Gordon Johnson (musician)
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For other people named Gordon Johnson, see Gordon Johnson (disambiguation).
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
- Gordon Johnson Trios (1996), Igmod
- Trios, Vol. 2 (2002), Tonalities
- Trios, Vol. 3 (2004), Tonalities
- "Gordon Johnson Trios" (2005), Tonalities
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Categories:
- American bass guitarists
- American jazz bass guitarists
- American session musicians
- Musicians from Minnesota
- People from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Living people
- 1952 births
- American bass guitarist stubs
- American jazz guitarist stubs
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