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Henry Johnson (guitarist)
Henry Johnson (born January 28, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist from Chicago. Career Johnson was born in Chicago on January 28, 1954, and grew up in Memphis. He started playing the guitar at the age of 12, teaching himself. He played various styles of music until hearing Wes Montgomery ignited an interest in jazz. He entered Indiana University in 1973. Johnson has worked with Hank Crawford, Freddie Hubbard, Ramsey Lewis, Norman Simmons, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Williams, and Nancy Wilson. He has led his own bands since 1982. Discography As leader * ''Feel It'' (Blue Sand, 1980) * ''Future Excursions'' (MCA Impulse!, 1986) * ''You're the One'' (MCA Impulse!, 1986) * ''Never Too Much'' (MCA, 1990) * ''New Beginnings'' (Heads Up, 1993) * ''Missing You'' (Heads Up, 1994) * ''Organic'' (A440 Music, 2003) As sideman With Ramsey Lewis * ''Three Piece Suite'' (Columbia, 1981) * ''Live at the Savoy'' (Columbia, 1982) * ''Ivory Pyramid'' (GRP, 1992) * ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
