ABSTRACT
From John Coltrane’s completed questionnaire (undated, ca. 1956) for Leonard Feather’s Encyclopedia of Jazz (reprinted in omas, 1975, photo section following p. 88; and Woideck, 1998, p. 84):
Jimmy Johnson big band possible personnel: Mose Williams, Henry Beckett, Henry Glover, trumpets; Miff Cooper, Gino Murray, trombones; John Coltrane, Calvin Marshall, alto saxophones; Benny Golson, Bill Barron, Tony Mitchell, tenor saxophones; possibly Ray Bryant, piano; Tommy Bryant, bass; Jimmy Johnson, drums
Note: is is a composite personnel list-di erent people played at dierent times-based on Benny Golson’s recollections as told to researcher Kurt Mohr (Jazz Hot, Jan. 1959, p. 11) and on a photo published in the Philadelphia Afro-American (Apr. 6, 1946; see Porter, 1998, p. 307, note 7).
