What is Reggie Johnson (musician)?
[[File:Reggie Johnson in Hungary.jpg|right|210px]] '''Reginald Volney Johnson''' (December 13, 1940 &ndash; September 11, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist. He was born in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]. He joined [[Art Blakey]]'s band for a month-long residency at the [[Five Spot Café]] in December 1965. He played and/or recorded with [[Bill Dixon]], [[Sun Ra]], and [[Burton Greene]], [[Lonnie Liston Smith]], [[Stanley Cowell]],<ref>Davis, John S. (2012) [https://books.google.com/books?id=c-_1LifRPJkC&dq=Reggie+Johnson+bass&pg=PA192 ''Historical Dictionary of Jazz'', p. 192. Scarecrow Press.] At Google Books. Retrieved August 10, 2013.</ref> [[Bobby Hutcherson]], [[Harold Land]], [[Blue Mitchell]], [[Walter Bishop Jr.]],<ref>[[Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)|Bogdanov, Vladimir]] ''et al''. (2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=1yXVEjS-j8IC&dq=Reggie+Johnson+bass&pg=PT633 ''All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music'', p. 111. Backbeat Books.]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At Google Books. Retrieved August 10, 2013.</ref> [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Sonny Stitt]], [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Carmen McRae]], [[Art Pepper]], [[Kenny Burrell]], [[Clark Terry]], [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]], [[Johnny Coles]], and [[Frank Wess]]. Johnson died on September 11, 2020 at the age of 79.<ref>[https://www.derbund.ch/der-jazz-gigant-der-bern-beehrte-924411489586 Der Jazz-Gigant, der Bern beehrte] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Reggie}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Kentucky]] [[Category:People from Owensboro, Kentucky]] {{US-bio-stub}}