Johnny Bothwell (May 23, 1919 – September 12, 1995) was an American

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alto saxophonist and

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Career

Bothwell played in Chicago in 1940 and then moved to New York City, playing with

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(1943) and

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(1944–46). He was a key member and featured soloist of

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's groups in 1944–1945, and played with

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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. Bothwell gave up music after 1949 and moved to

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. He owned a number of bands but did not return to playing for the rest of his life.

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