Jeff Johnson's latest Origin release,TALL STRANGER, featuring Hans Teuber on winds and Billy Mintz on drums. Now available from Origin Records, HERE. Read reviews for Tall Stranger and Jeff's other Origin Records releases in the "Reviews" section of this site.
Note: The sculpture featured on the cover of TALL STRANGER was cast by Seattle native and artist ,Gordon Anderson, in 1958. John Bishop was visiting Gordon's home and saw a photo of the sculpture called "Tall Man" in Gordon's portfolio. Jeff said, "Look no futher for cover ideas". How perfect.
Check out Jeff's extended interview published in the January 2009 issue of Cadence Magazine by interviewer and drummer James Bennington.
The FU KUN WU trio with pianist Jon Alberts, drummer Tad Britton, and Jeff, are featured every Thursday night at the THAI KU restraunt located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. 2009 marks the release of their first CD on Origin Records called "APOTHECARY". The CD documents a nearly 20 year association for the trio.
New York pianist Hal Galper teamed with Jeff Johnson on bass and John Bishop on drums to produce the cooperative trio release titled "Furious Rubato" for Origin Records in 2007. This recording has received great reviews for it's unique and fresh approach to the traditional piano trio format. The trio is planning to record again for Origin in the fall of 2009 and will be performing for Seattle's Earshot Festival at Tula's Jazz Club on October 23 and 24, 2009. Jeff has worked with Hal Galper since they first performed together in 1993 at the Port Townsend Jazz Festival. (See the "Biography" and "Recordings" sections of this site). UPDATE: Hal Galper, Jeff Johnson, and John Bishop recorded two nights at Tula's Jazz Club in Seattle on 10/23 & 24 while performing for the Earshot Jazz Festival. Material will be used for their next Origin Records release. Watch for this CD early in 2010.
There is a hip video on Youtube filmed and recorded in 1994 at a major jazz festival in Warsaw Poland which includes Jeff playing with the Hal Galper Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi on tenor sax and Steve Ellington on drums. "SCENES". A working trio which features innovative guitarist John Stowell, John Bishop-drums, and Jeff Johnson-bass, released "Scenes, Along The Way" on Origin Records in 2006. (ORIGIN 82470). The recording features unique original music written by both Stowell and Johnson. Also, check out Youtube for Scenes playing "Turgid", which was wriiten by and features Seattle musician Rick Mandyck on saxophone. Scenes trio also performs "Lonely Blue Angel", which was written by Stowell, on another Youtube clip. This clip also features interview footage of the trio in which speak about their music and points of view. UPDATE: Scenes trio went into Two Sticks recording studio in Seattle on September 2 and recorded music by John Stowell and Jeff Johnson for their next Origin Records CD. Watch for their next Origin Records release in the spring of 2010.
Pianist Randy Halberstadt released his own trio recording, "Parallel Tracks", on Origin in 2004 which features Jeff on bass and drummer Gary Hobbs. Randy is planning his next recording featuring some sophisticated arrangements of classic standards and his own compositions. Vocalists Gail Pettis ("May I Come In ?" Origin 2007) and Jeff Baker ("Shopping For Your Heart" Origin 2007) both feature Jeff's bass work on their CD's. Watch for new CD's in 2009 and 2010 on Origin from Gail Pettis and Jeff Baker. Trumpeter Chad McCullough's DARK WOOD, DARK WATER (see reviews on Originarts.com) Trumpeter Tom Marriott's FLEXICON (see reviews on Originarts.com) Saxophonist Mark Taylor's SPECTRE (see reviews on Originarts.com)
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