Jazz Articles about Plas Johnson

Plas Johnson & Friends

by Jim Santella
December 3, 2005

Plas Johnson & Friends Founders Hall Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa, California November 25, 2005

Plas Johnson and his all-star band of Los Angeles jazz veterans brought a session of standards with them for their Orange County performance: standards that rang true with the historic perspective of their collective years of payin' dues on the road and off, in order to further their artistic goals. These are the songs ...

Plas Johnson/Red Holloway: Keep That Groove Going!

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2002

A number of shopworn lines might be used to characterizeKeep That Groove Going!, a session co-led by Plas Johnson and Red Holloway. Bromides such as “A battle between two veteran tenor saxophonists,” and “A heady combination of blues and bebop” contain more than a grain of truth, yet ultimately obscure the larger picture. Beneath the emotionally charged surface of both Johnson and Holloway’s playing lies a wellspring of intelligence and good taste. Guided by an exceptionally tight rhythm section consisting ...