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Jazz bassist, Jeff Johnson, received an acoustic guitar at age 9 and began his personal musical journey. British rock and American soul music were his earliest influences. Early 1960's AM radio became his first "teacher". Jeff learned the licks and chords of popular music of the time by listening and copying what he heard. At age 15, Jeff took a job offer to play electric bass guitar in a steadily working band which introduced him to jazz. By age 17 he was teaching himself the acoustic double bass, learning onstage with veterans and peers of the fertile "Twin Cities" jazz scene. Jeff credits saxophonists Irv Williams, Larry Hillman, Bob Crea, Dick Oatts, and Bob Rockwell, as well as pianists Buddy Davis, Tom O'Donnell, Bobby Peterson, Art Resnick, and Bobby Lyle, along with guitarist Dean Granros, bassist Billy Peterson, and drummers Jay Epstein, Kenny Horst, Paul Lagos, and Eric Gravatt as early Minneapolis/St.Paul mentors. In 1975, at age 20, Jeff left Minneapolis for Philadelphia to join legendary drummer Philly Joe Jones' then touring group called "Le Gran Prix"

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Philadelphia

January 8, 2027

Album: Meanwhile...
By Jeff Johnson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:42

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Meanwhile...

By Jeff Johnson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Peregrine; Highwaymen; Portrait; Philadelphia; Gaia; Pegasus in Harlem; F.Y.I.

Article: Album Review

Jeff Johnson: Meanwhile...

Read "Meanwhile..." reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 11, 2026

Bassist Jeff Johnson has a way with the piano trio, having recorded several with drummer John Bishop and pianists Jessica Williams and Hal Galper. His Origin Records collaboration with Galper culminated in five trio albums in the rubato style that the pianist had taken up in his late career. The Galper/Johnson trio--that included Origin Records founder ...

Article: Interview

John Bishop: A Multi-Dimensional Journey in Jazz

by Paul Rauch
March 9, 2026

John Bishop has spent the past 50 years traversing a jazz landscape that has been in a state of constant change. The music has continued to evolve at a rate one might expect from art in general, while the business end of it has seen radical change that most would consider a state of de-evolution. As ...

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It’s not for you

By Kyle Griffith

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Welcome Spellin Its not for you Love Haters

Article: Profile

Marina Albero: Musical Nomad

by Paul Rauch
June 24, 2024

The city of Seattle is the last stop of the figurative continental big-city express on the west coast of the United States. Upon arrival, passengers are blocked by the Canadian border to the north, the high Cascade mountains to the east, and the Salish Sea to the west. Beyond the inland sea that is the Salish ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions

Read "Improbable Solutions" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
December 31, 2023

Pianist and composer Bill Anschell has made his mark in jazz as a distinctive pianist with a notable body of work. His time in Atlanta, and his extensive residency in Seattle, has produced ten recordings as a leader or co-leader, and a well-deserved following on live dates with two distinctive trios, plus his “Rumbler" band. His ...

Album

My Heart

By Jeff Johnson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Linden Station; Leviathan; Companions; My Heart; Studio City; Watercolours

Article: Liner Notes

Jeff Johnson: My Heart

by Jeff Johnson
May 17, 2023

Minneapolis... circa 1972 is where this story begins. People ask me, “where did you go to study music?" I always answer, “Minneapolis / St.Paul, Minnesota." Then they ask, “yes... but what school?" My reply, “the streets, night clubs, and music scene of Minneapolis / St. Paul. I have a bastard's degree in music from ...