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Reginald Volney Johnson (December 13, 1940 – September 11, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist. • Illustration — Johnson in Hungary Johnson was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. After playing trombone with school orchestras and army bands, he switched to double bass, and started working with musicians such as Bill Barron and recording with Archie Shepp in the mid-1960s, before joining Art Blakey's band for a month-long residency at the Five Spot Café in December 1965, and then going on to The Lighthouse nightclub in Hermosa Beach, California, where they recorded the live album, Buttercorn Lady, at the beginning of 1966, with a line-up, comprising Blakey, Frank Mitchell, Chuck Mangione, Keith Jarrett, and Johnson. In the mid-1980s he moved to Europe, where he has worked with Johnny Griffin, Horace Parlan, Monty Alexander, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Phil Woods, Cedar Walton, Alvin Queen, Jesse Davis, Freddie Redd and Clark Terry.

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Reggie Johnson

Reggie Johnson (jazz bassist)

Eifert János · [1] and X. LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZFESZTIVÁL – Bánk, 2014. június 27 – 29. · CC BY-SA 3.0

Full name
Reginald Volney Johnson.
Born
1940. · Owensboro.
Died
2020. · Bern.
Nationality
United States.
Occupation
musician.
Fields
jazz.
Languages
English.

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Reginald Volney Johnson (December 13, 1940 – September 11, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist. • Illustration — Johnson in Hungary Johnson was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. After playing trombone with school orchestras and army bands, he switched to double bass, and started working with musicians such as Bill Barron and recording with Archie Shepp in the mid-1960s, before joining Art Blakey's band for a month-long residency at the Five Spot Café in December 1965, and then going on to The Lighthouse nightclub in Hermosa Beach, California, where they recorded the live album, Buttercorn Lady, at the beginning of 1966, with a line-up, comprising Blakey, Frank Mitchell, Chuck Mangione, Keith Jarrett, and Johnson. In the mid-1980s he moved to Europe, where he has worked with Johnny Griffin, Horace Parlan, Monty Alexander, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Phil Woods, Cedar Walton, Alvin Queen, Jesse Davis, Freddie Redd and Clark Terry.

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Recordings and discography
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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