Gordon Johnson (musician)

For other people named Gordon Johnson, see Gordon Johnson (disambiguation).

Gordy Johnson
Born	1952 Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Double bass, bass guitar
Labels	Igmod, Tonalities

Gordon "Gordy" Johnson, (born 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American double bassist and bass guitarist who has toured and/or recorded with numerous artists, a few of which include 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 Allan Holdsworth and James Taylor 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)

References

External links

Gordon Johnson at Tonalities.com

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