About Me
Some artist jef lee johnson has performed or recorded with are:
Mariah CAREY, Ronald SHANNON JACKSON, Jill SCOTT, Billy JOEL, Viki WALLACE, Will BROCK, Lalah HATHAWAY, Amp FIDDLER, Erykah BADU, George DUKE, Roberta FLACK, COMMON, Aretha FRANKLIN, Brother ALI, Nancy WILSON, Stokley WILLIAMS, Phyliss HYMAN, GAMBLE and HUFF, Leela JAMES, the LATE NIGHT w/ David LETTERMAN BAND, D'ANGELO, Melody GARDOT, George CLINTON, Lelia BROUSSARD, Al JARREAU, Rachelle FERRELL, Teddy PENDERGRASS, Dorothy NORWOOD, Rev. James CLEVELAND, Lizanne KNOTT, Eric BENET, Chaka KHAN, David SANBORN, Catherine TUTTLE, the ROOTS, Sister SLEDGE, Jon LUCIEN, GIORGIA, Tal ROSS, Dionne FARRIS, Jamaaladeen TACUMA, Katreese BARNES, McCoy TYNER, Katie NEIL, Eumir DEODATO, Lonette McKEE, Ennio MORRICONE, Stanley CLARKE, PLAYTEX, Terence BLANCHARD, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE...
to name a few.
jef has nine cds out under his own name, and a few as guest artist such as:
"NEWS FROM THE JUNGLE" - featuring Michael BLAND and Sonny THOMPSON.
Ben SCHACHTER - "NOTHING MAN".
George DUKE - "FACE THE MUSIC".
Ursus Minor - "ZUGZWANG" - featuring DEAD PREZ, D, Kabal, Ada DYER, Jeff BECK.
Michel PORTAL - "Minneapolis, WE INSIST".
jef's music has been heard on NBC's HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET, mini series KINGPIN, the Martha STEWART Show, and two independent films.
some quotes:
"...in one word, irreplaceable." - King BRITT
"(his) cds stay in my player...(he's) a gift from GOD." - Chaka KHAN
"he is god." - ?uestlove(the ROOTS)
"jef lee added timeless moans and primal wails to my song "Penitentiary Philosophy", helping me to remember where my voice, and the sound of strings met and made love for the first time. Now i know the wonder of the lead guitar." - Erykah BADU
"My favorite bass and guitar player." - Leon HUFF
"...the Hendrix of our generation." - D'ANGELO
"If Miles was alive, I'd introduce (jef) to him today!" - Bill COSBY
"He's one of the funkiest and baddest brothers i've heard on the guitar. He brought a whole new life to my songs." - COMMON
"jef lee johnson is one of those rare musicians who "get's it". He knows how to make the music take flight- "to go where no man has gone before." Besides being a truly adventurous guitarist, he's also an outstanding composer, bass, and keyboard player, bending the roots in blues and funk, with his love and understanding of jazz and latin music. In other words, he's done his homework. Since I was first introduced to jef, he has quickly become my favorite guitarist. He's one of a kind, with a distinct personal and musical point of view. We Need More Like Him!!"
- George DUKE
"I've now worked with the three greatest of all time; Alexis KORNER, Jimi HENDRIX, and jef lee johnson." - Terry "SKIPPER" McVAY
"The most brilliant guitar player that ever lived."
- Ronald SHANNON JACKSON
some press:
"...bewildering original..." - Ben WATSON/Wire Magazine
"and the editors recommend... jef lee johnson; BLUE" - Chris GILL/Guitar Player Magazine
"...groove hits you like a brick..." - Jerome WILSON/Option Magazine
"...takes all of what he's heard and absorbed, and squeezes out guitar lines brimming with emotion and pure soul." - James LIEN/jackpot! College Music Journal
"...pungent, adventurous guitar...both individual and accessible." - Tony GREEN/Jazz Times Magazine
"...the new guitar hero." - Steven IVORY/BRE Magazine
"jazzy, funky, rocking, soulful, and just plain out there..." - Brian GLASER/the Philadelphia City Paper
"With quivering chords, ramrod beats, and bluesy grooves, the entire set seemed to play out in a broiling setting where the heat makes the road ahead wavy. Johnson plays like a man with a wah-wah pedal on his car's accelerator." -- Philadelphia Inquirer
"Lack of recognition has not soured Johnson's honeyed 'kiss the sky' lyricism or his way of placing candies and flowers on the edge of a crater of anguish and hurt." -- The Wire
"He plays everything, including guitar, bass, keyboards, sax, drums and drum machines, and is a potent vocalist of broad and powerful range as well, but it's on guitar that he burns most incandescent, conjuring jaw-droppingly brilliant, careening stylistic collisions of legato-laden fusion, angular outness, and state-of-the-art acid-funk, and while wholly and truly original, justly deserving mention alongside such a profound , formidable master as Hendrix." -- All About Jazz.
jef lee johnson; THISNESS... Best of 2005 - Muziq & Jazz Magazine
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