Reggie Johnson, R.I.P.

[EKE BBB]

Sad news.

R.I.P. 

[sidewinder]

Very sad to hear. Saw him in the lineup with Charles Tolliver’s Big Band, over 10 years ago now. Some great recordings with Hutcherson/Land - RIP.

[HutchFan]

R.I.P.

 

[felser]

RIP.  Impressive discography (show below from Wikipedia, ranges from Sonny Stitt to Alan Shorter), and never disappointed to my ears:

Discography[edit]

As leader/co-leader

• 1985: First Edition – JR Records

As sideman

• 1965: Fire Music – Archie Shepp (Impulse! Records)
• 1966: Hold On, I'm Coming – Art Blakey (Limelight)
• 1966: Buttercorn Lady – Art Blakey & The New Jazz Messengers (Limelight)
• 1967: Booker 'n' Brass – Booker Ervin (Pacific Jazz)
• 1968: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra – Jazz Composer's Orchestra (ECM)
• 1968: Total Eclipse – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1968: Bish Bash - Walter Bishop, Jr. (Xanadu)
• 1969: Orgasm – Alan Shorter (Verve)
• 1971: Coral Keys - Walter Bishop Jr. (Black Jazz)
• 1971: Spring Rain Rudolph Johnson (Black Jazz)
• 1971: Head On – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1972: Black Vibrations – Sonny Stitt (Prestige)
• 1972: Choma (Burn) - Harold Land (Mainstream)
• 1972: Constant Throb – John Klemmer (Impulse!)
• 1972: 'Round Midnight – Kenny Burrell (Fantasy)
• 1973: Both Feet on the Ground – Kenny Burrell (Fantasy Records)
• 1977: Tin Tin Deo - Kenny Burrell (Concord)
• 1977: Mapenzi – Harold Land-Blue Mitchell Quintet (Concord)
• 1978: Handcrafted - Kenny Burrell (Muse)
• 1979: Spiral – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1980: Medina – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1981: Jaw's Blues – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Enja)
• 1981: Pannonica – Horace Parlan (Enja)
• 1982: New Morning – Johnny Coles (Criss Cross Jazz)
• 1983: Two at the Top - Frank Wess and Johnny Coles (Uptown)
• 1988: Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 – Mingus Dynasty (Soul Note)
• 1988: Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 – Mingus Dynasty (Soul Note)
• 1990: Epitaph – Charles Mingus (posthumous) (Columbia Records)

[soulpope]

R.I.P ....

[soulpope]

19 minutes ago, felser said:

RIP.  Impressive discography (show below from Wikipedia, ranges from Sonny Stitt to Alan Shorter), and never disappointed to my ears:

Discography[edit]

As leader/co-leader

• 1985: First Edition – JR Records

As sideman

• 1965: Fire Music – Archie Shepp (Impulse! Records)
• 1966: Hold On, I'm Coming – Art Blakey (Limelight)
• 1966: Buttercorn Lady – Art Blakey & The New Jazz Messengers (Limelight)
• 1967: Booker 'n' Brass – Booker Ervin (Pacific Jazz)
• 1968: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra – Jazz Composer's Orchestra (ECM)
• 1968: Total Eclipse – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1968: Bish Bash - Walter Bishop, Jr. (Xanadu)
• 1969: Orgasm – Alan Shorter (Verve)
• 1971: Coral Keys - Walter Bishop Jr. (Black Jazz)
• 1971: Spring Rain Rudolph Johnson (Black Jazz)
• 1971: Head On – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1972: Black Vibrations – Sonny Stitt (Prestige)
• 1972: Choma (Burn) - Harold Land (Mainstream)
• 1972: Constant Throb – John Klemmer (Impulse!)
• 1972: 'Round Midnight – Kenny Burrell (Fantasy)
• 1973: Both Feet on the Ground – Kenny Burrell (Fantasy Records)
• 1977: Tin Tin Deo - Kenny Burrell (Concord)
• 1977: Mapenzi – Harold Land-Blue Mitchell Quintet (Concord)
• 1978: Handcrafted - Kenny Burrell (Muse)
• 1979: Spiral – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1980: Medina – Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
• 1981: Jaw's Blues – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Enja)
• 1981: Pannonica – Horace Parlan (Enja)
• 1982: New Morning – Johnny Coles (Criss Cross Jazz)
• 1983: Two at the Top - Frank Wess and Johnny Coles (Uptown)
• 1988: Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 – Mingus Dynasty (Soul Note)
• 1988: Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 – Mingus Dynasty (Soul Note)
• 1990: Epitaph – Charles Mingus (posthumous) (Columbia Records)

Notable omissions at the first glance .... :

Al Haig Trio "Blue Manhattan" (Bopland/Interplay)                      1984

Michel Sardaby Trio "Night In Paris" (Universal France)             2004

Both excellent ....

[optatio]

R.I.P.

1965 he recorded with the Marion Brown Quartet http://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/r/marionbrownquartet.html

I met him with the project "We Remember Clifford" at the Göttingen Jazzfestival in 2006: Benny Golson (ts, ld), Philip Harper (tp), Eddie Henderson (tp), Kirk Lightsey (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Stephen McCraven (dr)

[Rabshakeh]

That's sad. I was listening to that first Marion Brown ESP yesterday afternoon. The bass parts really stand out.

[soulpope]

 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

That's sad. I was listening to that first Marion Brown ESP yesterday afternoon. The bass parts really stand out.

So was I.

First time I'd done so for a couple of years. I always spot the bass solo not only because of it's musicality but also because my LP gets a bit crackly at that point and I always think I need to upgrade.

Another great loss, as evidenced not least by felser's list up thread 

Edited September 11, 2020 by mjazzg

[clifford_thornton]

Bummer. Great bassist.

[Peter Friedman]

Looking through my collection I discovered many more CDs with Reggie Johnson that were not on the list by Falser.

Sonny Stitt - So Doggone Good

Monty Alexander Friday Night

Monty Alexander - Saturday night

George Robert Looking Ahead

Steve Grossman w. Barry Harris - Do It!

Steve Grossman and Harold Land - Confessin'

George Robert - Cape Verde

George Robert - Tribute

Bobby Shew / Georg Robert - Live in Switzerland

Joe Haider - One for Klook

[EKE BBB]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Looking through my collection I discovered many more CDs with Reggie Johnson that were not on the list by Falser.

Sonny Stitt - So Doggone Good

Monty Alexander Friday Night

Monty Alexander - Saturday night

George Robert Looking Ahead

Steve Grossman w. Barry Harris - Do It!

Steve Grossman and Harold Land - Confessin'

George Robert - Cape Verde

George Robert - Tribute

Bobby Shew / Georg Robert - Live in Switzerland

Joe Haider - One for Klook

Yet another:

 

 

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Yet another:

Still have to obtain this one .... thnx for the reminder ....

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP, Reggie. 

[mikeweil]

R.I.P.

Saw him play a few years ago here in town, but can't remember who the leader was. Reggie Johnson obviously made the more lasting impression. Great bass player.

[Pim]

One of the big Reggies on bass. Sad news. RIP