Budd Johnson. In New York for a State Department Tour, Russia, 1966

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Budd Johnson in New York for a State Department Tour, Russia, 1966.

Budd Johnson (by name Albert J. “ Budd “ Johnson III) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Johnson initially played drums and piano before switching to tenor saxophone. Johnson had his recording debut while working with Louis Armstrong's band in 1932 to 1933, but he is more known for his work, over many years, with Earl Hines. . It is contended that he and Billy Eckstine, Hines' long-term collaborator, led Hines to hire "modernists" in the birth of bebop, which came largely out of the Hines band. Johnson was also an early figure in the bebop era, doing sessions with Coleman Hawkins in 1944.

b. December 14, 1910 in Dallas Texas.
d. October 20, 1984 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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