Allyn Johnson
Allyn Johnson (* around 1975 in Washington, DC ) is an American jazz musician ( piano , composition ) of modern jazz .
Live and act
Allyn Johnson began playing the piano at the age of five; from an early age he was a pianist for the youth choir in his uncle's parish. He was preparing for medical school at George Washington University College . When he heard the pianist Dwayne Adell , he changed his mind. He graduated from the University of the District of Columbia ; his mentor was Calvin Jones . At UDC, Johnson was one of the earliest winners of the Felix , a jazz performance scholarship . After completing his studies with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies in 1997 with honors ( magna cum laude ), he taught for six years as adjunct professor and deputy head of the Jazz Studies department ; after Calvin Jones' death he became its director in 2005.
The first jazz recordings were made in Washington in 1996 with Sunny Sumter, Steve Wilson and George Colligan ( Getting To Know You ); in the following years he also worked with Andrew White , the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra, Tim Green, Reginald Cyntje, Marcus Printup ( Young Bloods , 2014) and Christian Winther . In 2005 he founded the Divine Order ensemble , in which he brings styles such as gospel , jazz and classical music together. He also worked with the Sonic Sanctuary formation , with his own trio and ensemble, stylistically oriented between straight-ahead jazz , fusion and funk . In the field of jazz he was involved in 20 recording sessions between 1996 and 2017.
Discographic notes
- Three for All: Premonition (ALM, 2005), with Mykle Lyons, Lenny Robinson
Web links
- Allyn Johnson at Allmusic (English)
- Allyn Johnson at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Allyn Johnson. Smalls, December 13, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 14, 2018)
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SURNAME | Johnson, Allyn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |