Eddie Johnson

US jazz and blues tenor saxophonist who studied at Englewood High at the Kentucky State College. Born: December 11, 1920 in Napoleonville, LA - Died: April 07, 2010 in Chicago South, IL. Do NOT confuse with US trombonist/co-writer of "Jersey Bounce" Edward Johnson (9); both artists played in Cootie Williams And His Orchestra. He worked with Coleman Hawkins (1941), Cootie Williams And His Orchestra (1944 (?) or 1946) ; the house band of the Rhumboogie Cafe in Chicago (1942-43); Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five; Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald; Marl Young and Walter Fuller Recorded for Chess (1950s), Nessa and Delmark (1980s, 1990s)