J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
James Louis "J. J." Johnson was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. He was sometimes credited as Jay Jay Johnson...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth22 January 1924
CountryUnited States of America
alone moment painted viewer
I try to get the viewer to be at one with the sense of place as I was -- alone for that moment -- when I painted it.
christmas city gathered kansas played teams together
It was between Christmas and New Years. The teams gathered together in Kansas City and played the tournament.
game
It was the most frustrating game I've been in for a while. Not to take anything away from Duke, but it wasn't what they were doing, we just weren't executing.
concrete dove railroad tracks
It was a tornado. We dove between the railroad tracks and the concrete wall. Things were swirling all over us.
blocking good great holes offensive
They blitzed their safeties a lot in the first half. I got great blocking and good holes from the offensive line.
bowl emulate football gold looking nfl people seeing standard super trying
They are the Super Bowl champions, and they set the bar. They are, right now, what the gold standard is in the NFL for football teams. People are looking at them and seeing what they do and trying to emulate them.
came games gave great players stepping team
They came in and gave us great games. They got us back in the game. That's what a team is - different players stepping up.
advantage situation taking
Taking advantage of this situation is not only objectionable, I think it's immoral,
football largely sex suggestion
suggestion that football players, sex parties, as some have coined them, I think is largely inaccurate.
good hotels problems
It's been good for the hotels in general, but there have been some problems.
amazing gotten jokes military people respect support
It's amazing the support we've gotten from the military people. People (who) said before they made jokes about curling now have some respect for it.
huge kinds
It's a huge psych-up song. It's one of those pick-you-up kinds of songs.
eggs lay mostly
We use it mostly for perch. They lay their eggs on the trees.
background brought commission decided explored final information outside provided
We did not commission a book. The idea was brought to us by an outside consultant. We explored it, provided some background information ... but in the final analysis, decided it wasn't the right thing for us to do.