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Eddie Johnson: Love You Madly

Read "Love You Madly" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Johnson is a prime example of the what I like to call the Iceberg Theory, the unwritten phenomenon in jazz which states that those who are recording the music regularly are only ‘tip of the iceberg’ when it comes to the sheer numbers of musicians who are actually playing and performing jazz and usually go unnoticed. Johnson’s been blowing tenor since the 1940’s (beginning with an enviable stint in Louis Jordan’s band), but this recording marks his first compact disc ...

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Eddie Johnson: Love You Madly

Read "Love You Madly" reviewed by Jack Bowers


No Jazz fan can tarry long in Chicago without entering Eddie Johnson’s orbit. Even at 78, the veteran tenor saxophonist remains one of the busiest, best–known and most sought–after players in the Windy City and environs, and if his conspicuous talents aren’t more easily recognized elsewhere it’s only because he has chosen to blow his own horn infrequently on record ( Love You Madly is Johnson’s second album as a leader, the first in almost two decades). Years ago, the ...

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Obituary

Eddie Johnson Chicago South-Side Jazz Saxman Dies

Eddie Johnson Chicago South-Side Jazz Saxman Dies

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters

Eddie Johnson (Edwin “Eddie" Johnson) a Chicago South-side jazz legend passed away this morning April 7th, 2010...born December 11, 1920 in Napoleonville, Louisiana, was a jazz and blues tenor saxophonist. Images of Eddie: on left the 1950s and on right the 1970s. In 1946, Johnson joined trumpeter Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, appearing on several Capitol and Majestic recordings until leaving to join Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. He also played with Ella Fitzgerald. In 1981 and 1999 he ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Love You Madly

Delmark Records
2000

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Love You Madly

Repertoire Records
1999

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Indian Summer

Repertoire Records
1981

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