The Essential JJ Johnson Jazz Trombone Interview you haven't heard!

In this week's video I'm very excited to share the audio from a great interview that the International Trombone Association did (by trombonist Tom Everett) did with JJ Johnson in the late 1980's!

I had heard through the grapevine that there were some audio recordings of interviews with JJ floating around out there, and I just had to share it once I heard this one!

Thanks to John Kalafas for sharing this audio with me!

Let me know in the comments below what your favorite parts of the interview are!

Some of my favorites are:
When he talked about Jimmy Knepper
Does JJ Johnson Doodle Tongue?
King to Yamaha
Developing his Sound Concept

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Available Jan 19th

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