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Jeff Johnson: Tall Stranger

Read "Tall Stranger" reviewed by John Barron


Bassist Jeff Johnson has built a stellar reputation in jazz circles, having worked with pianists Hal Galper and Jessica Williams and appearing on over two-dozen recordings for Origin Records. For his fourth release as a leader, Tall Stranger, the Seattle-based Johnson, along with saxophonist Hans Teuber and drummer Billy Mintz, delivers an intriguing set ...

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Near Earth

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Three Rivers, Dream, Zen, Train of Thought, Traditional Abstract, The Good Life, Quickening, Gaia, Dances, Earthset

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Jeff Johnson: Near Earth

Read "Near Earth" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The trio format without a chording instrument (a guitar or keyboard) tends to loosen the atmosphere, giving the music a more fluid feel. Bassist Jeff Johnson, joined by saxophonist Hans Teuber and drummer Tad Britton, achieves a compelling chamber-like fluidity on Near Earth.Teuber's tenor saxophone approach here has a clean, clear, bracingly cool feel ...

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Scenes

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: New Beginnings; Scene; Blues on the Corner; Psalm; The Beatles; Rainy States; Nefertiti; Persona; Yesterdays

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The Art of Falling

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Released: 2001
Track listing: Slow Hot Wind, Castles, Mr. Lucky, Virgo, Bejing, The Art of Falling, Miles Away, Contours, Portrait of Diana

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Scenes

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: New Beginnings, Scene, Blues On The Corner, Psalm, The Beatles, Rainy States, Nefertitti, Persona, Yesterdays

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Jeff Johnson: The Art of Falling

Read "The Art of Falling" reviewed by Jason West


I like living with CDs. I like to leave them in the player for a week or two and see how they grow. I'm not worried if, at first, I don't hear everything that's going on. Just as long as there's something - a few magnetic bars, a particularly firey exchange, a pregnant moment in the ...

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Free

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Released: 2000

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Jeff Johnson: Free

Read "Free" reviewed by AAJ Staff


It’s hard to be more spontaneous than this. A live show for radio broadcast, played without benefit of rehearsal. The numbers were called from the stage, many played for the first time. (Some had never been heard by their composers!) And one piece is totally improvised, existing only that moment, then captured on tape. Apt is ...

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Born Of Water

Label: Thrill Jockey
Released: 1987


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