Shutterbug is a jazz tune written by trombonist J. J. Johnson. It appears on the 1961 Columbia album J. J. Inc., a straight-ahead jazz date recorded in August 1960 and released on April 10, 1961. The track runs seven minutes and twenty‑five seconds and is performed by the J. J. Johnson Sextet - featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Cedar Walton on piano, Clifford Jordan on tenor sax, Arthur Harper on bass, and Albert Heath on drums. The album was produced by Teo Macero and showcases Johnson as both composer and arranger in a hard bop setting. Shutterbug is one of Johnson’s original compositions on the record, illustrating his blues‑inflected approach within a tight sextet group.
