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American jazz saxophonist (tenor and alto).

Born : May 01 (or) 21, 1922 in Madison County, Illinois.
Died : June 28, 1981 in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Candy Johnson played with : A. B. Townsend (1942), Ernie Fields (1942), Tiny Bradshaw (1943), Andy Kirk (1943-’47), in his own group (The Peppermint Sticks), Count Basie (1951-’52), in his own small group, Bill Doggett,
Kansas City All Stars, Clark Terry, Dave Wilborn, Ted Buckner, Milt Buckner and others.