| LC control no. | nr 90028222 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnson, Osie |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, James Osie Johnson, Ossie |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1923-01-11 |
| Death date | 1966-02-10 |
| Place of birth | Washington (D.C.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Navy NBC Symphony Orchestra Harlem Dictators (Musical group) Sabby Lewis Orchestra Earl Hines Small Swing Band |
| Profession or occupation | Drummers Composers Jazz musicians Percussionists |
| Found in | Weary blues [SR] c1990: container (Osie Johnson, drums) New Grove dict. of jazz (Johnson, (James) Osie; b. Jan. 11, 1923, Washington, d. Feb. 10, 1966, New York; drummer and arranger) Thompson, L. Accent on tenor [SR] 2004, p1991: container (Osie Johnson, drums) insert (Ossie Johnson) African American National Biography, accessed June 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Johnson, Osie; jazz musician, percussionist; born 11 January, 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; studied harmony and theory, played drums; played professionally with Harlem Dictators (1941) and Sabby Lewis Orchestra, Boston (1942-1943); served in U.S. Navy (1944-1945), played in Navy band; played and recorded with Dinah Washington, Chicago (1945); became a member of Earl Hines's small swing band (1951-1953); made hundreds of recordings with top jazz musicians in New York (1954-1964), was a member of NBC and CBS studio orchestras; died 10 February, 1966 in New York, New York, United States) |
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