Lazaro Vega Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Jazz From Blue Lake remembered the south side Chicago tenor saxophonist Eddie Johnson during last evening’s Jazz Retrospective segment of Jazz From Blue Lake. Johnson’s uncle, Doc Poston, played alto in Jimmy Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra (1920’s era band), and Johnson himself appeared with Louis Jordan’s Tympani Five (turning down an offer from Duke Ellington to work with Jordan, but later subbing for Ben Webster in Ellington’s band at a concert in Detroit, and appearing on Ellington’s 1960’s era Mary Poppins recording). Johnson rose to prominence as Chicago’s chief computer systems engineer, but returned to music in the late 1970’s, appearing in the 1980’s at the Grand Haven (MI) Winterfest with special edition of The Hubbard Street Swingers, and in Grand Rapids with Greg Sergo’s Ellington Dynasty at Lincoln Country Club. You’ll hear his music under “Jazz From Blue Lake” at our on demand page. www.bluelake.org/ondemand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 The Nessa LP is excellent. Kinda neat coincidence, Ted Brown returned to music some years ago after working for many years as a computer engineer (starting in the late 60s IIRC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted December 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Cool: did not know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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