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Randy Johnston is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He has released over 20 albums as a leader and has performed with many of the top jazz musicians in the world. He has been a member of the Jazz Messengers, the Mingus Big Band, and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars. Johnston was born in Detroit, Michigan, and began playing guitar at the age of 12. He attended the University of Michigan, where he studied music theory and composition. After graduating, he moved to New York City and began performing with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, and Charles Mingus. Johnston has released over 20 albums as a leader, including the Grammy-nominated albums "Blue Randy" and "Hit and Run". He has also performed on numerous albums by other artists, including the Grammy-winning "Mingus Big Band Live at the Jazz Standard". Johnston has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. He has also performed at many of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Newport Jazz Festival. Johnston is currently based in New York City, where he continues to perform and record. He is also a professor at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

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Occupation Musician
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December, 1956
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan
Nationality United States

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1991

In 1991 he signed with Muse Records; his first two albums were produced by Person and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. He has recorded steadily as a leader since then and has also played as a sideman on albums with Lionel Hampton, Lou Donaldson, Jack McDuff, Lonnie Smith, and Joey DeFrancesco.

1970

Johnston moved to Richmond, Virginia, at age thirteen and played rock music as a teenager. He studied at the University of Miami late in the 1970s, occasionally involved in jam sessions at a Unitarian Church with Ira Sullivan. In 1981 he moved to New York City and spent the rest of the decade working as a sideman. During these years, he accompanied Etta Jones and Houston Person.

1956

Randy Johnston (born 5 December 1956, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz guitarist.