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Dean Johnson
In the last few years Dean has performed with numerous groups including the New York Voices, and in special concerts with jazz artists Fred Hirsch, Jane Ira Bloom and Art Lande. He also performs regularly with pipa virtuoso Min Xioa-Fen and guitarist Steve Salerno in the Blue Pipa Trio, performing their eclectic combination of jazz, bluegrass and Chinese folk songs. As bassist for vocalist Roseanna Vitro, Dean has performed as a U.S. Jazz Ambassador in the Balkans, Kazahkstan and Kyrgystan, as well as a live recording at the Kennedy Center featuring pianist Kenny Werner, and a recording project celebrating the music of Randy Newman featuring Mark Soskin. He has performed, recorded and toured for over six years with vibraphonist Mark Sherman and a quartet including drummer Tim Horner and pianist Allen Farnham. Dean performed over the last eleven years with vocalist Kendra Shank along with pianist Frank Kimbrough and drummer Tony Moreno. Dean has an ongoing collaborative relationship with saxophonists Bob Kindred & Hayes Greenfield, guitarists Jay Azzolina & Bruce Arnold.
Nocturne
Label: Red Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: CD 1: The Flying Scotsman; Lonesome Boulevard; Curtains; Line for Lyons; My Funny Valentine; A Gift For Dizzy. CD 2: Take The A Train; Out Back Of The Barn; Midas Lives; Song For Strayhorn; Sun On Stairs; Walkin’ Shoes; Rico
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Jazz Dispatch Series / Simons Summer Concert Series: Tom Manuel, Champian Fulton, Dean Johnson and Dan Pugach
by Dan Bilawsky
A 5 p.m. performance on a Tuesday in a math and physics building on a college campus isn't exactly your garden variety jazz hit. But then again, what is?! In programming for The Jazz Loft's Dispatch Series stop at Stony Brook's Simons Center for Geometry and Physics--part of that institution's summer concert slate within its broader ...
Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne
by Jack Kenny
This album might go a small way to setting a record straight. Gerry Mulligan has often been underrated. Despite the critical acclaim and historical significance later attributed to Miles Davis for his groundbreaking work on the Birth of the Cool sessions, a closer examination of the repertoire reveals the profound influence of Mulligan's writing. It was ...
Autumn Serenade
By Bill Mays
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Autumn Serenade; Autumn with Vivaldi; Fall; Lullaby of The Leaves; Still Life; 'Tis Autumn; Early Autumn; Autumn Nocturne / Autumn Nocturne; Autumn / When October Goes.
Bill Mays Trio: Autumn Serenade
by Dan Bilawsky
In Autumn Serenade, Bill Mays gifts us a bountiful harvest of seasonally-bound beauties. This 40th leader date from the eminent pianist finds him fronting a trio with two longtime colleagues--bassist Dean Johnson and drummer Ron Vincent--and welcoming vocalist Judy Kirtley and producer/guitarist Matt Balitsaris for guest appearances on a single track. Together, all parties join up ...
Love In The City
By Yuka Mito
Label: Nana Notes Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. I Got Rhythm 5:03
2. Love In The City 4:49
3. My Funny Valentine 5:33
4. Four Brothers 3:22
5. Afro Blue / Afro-Centric
6. Memory Of Father ~ 父の背中 5:47
7. Nice Work If You Can Get It / Take The A Train 5:47 8. How Insensitive 3:36
9. Love Me Or Leave Me 4:14
10. I’ll Remember April 5:07
Thank You, Gerry!
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bark for Barksdale, Theme for Jobim, Elevation, My Funny Valentine, Rocker, Walkin’
Shoes, Moonlight in Vermont, Line for Lyons, Festive Minor, Bernie’s Tune, Curtains
Michael Pedicin: 'Just the Three of Us' at Chris’ Jazz Café
by Victor L. Schermer
Michael Pedicin: Just the Three of Us Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA September 10, 2022 This superb set of mainstream jazz by three accomplished and dedicated musicians: Michael Pedicin on tenor saxophone, Jim Ridl on piano, and Dean Johnson on bass, owes much of its successful execution to ...
Afro Blue / Afro-Centric
Album: Love In The City
By Yuka Mito
Label: Nana Notes Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 6:01
