955 The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi Fi ABC Paramount 1956 With Bud Powell Blues for Bud Columbia 1958 With Jimmy Raney Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer ABC Paramount 1956 with Bob Brookmeyer Two Jims and Zoot Mainstream 1964 with Jim Hall and Zoot SimsWith Irene Reid Room for One More Verve 1965 With George Russell The Jazz Workshop RCA Victor 1957 With Pee Wee Russell Swingin with Pee Wee Swingville 1960 with Buck ClaytonWith A K Salim Stable Mates Savoy 1957 With Shirley Scott Great Scott Impulse 1964 With Zoot Sims Zoot Riverside 1956 With Hal Singer Blue Stompin Prestige 1959 with Charlie ShaversWith Sonny Stitt Broadway Soul Colpix 1965 With Sylvia Syms Sylvia Is Prestige 1965 With Buddy Tate Tate s Date Swingville 1960 With Billy Taylor Kwamina Mercury 1961 With Ben Webster Music with Feeling Norgran 1955 See You at the Fair Impulse 1964 With Frank Wess Southern Comfort Prestige 1962 With Joe Wilder The Pretty Sound Columbia 1959 With Cootie Williams Cootie Williams in Hi Fi RCA Victor 1958 With Kai Winding Dance to the City Beat Columbia 1959 With Phil Woods Rights of Swing Candid 1961 References Edit a b c Feather Leonard 1999 The biographical encyclopedia of jazz Oxford University Press p 365 ISBN 978 0 19 507418 5 All Music Video on YouTubeExternal links EditWorlds Records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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