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Deron Johnson

Deron Johnson is an award-winning pianist and composer with decades of success as a recording and touring artist, and now scoring original compositions for film, television, and narrative podcasts.

In 1991, Johnson was discovered by legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. Johnson joined Davis’ band, playing keyboards on Davis’ final record, Doo-Bop (1992), as well as on three European tours and two American tours. A rising star in the jazz community, Johnson then toured and recorded extensively with bassist Stanley Clarke and alto saxophonist, David Sanborn. He would go on to tour and record with artists across a broad range of sounds and styles, including Alanis Morrissette and Seal.

Article: Interview

Author George Cole On Miles Davis' Final Decade

by Jack Kenny
May 9, 2026

All About Jazz interviews George Cole author of The Last Miles, which concentrates on the final period of Miles Davis' life. Cole also maintains a website with additional interviews and research about Davis' life between 1980 and 1991. In these pages John Kelman wrote about The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991, “There ...

Album

Con C.ALMA

By Amana Melome’

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Con C.ALMA

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Deron Johnson, Enrico Rava, Star Rover, Jake Long & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 9, 2024

The extended sonic explorations of Enrico Rava and Jake Long, and the otherwordly sonic alchemy of Deron Johnson & Sam Gendel (with the support of producer and engineer Pete Min), Andrew Bird and Star Rover make for a compelling set that should engage both your brain and your heart. Happy listening! Playlist ...

Album

Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

By Miles Davis

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2021
Track listing: Hannibal; Human Nature; Time After Time; Penetration; Wrinkle; Amandla; Jailbait; Finale

Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

Read "Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 28, 2021

So great was Miles Davis' legend, so magnetic his aura, that the crowds and the adulation only increased towards the end of his life—a period when he was playing arguably the least progressive music of his career. This double-CD recording of a concert at the Jazz à Vienne Festival from 1991 is a case in point. ...

Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

Read "Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
July 29, 2021

Miles Davis ha sempre avuto un rapporto speciale con la Francia. Il suo primo tour in Europa, a maggio del 1949, lo vide proprio protagonista a Parigi con il quintetto che lo vedeva co-leader assieme al pianista Tadd Dameron. Miles era poco più che ventenne e subito fu adorato dagli artisti che si radunavano alla corte ...

Article: Interview

Ethan Margolis: Perfect Mission of Feeling

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 6, 2016

Describing guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer and conceptualist Ethan Margolis as a citizen of the world barely does him or his music justice. Born and raised in Cleveland (OH), Margolis left the US when he was 21 to study the art of Gypsy flamenco guitar in Spain. He stayed there for more than a decade, living alongside ...