Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson (born 1956) is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with James Taylor, Allan Holdsworth, and Flim & the BB's. Raised in a rich musical environment, his father was a 47-year member of the Minnesota Orchestra's bass section, his mother a piano teacher and accompanist, and his brother Gordon is also a professional bassist. In 1976, Johnson worked with Alembic and GHS to create one of the first 5-string bass guitars with a low B string. Living in the Los Angeles area since 1979, Johnson continues to record and tour with singer-songwriter James Taylor and also appears with various groups at The Baked Potato jazz club in Studio City, California. Selected discography 3rd Matinee – Meanwhile (1994) Chris Botti – Night Sessions (2001 – six tracks) Paul Brady – Trick or Treat (1992 – two tracks) Phil Buckle – Custom Made (2022) Dewa Budjana – Joged Kahyangan (2012), Surya Namaskar (2014) Dori Caymmi – Dori Caymmi (1988), Brazilian Serenata (1991) Billy Childs – Take For Example This (1988), Twilight Is Upon Us (1989), His April Touch (1991 – three tracks), I've Known Rivers (1994), Lyric (2005) Luis Conte – La Cocina Caliente (1988), Black Forest (1989), Marimbula (2007), Two Worlds (2010) Eddie Daniels – ...this is now (1991 – two tracks) DNA – Rick Derringer and Carmine Appice – Party Tested (1983) Flim & the BB's – Flim & The BB's (1978), Tricycle (1983), Tunnel (1984), Big Notes (1985), Neon (1987), The Further Adventures... (1988), New Pants (1990), Vintage/best of (2010), This Is A Recording (1992), Tricycle (SACD reissue) (1999) Fra Lippo Lippi - Light and Shade (1987 - three tracks) Brandon Fields – The Traveler (1988), Other Places (1989) The Steve Gadd Band – Gadditude (2013), 70 Strong (2015), Way Back Home: Live from Rochester, NY (2016), Steve Gadd Band (2018) Stan Getz – Apasionado (1990) Don Grusin – Raven (1990) Allen Hinds – Fact Of The Matter (2005), Falling Up (2008), Monkeys and Slides (2011), Fly South (2016) Roger Hodgson – In the Eye of the Storm (1984 – two tracks) Allan Holdsworth – I.O.U. Live (1984), Metal Fatigue (1985), Atavachron (1986), Sand (1987), Secrets (1989), Wardenclyffe Tower (1992), All Night Wrong (2002), Then! (2004), Against The Clock (2005), Tales From The Vault (2016 – one track only), Live in Japan 1984 (2018) Steve Hunt - Connections (2021 - two tracks) Gary Husband – Dirty & Beautiful, Vol.