Gordon Johnson (musician)

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Labels Igmod, Tonalities Music group Paul Winter Consort Genres Jazz		Role Musical Artist Name Gordon Johnson

Instruments Double bass, bass guitar Albums GJ4, Silver Solstice, Missa Gaia/Earth Mass, Miho: Journey to the Mount, Earthbeat Similar People Bill Carrothers, Eugene Friesen, Glen Velez, David Blamires, Paul Halley

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.

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)

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)

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