Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson

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  • Plane Crazy
  • August 2025
  • 4 Songs
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Game Stop Canada has been Torn Asunder
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No One Noticed

Albums

  • Imagine Something Better

    Aug 2024 • 9 songs

  • Trying To Make Sense Of It All

    Aug 2022 • 10 songs

  • Cold Outside

    May 2016 • 11 songs

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Bill Johnson

Biography

Bill Johnson's career reached back to virtually the beginnings of jazz and he is credited with being the first jazz person to pluck (as opposed to bowing) the strings of his bass, an innovation that led to the string bass eventually replacing the tuba. Johnson started out as a guitarist, switching to bass in the late 1890s. He worked in New Orleans as early as 1900, with the Peerless and Eagle Bands, playing tuba for their parades. Johnson left New Orleans originally in 1908, playing jazz in Los Angeles and helping to introduce the as-yet unnamed music to the West Coast. His g...
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