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J.C. Johnson
real name Jay Cee Johnson
J.C. Johnson is credited on 869 releases across 326 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
869
Credits
326
Albums
8
Decades active
48
In collections
Biography
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Pianist and singer/songwriter born September 14, 1896 in Chicago and died February 27, 1981 in New York City.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
869 releases · 326 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,062
- Other credits · 15
- Production · 2
Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · Studio 55, Los Angeles · North Sea Jazz Festival · Lucerna Hall
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
Sweet & Sour Tears
1964
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1
1980
Empty Bed Blues
1971
"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
Giants Of Jazz: Billie Holiday
1979
A Legendary Performer
1978
Basie/Eckstine, Inc.
1959
LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith
1958
Sing: Chapter 1
2009
Guess Who's In Town
1987
Jazz & Hot Dance Music 1923-31
1984
Live At The Yacht Club
1983
Super Sisters: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 3
1982
The Complete Fats Waller, Vol. II (1935)
1981
Old Timers With Wild Bill Davison
1979
Broken Blossom
1977
The Complete Fats Waller, Vol. I (1934-1935)
1975
The Billie Holiday Story Volume III
1973
Any Woman's Blues
1970
Smashing Thirds
1968
1928-1929
1961
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