Miał 43 lata.
Muzycy, z którymi nagrywał Mose Allison, Harry Belafonte, Clifford Brown, Ray Bryant, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cleveland, Arnett Cobb, Al Cohn, Henry Coker, Bob Brookmeyer, Bobby Darin, Art Farmer, Charlie Fowlkes, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Fuller, Paul Gonsalves, Bennie Green, Freddie Green, Urbie Green, Tiny Grimes, Gigi Gryce, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hartman, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Hinton, Johnny Hodges, Lena Horne, Bill Hughes, Illinois Jacquet, Eddie Jefferson, Hank Jones, Quincy Jones, Thad Jones, Budd Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Dick Katz, Junior Mance, Wendell Marshall, Gary McFarland, Howard McGhee, Carmen McRae, Helen Merrill, Joe Newman, Oscar Pettiford, Bud Powell, Della Reese, George Russell, Pee Wee Russell, Shirley Scott, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Buddy Tate, Billy Taylor, Ben Webster, Frank Wess, Ernie Wilkins, Cootie Williams, Joe Williams, Kai Winding, Phil Woods
Wybrana dyskografia 1955 Johnson's Whacks – Osie Johnson and His Combos (Period Records) Swingin’ Sounds – Osie Johnson’s All-Stars (Jazztone) 1956 Osie Johnson and His Orchesta – A Bit of the Blues (RCA Victor) 1957 The Happy Jazz of Osie Johnson (Bethlehem) 1999 Osie's Oasis (Original Jazz Classics)
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