Quote of the day
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
J. J. Johnson

Born: January 22, 1924
Died: February 4, 2001 (aged 77)
Bio: James Louis "J. J." Johnson was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. He was sometimes credited as Jay Jay Johnson.
Known for:
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1957)
- The Great Kai & J. J. (1961)
- Blue Trombone (1957)
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 (1955)
- J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1957)






