Randy Johnston is one of the most widely recorded and prolific guitarists of his generation. He has released 12 albums as a leader for the Muse, Highnote, J Curve, Mel Bay, and Random Act labels and has appeared on dozens of recordings with other top recording artists. Randy’s current group is a tightly knit and like-minded trio featuring the brilliant young organist Jonah Kane-West, playing blues and jazz.
In addition to his recording career, Randy has toured and played with some of the most acclaimed artists in jazz, including Lionel Hampton, Houston Person and Etta Jones, Lonnie Smith, and Joey DeFrancesco. He played for 18 years as a regular member of the Lou Donaldson Quartet. He has traveled the world concertizing, both as a bandleader and side musician, performing at the top clubs and festivals all over the United States, Europe, Japan, Thailand, and South America. Randy has also taught music at New York University, the Hartt School of Music in Hartford Connecticut, the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida, and several other major American universities of note, in addition to conducting master classes in such diverse locations as Wales, UK and Helsinki, Finland
Sample Song List
JAZZ
Stella by Starlight
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Gone With the Wind
Beautiful Love
Out of Nowhere
Moanin’
ROCK/FOLK
Let it Rock
Johnny B Goode
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
House of the Rising Sun
Misty Roses
Reason to Believe
Love Me Tender
BLUES
Another Night to Cry
Makes No Difference Now
The Jug
Ain’t Doin’ Too Bad
COUNTRY
Wreck of the Old ’97
Folsom Prison Blues
I Walk the Line
CHRISTMAS
The Christmas Song
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
What Are you Doing New Year’s Eve?
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