Russ Johnson

Russ Johnson (born July 8, 1965 in Racine , Wisconsin ) is an American improvisation and jazz trumpeter .

Live and act

Russ Johnson, who comes from the American Midwest , worked in the New York music scene from the 1990s in the fields of jazz, improvised and new music . He leads his own formations such as the Save Big quartet and is a member of the collective ensembles The Other Quartet and New Math . He was part of the New Nonet by Lee Konitz and the Steve Swallow / Ohad Talmor L'Histoire du Clochard sextet, with whom he also toured internationally. He has also worked with Kenny Wheeler , Joe Lovano , Marc Ribot , David Liebman , Joe Maneri , The Jazz Passengers , Oliver Lake , Anthony Davis , Curtis Fowlkes , Roy Nathanson , Tony Malaby and Mat Maneri . With Roy Nathanson, Myra Melford , Brad Jones and George Schuller , he performed his version of Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch in 2011 .

In 2013 Johnson returned to Milwaukee, where he has since worked as a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha. Since then he has also played a. a. with Jason Stein Michael Musillami , Ken Vandermark , Fred Lonberg-Holm and Tim Daisy . In the field of jazz he was involved in 50 recording sessions between 1994 and 2011, including a. also on recordings by Jon Irabagon , Michael Bates , Noah Preminger , Diedre Rodman , Nicolas Masson , Jason Rigby , Christof Knoche , Jenny Scheinman , Ken Thomson , Tommy Meier and the TILT Creative Brass Band (2011, with Shane Endsley , Jacob Garchik and Kevin Norton ).

Discographic notes

• The Other Quartet: 13 Pieces ( Knitting Factory Records , 1999)
• Mick Rossi-Russ Johnson Duo: New Math (Tone Science, 2004)
• Russ Johnson Quartet: Save Big ( OmniTone Records , 2004, with Kermit Driscoll , Mark Ferber , John O'Gallagher )
• Co Streiff- Russ Johnson Quartet: In Circles ( Intakt Records , 2011, with Christian Weber , Julian Sartorius )
• Russ Johnson, Dave Rempis , Joshua Abrams , Isaiah Spencer , Jeremy Cunningham : Harmattan (Aerophonic, 2019)

Web links

• Web presence
• Russ Johnson at Allmusic (English)
• Russ Johnson at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=2535
2. ↑ http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/11/21/trumpeter-russ-johnson-raises-his-chicago-profile
3. ↑ http://merrimansplayhouse.com/UpcomingConcert-MichaelMusillami.htm
4. ↑ http://www.constellation-chicago.com/event/448959-russ-johnson-ken-vandermark-chicago/
5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 3, 2014)
6. ↑ http://www.tiltbrass.org/to-tilt-vol-1-debut-lp/