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Eddie Johnson: Love You Madly
by Derek Taylor
Johnson is a prime example of the what I like to call the Iceberg Theory, the unwritten phenomenon in jazz which states that those who are recording the music regularly are only ‘tip of the iceberg’ when it comes to the sheer numbers of musicians who are actually playing and performing jazz and usually go unnoticed. Johnson’s been blowing tenor since the 1940’s (beginning with an enviable stint in Louis Jordan’s band), but this recording marks his first compact disc ...
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by Jack Bowers
No Jazz fan can tarry long in Chicago without entering Eddie Johnson’s orbit. Even at 78, the veteran tenor saxophonist remains one of the busiest, best–known and most sought–after players in the Windy City and environs, and if his conspicuous talents aren’t more easily recognized elsewhere it’s only because he has chosen to blow his own horn infrequently on record ( Love You Madly is Johnson’s second album as a leader, the first in almost two decades). Years ago, the ...
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