Vinnie Johnson (musician)

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Vinton "Vinnie" Johnson (* 1937 , † 2. June 2012 ) was an American jazz - drummer .

From the late 1960s, Johnson played in the jazz rock formation Stark Reality , which also included guitarist John Abercrombie . In 1972 he recorded with the pianist and arranger Mait Edey ( Birigwa ). Recordings with Michel Herr , Emil Viklický , Bill Frisell and Kermit Driscoll ( Dveře / Door ) followed in the 1980s . He participated in Milt Jackson's 1980 album High Fly and played in the quartet of Olivier Peters ; In 1981, he took with Tal Farlow its Concord-Album Cookin 'On All Burners . In the late 1980s he worked with Hank Roberts and Stanton Davis . Around 1990 Johnson a. a. with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and in Lester Bowies Brass Fantasy .

Discographic notes

  • Stark Reality: Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (1970)
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: Live at the Eight Tokyo Music Joy 1990
  • Lester Bowie: Serious Fun ( DIW Records , 1989)
  • Lester Bowie: My Way (DIW, 1990)
  • Stanton Davis, Jr .: Manhattan Melody ( Enja , 1988)
  • Michel Herr, Bill Frisell, Vinton Johnson, Kermit Driscoll: Good Buddies (EMI Belgium, 1978)
  • Olivier Peters: Villages of Spring (1980)
  • Hank Roberts: Birds of Prey ( Winter & Winter , 1990)
  • Emil Viklický, Bill Frisell, Kermit Driscoll, Vinton Johnson: Dveře / Door (Supraphon, 1985)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Death report on Now Again Records
  2. ↑ Review of Thom Jurek's Birigwa album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved June 6, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Vinnie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Vinton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 2012