The Lord brought this great guy into my life a year ago. I have been so blessed to have him and his family in my life. He is an outstanding person, who's talent equals that of his character. AMAZING! Brent-Anthony Johnson
The Redstone Room
Sunday, October 21
For October 21's Third Sunday Jazz Series event at the Redstone Room, the Davenport venue presents bass player Brent-Anthony Johnson, an East Moline native who studied with music educator Mallie Williams at United Township High School, began writing his own compositions at age 15, and went on to teach at the Quad Cities' Bowlby Music House and Simon's Music Center.
Then, after high school ended, Johnson left the area to ... .
Hmm? Oh, yeah. He was employed as a music teacher before leaving high school. Was that not clear?
And Johnson's pre-collegiate accomplishments were just a hint of achievements yet to come: He received a scholarship from Boston's Berklee College of Music, toured with acoustic jazz-fusion band Spyro Gyra, served as a music-theory professor and bass instructor at Boulder, Colorado's Naropa University, and has traveled the world as a session- and live-performance bassist, producer, composer, arranger, instructor, consultant, and clinician.
Amazingly, Johnson has also found time to finish several albums, although he'd likely argue with that statement: As the musician told Warren Murchie in the online periodical Global Bass, "Records are never finished; they're released."
For more on Johnson's 3 p.m. workshop and 6 p.m. concert, visit (http://www.redstoneroom.com). And you can now consider this piece officially released.
The Redstone Room
Sunday, October 21
For October 21's Third Sunday Jazz Series event at the Redstone Room, the Davenport venue presents bass player Brent-Anthony Johnson, an East Moline native who studied with music educator Mallie Williams at United Township High School, began writing his own compositions at age 15, and went on to teach at the Quad Cities' Bowlby Music House and Simon's Music Center.
Then, after high school ended, Johnson left the area to ... .
Hmm? Oh, yeah. He was employed as a music teacher before leaving high school. Was that not clear?
And Johnson's pre-collegiate accomplishments were just a hint of achievements yet to come: He received a scholarship from Boston's Berklee College of Music, toured with acoustic jazz-fusion band Spyro Gyra, served as a music-theory professor and bass instructor at Boulder, Colorado's Naropa University, and has traveled the world as a session- and live-performance bassist, producer, composer, arranger, instructor, consultant, and clinician.
Amazingly, Johnson has also found time to finish several albums, although he'd likely argue with that statement: As the musician told Warren Murchie in the online periodical Global Bass, "Records are never finished; they're released."
For more on Johnson's 3 p.m. workshop and 6 p.m. concert, visit (http://www.redstoneroom.com). And you can now consider this piece officially released.
Brent-Anthony Johnson is Denver-based bassist, composer, arranger, and producer writing for GlobalBass magazine.
Born: August 16, 1963
Born: August 16, 1963
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