Candy Johnson

Floyd "Candy" Johnson (May 1, 1922, Madison County, Illinois – June 28, 1981, Framingham, Massachusetts) was an American jazz saxophonist. Johnson played drums from age 13 and picked up saxophone shortly thereafter; he continued to play drums well enough to play as a session drummer professionally. He attended Wilberforce University, where he played in the bands of Ernie Fields and Tiny Bradshaw. He joined up with Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy from 1942 to 1947 Read more on Last.fm

Candy Johnson was featured in the movie Get on Up.

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