Wayne Johnson is an American

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electric and acoustic guitarist who won a

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in 2004 for his contribution to the album ''Pink Guitar'', which featured the songs of composer

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.Julie Levin. "Guitarist Scores With Tribute to Henry Mancini", '' Miami Herald'', April 3, 2005, pp. 65W. Johnson attended Boston's Berklee College of Music in the late 1970s and soon after worked as a studio musician, touring with the Manhattan Transfer. He has recorded most often in a trio with bassist Jimmy Johnson and drummer Bill Berg, who were founding members of the group Flim & the BB's. He has been the guitarist for Bette Midler at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Johnson has performed with

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, Elton John,

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, and

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. He is a music educator and serves as a clinician for

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Discography

As leader

* ''Arrowhead'' (

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, 1980) * ''Grasshopper'' (ITI, 1983) * ''Everybody's Painting Pictures'' (

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, 1984) * ''Spirit of the Dancer'' (Zebra, 1988) * ''Keeping the Dream Alive'' ( MoJazz, 1993) * ''Kindred Spirits'' (GTSP, 1996) * ''Apache'' with Jeff Richman (Miramar, 1999) * ''One Guitar'' (Solid Air, 2003)

As sideman

With The Manhattan Transfer * '' The Manhattan Transfer Live'' (1978) * '' Bop Doo-Wopp'' (1985) * '' Couldn't Be Hotter'' (2003)

References

External links

Official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Wayne Living people American jazz guitarists Guitarists from California Berklee College of Music alumni Musicians from Spokane, Washington 1949 births 20th-century American guitarists Jazz musicians from California