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Richard Johnson Trio at Crooners Supper Club
Courtesy of Christine Moore | Posted on May 19, 2017
Where
Crooners Supper Club
6161 Highway 65 Northeast
Minneapolis, MN
Map
763-571-9020
When
Tue, June 27, 2017
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Richard Johnson
pianoAbout
Born in Pittsburgh, home to jazz greats Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Ahmad Jamal, Richard D. Johnson has strong territorial jazz roots. He was first introduced to the piano at the age of five by his father, a gospel pianist in the church. Since then, he has cultivated a rich and pedigreed musical background being schooled by some of the most legendary jazz musicians and studying at the most esteemed institutions of music.
After graduating from the Berklee School of Music in just two years, Richard entered the Boston Conservatory where he earned a Master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy. He then went on to receive an Artist Performance Diploma at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at New England Conservatory under the direction of the influential Ron Carter....