Michael Johnson

On the job

A while before the global pandemic shut us down, I was interviewed in this NY Times article which had discussed the scene in NYC... 

View from my gig - onstage at S.O.B.’s in NYC

At The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, NYC

On the job

Did you ever see the movie, “Green Book?” The main character in the film lives in an apartment above the stage at Carnegie Hall. Well, yes - it’s true, there were people living in the apartments that Carnegie initially intended would help fund the upkeep of the hall itself; along with shops paying rent on street level. Today they have been converted into practice rooms

A nice thing about living in NYC during this era is having become friends wth the great saxophonist and woodwind player Lawrence Feldman as well as his wife, who performs on piccolo and flute as a member of the NY Phil. I like to take advantage and get his expertise whenever and wherever I am able to...

Flashback to my college big band days opening for Dave Sanborn at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival in Miami. Check out my friend, Mike Rodriguez on trumpet looking over my right shoulder! Downbeat magazine student award winning band

By way of introduction...

On the job

On the job

This year I worked with a musical hero, Paul Shaffer