Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Beaufort
- One Wish
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951-02-02
jazzjazz fusionsession
Discography
- Moonshadows1976
- Yesterdays Dreams1976
- Spellbound1977
- 97 : 052005
- Metaphors2017
- This Masquerade2022
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,125
- Total plays
- 28,909
Tags
jazzsoulbassfunkjazz fusion
Alphonso originally started off as a horn player, but he would eventually switch to the bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 70s, Alphonso was amongst the few electric bassists of his time that showed innovation and fluidity on the electric bass. He sessioned with a few Jazz musicians before landing the Weather Report job taking over for co-founding member Miroslav Vitous. Alphonso's silky, but authoritative bass lines had placed <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alphonso+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Instrument
- Chapman Stick
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- www.embamba.com
- Image
- Alphonso Johnson.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Alphonso Johnson
- date of birth
- 1951-02-02
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- pseudonym
- Embamba
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 16 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- azb
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Nederlands
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polski
- Romanian
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0