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Chris Johansen

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About Me

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/18/2006
Band Members: On Isfahan and Along Came Betty: Equinox, a new quartet based in The Netherlands. Check us out at myspace.com/equinoxjazzquartet.
On Autumn in NY: Jason Palmer, trumpet; Kendall Eddy, bass; Austin McMahon, drums. Recorded live at the Lily Pad in Camridge, MA in Spring 2006.
On Don't Need Your Lovin' Anymore: The Patrons live on WMBR FM in Cambridge, MA in April of 2007. We have a new CD coming out soon called Smoke After Smoke. Check out patronsmusic.com.
On Trane Thing: Walter Wolff, piano; Janos Bruneel, bass; Joao Lobo, drums. Recorded at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in the Netherlands in 2004.
Influences: Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Joe Henderson, Sonny Stitt, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Rouse, Charles Mingus, Paul Gonsalves, Stan Getz, Art Pepper, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Frank Tiberi, John Ruocco, Allan Chase, John McNeil, Branford Marsalis, Steve Lacy, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Hank Williams, Ray Charles, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Stravinsky, J.S. Bach
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My Blog

Hank Jones. . .Ted Williams. . .Cormac McCarthy. . NPR and much more, UPDATED FREQUENTLY

Dan Savage on Bill Maher's show talking about Huckabee Bill Maher-The Decider  Robin Williams Live on Broadway Richard Pryor-Live on the Sunset Strip  Richard Pryor-Live in Concert Christoph...
Posted by Chris Johansen on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:06:00 PST

youtube music clips (UPDATED FREQUENTLY)

Louis Armstrong, 1933-Tiger Rag Dale Watson-That's Country My Ass! Sinatra singing As Time Goes By to Ingrid Bergman at a TV tribute to her in 1979, with Teddy Wilson on the piano. ...
Posted by Chris Johansen on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:12:00 PST

Deep Blues

Anyone who hasn't read Deep Blues by Robert Palmer and is interested in American music should pick it up.  Palmer, who used to write for the New York Times, gives us a history of the Mississ...
Posted by Chris Johansen on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:45:00 PST

Goldberg Variations

I hear new things every time I listen to this piece.  This is sublime music created by the greatest musical master who ever lived.  After reading Ralph Kirkpatrick's description of the forma...
Posted by Chris Johansen on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:31:00 PST