Randy Johnston

Randy Johnston (* 1956 in Detroit ) is an American jazz guitarist .

Live and act

Johnston lived in Richmond, Virginia in his youth and initially played rock music . In the late 1970s, he studied at the University of Miami and focused more on jazz, where he worked with Ira Sullivan . In 1981 he moved to New York City ; in the 1980s he worked with Houston Person and Etta Jones . In 1991 he signed a record deal with Muse Records and recorded two albums with Person as a producer; Rudy Van Gelder was the sound engineer . Since then he has recorded a number of other albums, mainly for the High Note label, on which Bill Easley (1991), Uri Caine , Mickey Roker (1997), Johnny Griffin , Joey DeFrancesco and Idris Muhammad (1998) and David Fathead Newman ( 2001) participated as a guest musician. He also worked on recordings for Lionel Hampton , Lou Donaldson ( Live at the QE2 ), Jack McDuff , Dr. Lonnie Smith and Joey DeFrancesco ( The Champ , 1998) starring. Currently (2019) Johnston leads a trio with Pat Bianchi (organ) and Sanah Kadoura (drums).

Richard Cook & Brian Morton compare Johnston to Grant Green .

Walk On ( Muse Records , 1991) with Bill Easley, Benny Green
Jubilation (Muse, 1992) with Eric Alexander, Bruce Barth
In-A-Chord (Muse, 1994)
Somewhere in the Night ( HighNote Records , 1997) with Uri Caine, Nat Reeves , Mickey Roker
Riding the Curve ( JCurve , 1998) with Johnny Griffin, Joey DeFrancesco; Idris Muhammad
Homage (JCurve, 2000) with Nick Brignola, Jim Rotondi
Detour Ahead (HighNote, 2001) with David Fathead Newman, Houston Person
Hit & Run (HighNote, 2002) with Bruce Barth, Joe Locke
Is it you? (HighNote, 2005) with Xavier Davis, Dwayne Burno

Bielefeld catalog. 1988 and 2002.
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, London 2008, ISBN 978-0141034010 .

personal data
SURNAME	Johnston, Randy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH	1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detroit