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Albums36
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AboutLonnie Johnson (2)
Real Name:
Alonzo Johnson
Profile:
Pioneering blues and jazz guitarist, also a banjoist, violinist and blues singer.
Born: February 08, 1899 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Died: June 16, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He started playing in cafes in New Orleans and in 1917 he traveled in Europe, playing in revues and briefly with Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra. When he returned home to New Orleans in 1918 he discovered that his entire family had been killed by a flu epidemic except for one brother. He and his surviving brother, James "Steady Roll" Johnson, moved to St. Louis in 1920 where Lonnie played with Charlie Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs and with Fate Marable in their Mississippi riverboat bands. In 1925 Johnson married blues singer Mary Johnson and won a blues contest sponsored by the Okeh record company. Part of the prize was a recording deal with the company. Throughout the rest of the 1920s he recorded with a variety of bands and musicians, including Eddie Lang, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In the 1930s Johnson moved to Cleveland, Ohio and worked with the Putney Dandridge Orchestra, and then in a tire factory and steel mill. In 1937 he moved back to Chicago and played with Johnny Dodds and Jimmie Noone. Johnson continued to play for the rest of his life, but was often forced to leave the music business for periods to make a living. In 1963 he once again appeared briefly with Duke Ellington.
Sites: Wikipedia, redhotjazz.com, MySpace
Aliases: Bud Wilson, George Jefferson, Jimmy Jordan, Tommy Jordan
In Groups: Blind Willie Dunn & His Gin Bottle Four, Blue Boys, Bob Shaffner And Harlem Hot Shots, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Johnson Boys, Lonnie Johnson Trio, Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five, Ollie Shepard & His Kentucky Boys
Variations: Lonnie Johnson, Alonzo 'Lonnie' Johnson, Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson, Alonzo Johnson, H. Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Jessie J. Johnson, Jessie Johnson-Lonnie Johnson, Johnson, L. Johnson, L. Johnson, Lanny Johnson, Larry Johnson, Lonnie Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson Blues Vocal With Guitar, Lonny Johnson, W. Johnson
Real Name:
Alonzo Johnson
Profile:
Pioneering blues and jazz guitarist, also a banjoist, violinist and blues singer.
Born: February 08, 1899 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Died: June 16, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He started playing in cafes in New Orleans and in 1917 he traveled in Europe, playing in revues and briefly with Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra. When he returned home to New Orleans in 1918 he discovered that his entire family had been killed by a flu epidemic except for one brother. He and his surviving brother, James "Steady Roll" Johnson, moved to St. Louis in 1920 where Lonnie played with Charlie Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs and with Fate Marable in their Mississippi riverboat bands. In 1925 Johnson married blues singer Mary Johnson and won a blues contest sponsored by the Okeh record company. Part of the prize was a recording deal with the company. Throughout the rest of the 1920s he recorded with a variety of bands and musicians, including Eddie Lang, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In the 1930s Johnson moved to Cleveland, Ohio and worked with the Putney Dandridge Orchestra, and then in a tire factory and steel mill. In 1937 he moved back to Chicago and played with Johnny Dodds and Jimmie Noone. Johnson continued to play for the rest of his life, but was often forced to leave the music business for periods to make a living. In 1963 he once again appeared briefly with Duke Ellington.
Sites: Wikipedia, redhotjazz.com, MySpace
Aliases: Bud Wilson, George Jefferson, Jimmy Jordan, Tommy Jordan
In Groups: Blind Willie Dunn & His Gin Bottle Four, Blue Boys, Bob Shaffner And Harlem Hot Shots, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Johnson Boys, Lonnie Johnson Trio, Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five, Ollie Shepard & His Kentucky Boys
Variations: Lonnie Johnson, Alonzo 'Lonnie' Johnson, Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson, Alonzo Johnson, H. Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Jessie J. Johnson, Jessie Johnson-Lonnie Johnson, Johnson, L. Johnson, L. Johnson, Lanny Johnson, Larry Johnson, Lonnie Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson Blues Vocal With Guitar, Lonny Johnson, W. Johnson
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