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
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To come to an agreement, the Chinese government will have to be willing to move considerably,
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We're going to have to play really tough the next two games. There's a lot of games left. We're certainly not out of it.
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There will never come a time when you don't have to practice
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My boyfriend dumped me. My best friend won't talk to me. My future is in a garbage can. Everything has turned to crap. Can you please just let me be a sullen teenager. just this once
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In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some thoughts about that word, "bebop"--my first jazz hero ever, jazz improvisor hero, was Lester Young. I was a big "Lester Young-oholic," and all of my buddies were Lester Young-oholics. We'd get together and dissect, analyze, discuss, and listen to Lester Young's solos for hours and hours and hours. He was our god.
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There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!
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That Yes, I know what you mean-that is the technical definition of Best Friend Forever.
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I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.
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Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.
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There are multitudes whose life is nothing but a continuous lottery; who are always within a few months of plenty and happiness, and how often soever they are mocked with blanks, expect a prize from the next adventure
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There are few limits as to what we could build these sensors to detect, whether it is a molecule wafting off an explosive device or the protein byproduct of a cancerous growth,
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There are so many mistakes to go around. We're a young team. We have four seniors and sometimes it shows.
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Ultimately, public-safety concerns will determine when businesses can reopen and residents are allowed to return, even in areas that appear to be undamaged.
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We probably saw 100 to 150 ... You can go to just about any bus stop. It's so much that ... we can't curtail the problem.