Johnny Bothwell | |
Birth Date: | May 23, 1919 |
Birth Place: | Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Date: | September 12, 1995 (aged 76) |
Death Place: | Lakeland, Florida, U.S. |
Genre: | Jazz |
Instruments: | Alto saxophone |
Johnny Bothwell (May 23, 1919 – September 12, 1995)[1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader.
Bothwell played in Chicago in 1940 and then moved to New York City, playing with Woody Herman (1943) and Sonny Dunham (1944 - 46). He was a key member and featured soloist of Boyd Raeburn's groups in 1944 - 1945, and played with Gene Krupa in 1945. He formed his own groups between 1945 and 1949, and held a residency at the Tin Pan Alley Club in Chicago as well as in New York and Boston.[2]
Bothwell gave up music after 1949 and moved to Miami. He owned a number of bands but did not return to playing for the rest of his life.