Budd Johnson
"Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984)[1] was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and, especially, Earl Hines.Johnson urged Gillespie to write out his melodic ideas for 2 horns (trumpet and saxophone) to play in unison, a sound which became the signature style of small-group bebop.In the 1950s he led his own group,[4] and did session work for Atlantic Records – he is the featured tenor saxophone soloist on Ruth Brown's hit "Teardrops from My Eyes".His grandson, Albert Johnson (aka Prodigy), was a member of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep.[6] With Cannonball Adderley With Count Basie With Ruth Brown With Benny Carter With Roy Eldridge With Duke Ellington and Count Basie With Gil Evans With Dizzy Gillespie With Coleman Hawkins With Earl Hines With Claude Hopkins With Etta Jones With Quincy Jones With Jimmy McGriff With Carmen McRae With Bud Powell With Carrie Smith With Jimmy Smith With Sonny Stitt With Clark Terry With Ben Webster With Randy Weston With Jimmy Witherspoon