Gordon Johnson (musician)
{{Short description|American double bassist and bass guitarist}}
{{Other people|Gordon Johnson|Gordon Johnson (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gordon Johnson
| birth_date = 1952
| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Double bass, bass guitar
| years_active =
| label = Igmod, Tonalities
| website =
}}
Gordon "Gordy" Johnson (born 1952), is an American double bassist and bass guitarist who has toured and/or recorded with Roy Buchanan, Bill Carrothers, Lorie Line, Chuck Mangione, Dewey Redman, Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, Paul Winter Consort, Cliff Eberhardt, Maynard Ferguson, Becky Schlegel, Benny Weinbeck, Bradley Joseph, and Stacey Kent. He is the older brother of bassist Jimmy Johnson.
Discography
=As leader=
- Gordon Johnson Trios (Tonalities, 1996)
- Trios V.2 (Tonalities, 2002)
- Trios Version 3.0 (Tonalities, 2005)
- GJ4 (Tonalities, 2008)
- Trios No. 5 (Tonalities, 2010)
=As sideman=
With Bill Carrothers
- Shine Ball (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005)
With Laura Caviani
- Holly, Jolly, and Jazzy (Marbles: The Brain Store, 2013)
With Todd Clouser
- A Love Electric (Todd Clouser's A Love Electric, 2010)
With Dave Graf
- Just Like That (Artegra, 2005)
With Mary Louise Knutson
- Call Me When You Get There (Meridian Jazz, 2001)
- In the Bubble (Meridian Jazz, 2011)
With Chris Lomheim
- And You've Been Waiting? (IGMOD, 1994)
- The Bridge (Artegra, 2002)
- Timeline (Lomstradamus, 2014)
With Pete Whitman
- Where's When? (Artegra, 2002)
- The Sound of Water (Artegra, 2002)
With Irv Williams
- Finality (Ding-Dong Music, 2007)
With Eric Wangensteen
- It Had To Be You (2009)
- Blue Christmas (2012)
References
- {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p91004|label=Gordon Johnson}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070815173729/http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/4820/53/ Gordon Johnson at JazzPolice.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708103418/http://www.buffalomusicman.com/session_bios.html Gordon Johnson at BuffaloMusicMan.com]
External links
- [http://www.tonalities.com/ Gordon Johnson at Tonalities.com]
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Category:American jazz bass guitarists
Category:American session musicians
Category:Musicians from Minneapolis
Category:Guitarists from Minnesota
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:20th-century American bass guitarists
Category:Jazz musicians from Minnesota
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians
Category:Paul Winter Consort members
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