Jimmy Johnson (bassist)

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Jimmy Johnson is a highly-regarded bass player who can be heard with a very diverse range of artists, including James Taylor, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Landau, Rod Stewart and Ray Charles, as well as his own work with Flim & the BB's - "Flim" being an early nickname of Johnson's.

Born into a musical family, his father was a 47 year member of the Minnesota Orchestra's bass section, his mother is a piano teacher and accompianist, and his brother Gordon is also a professional bassist. Raised near Wayzata, Minnesota, he played in prominent local bands D.E.B.B. Johnson (where he met Flim and the BB's keyboardist Billy Barber) and Rise and Shine during the early 70's.

In 1976 Johnson worked with Alembic and GHS to create one of the first 5-string bass guitars with a low B string.

Johnson continues to record and tour with singer-songwriter James Taylor as well as guitarist Allan Holdsworth, and is frequently heard with various groups at The Baked Potato jazz club in Studio City, CA.

[edit] Selected Discography

3rd Matinee - Meanwhile (1994)
Dori Caymmi - Dori Caymmi (1988), Brazilian Serenata (1991)
Billy Childs - Take For Example This (1988), Twilight Is Upon Us (1989), His April Touch (1991 - three tracks), I've Known Rivers (1994), Lyric (2005)
Luis Conte - La Cocina Caliente (1988), Black Forest (1989), Marimbula (2007)
Eddie Daniels - ...this is now (1991 - two tracks)
Flim & the BB's - Flim & The BB's (1978), Tricycle (1983), Tunnel (1984), Big Notes (1985), Neon (1987), The Further Adventures... (1988), New Pants (1990), Vintage/best of (1992), This Is A Recording (1992), Tricycle (SACD reissue) (1999)
Brandon Fields - The Traveler (1988), Other Places (1989)
Stan Getz - Apasionado (1990)
Don Grusin - Raven (1990)
Roger Hodgson - In the Eve of the Storm (1984 - two tracks)
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue (1985), Atavachron (1986), Sand (1987), Secrets (1989), Wardenclyffe Tower (1992), All Night Wrong (2002), Then (2004), Against The Clock (2005)
Wayne Johnson - Arrowhead (1980), Grasshopper (1983), Everybody's Painting Pictures (1984), Spirit of the Dancer (1988)
Karizma - Cuba (1986), Arms of Love (1989)
Earl Klugh - Whispers and Promises (1989 - two tracks)
Michael Landau - Tales From The Bulge (1990), Live 2000 (2000), Live (2006)
Albert Lee - Gagged But Not Bound (1987)
Kenny Loggins - December (1998)
Sergio Mendes - Confetti (1984 -two tracks), Arara (1989), Brasileiro (1992 - two tracks)
Simon Phillips - Symbiosis (1995)
Planet-X - Moonbabies (2002), Quantum (2007)
Porcupine - Look, But Don't Touch (1993)
The Rippingtons - Moonlighting (1986), 20th Anniversary (2006)
Lee Ritenour - Harlequin (1985), Earth Run (1986), Color Rit (1989), Collection (1991)
Vonda Shepard - The Radical Light (1992)
Susie Suh - Susie Suh (2005)
James Taylor - New Moon Shine (1991), James Taylor Live (1993), Hourglass (1997), October Road (2002), James Taylor at Christmas (2004, 2006 - three tracks)
Steve Tavaglione - Blue Tav (1990 - three tracks)
Sadao Watanabe - Maisha (1985)
Ernie Watts - Musician (1985)
Chad Wackerman - Forty Reasons (1991), The View (1993)
Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1991)
Yoshida Brothers - Renaissance (2004)