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<p><b>Jonathan David Earle Johnson</b> (* <a href="10._April" title="10. April">10. April</a> <a href="1938" title="1938">1938</a>; † <a href="22._Dezember" title="22. Dezember">22. Dezember</a> <a href="1998" title="1998">1998</a>) war ein amerikanischer <a href="Perkussion_(Musik)" title="Perkussion (Musik)">Perkussionist</a>, der vor allem im <a href="Fusion_(Musik)" title="Fusion (Musik)">Fusionbereich</a> tätig war (auch als <a href="Komponist" title="Komponist">Komponist</a>, <a href="Toningenieur" title="Toningenieur">Toningenieur</a> und <a href="Musikproduzent" title="Musikproduzent">Musikproduzent</a>).
</p><p>Johnson war als Perkussionist an zahlreichen Alben der New Yorker Fusionszene beteiligt, zunächst 1971 an dem Album von <a href="Air_(Fusionband)" title="Air (Fusionband)">Air</a>. In den nächsten Jahren folgten Aufnahmen mit <a href="Billy_Cobham" title="Billy Cobham">Billy Cobhams</a> <i>Total Eclipse</i> und der Gruppe <i>Atmospheres</i> (<i>Voyage to Uranus</i> 1974), <a href="Czes%C5%82aw_Niemen" title="Czesław Niemen">Czesław Niemens</a> (<i>Mourner’s Rhapsody</i>), <a href="Jan_Hammer" title="Jan Hammer">Jan Hammers</a> <i>First Seven Days</i> (1975), <a href="Lenny_White" title="Lenny White">Lenny Whites</a> <i>Big City</i>, <a href="Miroslav_Vitous" class="mw-redirect" title="Miroslav Vitous">Miroslav Vitous</a>’ <i>Majesty Music</i> (1977) und <a href="Josh_White_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Josh White Jr.">Josh White Jr.s</a> Debütalbum (1978). Seit 1978 legte er auch Alben unter eigenem Namen vor.
</p><p>Weiterhin arbeitete er mit <a href="John_Abercrombie_(Musiker)" title="John Abercrombie (Musiker)">John Abercrombie</a>, <a href="Dan_Wall" title="Dan Wall">Dan Wall</a>, <a href="Jeremy_Steig" title="Jeremy Steig">Jeremy Steig</a>, <a href="Oregon_(Band)" title="Oregon (Band)">Oregon</a>, <a href="Bob_Belden" title="Bob Belden">Bob Belden</a>, <a href="John_Williams_(Komponist)" title="John Williams (Komponist)">John Williams</a> und <a href="Sea_Level" title="Sea Level">Sea Level</a>. Auch war er Mitglied von <i> The Players Association</i> und von <i>The Beautiful Earth Jazz Band</i> (<i>The Feeling's Mutual</i> 1986). <a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> verzeichnet 26 Aufnahmen zwischen 1974 und 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Time Is Free</i> (<a href="Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a> 1978)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Skin Deep - Yeah !</i> (Jonathan David Earle Music 1979)</li>
<li>David Eale Johnson with Jan Hammer: <i>Hip Address</i> (<a href="CMP_Records" title="CMP Records">CMP</a> 1980, mit Jeremy Steig)</li>
<li>David Earle Johnson, John Abercrombie, Dan Wall: <i>Route Two</i> (Landslide Records 1981)</li>
<li>David Earle Johnson, Jan Hammer, John Abercrombie: <i>The Midweek Blues</i> (Plug Records 1983)</li>
<li><i>White Latining</i> (Intercord 1993)</li></ul>
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20160612/http://america.pink/david-earle-johnson_1190438.html"><i>David Earle Johnson.</i> Amerika Pink</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 12. Juni 2016 im Webarchiv <i><a href="Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/David+Earle+Johnson">David Earle Johnson</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000641504"><span>David Earle Johnson</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lordisco.com/musicians/?tjd_firstName=david+earle&tjd_lastName=johnson&tjd_perPage=100&tjd_search=true"><i>The Jazz Discography – Musician List: David Eale Johnson.</i></a> The Jazz Discography – Tom Lord, abgerufen am 10. Dezember 2023.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/review/time-is-free/232206">Besprechung <i>David Earle Johnson — Time Is Free, 1977</i></a> Jazz Music Archives, 16. Juni 2011.</span>
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Normdaten (Person): <a href="Gemeinsame_Normdatei" title="Gemeinsame Normdatei">GND</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/134418638">134418638</a></span> | <a href="Library_of_Congress_Control_Number" title="Library of Congress Control Number">LCCN</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n95004717">n95004717</a></span> | <a href="Virtual_International_Authority_File" title="Virtual International Authority File">VIAF</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/36156256/">36156256</a></span> | </div>
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