Gus Johnson
Date de naissance 15.11.1913 à Tyler, TX, Etats-Unis d Amérique
Date de décès 6.2.2000 à Westminster, CO, Etats-Unis d Amérique
Gus Johnson (jazz musician)
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Gus Johnson (November 15, 1913 – February 6, 2000) was the drummer in various jazz bands, including that of Jay McShann[1] for many years. In the 1960s he played for saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and accompanied singer Ella Fitzgerald in her 1960 concert in Berlin. He is memorialized in the Medeski Martin & Wood song "Whatever Happened to Gus."
Discography
With Manny Albam
- Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)
With Count Basie and the Kansas City 8
- Get Together (Pablo, 1979)
With Lawrence Brown
- Inspired Abandon (Impulse!, 1965)
With Coleman Hawkins
- Night Hawk (Swingville, 1960)
With Willis Jackson
- Really Groovin' (Prestige, 1961)
- In My Solitude (Moodsville, 1961)
With Chico O'Farrill
- Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
With Ralph Sutton and Ruby Braff
- Remembered (DVD) (Arbors Records, 2004)
References
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