Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz
and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor
saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme".
Born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, he and his pianist
brother Ray first recorded as the Johnson Brothers in New Orleans in the late
1940s, and Plas then toured with R&B singer Charles Brown. After army
service, he moved to Los Angeles and began session recordings as a full-time
musician, backing artists such as B.B. King and Johnny Otis as well as scores
of other R&B performers. An early supporter was Maxwell Davis, who hired
him to take over his own parts so that he could concentrate on producing
sessions for the Modern record label.
Maybe you haven’t heard of him, but you certainly have heard
him. How about these: Shuffle In the Gravel by Young Jessie; Stranded In The
Jungle by The Cadets; Girl Of My Dreams by Jesse Belvin; Searchin’ by The
Coasters; Rockin’ Robin by Bobby Day; Bony Moronie by Larry Williams; Teenage
Heaven by Eddie Cochran; Say Mama by Gene Vincent; and a myriad of tracks by
Duane Eddy, Ernie Fields, The Piltdown Men, Sandy Nelson, The Ernie Freeman
Combo, Johnny Otis, The Marketts, The Routers, The Olympics, and Don &
Dewey. And that’s just scraping the surface of the output of Plas Johnson, LA
session man extraordinaire.
Johnson can be heard on the 1963 album "Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook", recorded with the esteemed arranger
Nelson Riddle. His sax is also heard on two of the other great Ella Fitzgerald
songbooks - The Harold Arlen Songbook and The Johnny Mercer Songbook.
In 1964, Johnson was the featured performer on "Blue
Martini" ( Ava Records ), a concept album by John Neel. It was a
groundbreaking album, with the saxophone being the lead "voice"
surrounded by a full string section. This jazz/classical hybrid contains some
of Johnson's best and most innovative playing, with the standout being
"Bury Me Blue".
In 1970, he joined the studio band for "The Merv
Griffin Show" and also played with a number of jazz and swing bands of the
period. He continues to record and perform, particularly at jazz festivals.
Johnson currently performs on silverplated Yamaha tenor
saxophone. He uses a very open (150/0 SMS) Berg Larsen goldplated bronze
mouthpiece and Rico Plasticover 1.5 or 2 baritone sax reeds, a setup that
enables him to produce his very distinctive and instantly recognizable sound.
(Info mainly Wikipedia)
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For “ Plas Johnson - This Must Be The Plas! & Johnson Mood For The Blues” go here:
http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/jrQGo8I1/file.html
01. Too Close For Comfort
02. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
03. Heart And Soul
04. Poor Butterfly
05. Memories Of You
06. Just One Of Those Things
07. There Is No Greater Love
08. If I Had You
09. My Silent Love
10. Day In, Day Out
11. My Old Flame
12. S'il Vous Plait
13. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
14. One Mint Julep
15. How Long Has This Been Going On
16. Blues In My Heart
17. I've Got A Right To Cry
18. Please Send Me Someone To Love
19. Tanya
20. Fool That I Am
21. Chloe (Song Of The Swan)
22. Since I Fell For You
23. A Mood For The Blues
24. I Wanna Be Loved
25. The Big Twist
26. Come Rain Or Come Shine
Please can you re-upload this record? Thank you.
How does one download material stored in zippyshare, if one lives in Britain?
Or can you load it into some other host?
Thanks
MG
Hello MG, Am searching for the hard drive that contains this CD. Hopefully I will re-up Friday sometime. Watch this space. Regards, Bob
PS I used to use free Zippyshare links which only lasted 30 days and as this was posted over 4 years ago you would have found the link removed even if you could access Zippyshare!.
As it is blocked in Great Britain I use a free proxy site which usually works.
https://www.proxysite.com/
Thanks - I look forward to this with great interest.
MG
Hell MG here's the new link
https://www.upload.ee/files/10669967/Plas_Johnson.rar.html
Thanks very much Bob.
MG
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