Tribute To J..J. Johnson Featuring The Jazz Edge Orchestra at Harris-stowe State University: Emerson Performance Center

A Jazz Edge, Inc. and Don & Heide Wolff Jazz Institute & Art Gallery Presentation

"JJ did for the trombone what Charlie Parker did for the saxophone." -- Steve Turre

SNL's Steve Turre, Award-Winning Steve Davis, Wynton Marsalis' Andre Hayward guest in a salute to the legendary Hollywood composer, arranger and jazz trombonist JJ Johnson--one of the first to embrace bebop music. Johnson actively contributed to the music. In 1970, Quincy Jones convinced J..J. to move to California, composing for cinema/telivision, scoring Starsky and Hutch and The Six Million Dollar Man.
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A Jazz Edge, Inc. and Don & Heide Wolff Jazz Institute & Art Gallery Presentation

"JJ did for the trombone what Charlie Parker did for the saxophone." -- Steve Turre

SNL's Steve Turre, Award-Winning Steve Davis, Wynton Marsalis' Andre Hayward guest in a salute to the legendary Hollywood composer, arranger and jazz trombonist JJ Johnson--one of the first to embrace bebop music. Johnson actively contributed to the music. In 1970, Quincy Jones convinced J..J. to move to California, composing for cinema/telivision, scoring Starsky and Hutch and The Six Million Dollar Man.

St. Louis vocalists Marsha Evans and Ron Wilkinson will emcee and sing various musicial selections.

Join the signature Jazz Edge Tribute Concerts with an educational slide show and awards ceremony!

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