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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)