J. J. Johnson
Trombone Solo on
How Deep Is the Ocean?

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After Bird plays the melody, the band skips the first A section and Johnson plays 16 bars starting at the B section before Miles finishes over the melody for the last 8 bars.
J. J. Johnson was 22 to 23 years old at the time.

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