Gus Johnson (jazz musician)

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Gus Johnson (November 15, 1913 – February 6, 2000) was the drummer in various jazz bands for many years. In the 1960s he played for saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and accompanied singer Ella Fitzgerald in her 1960 concert in Berlin. He is memorialized in the Medeski Martin & Wood song "Whatever Happened to Gus."

[edit] Select discography

With Ralph Sutton and Ruby Braff

• Remembered (Arbors Records)

[edit] References

Gus Johnson, 1913—2000, A Sensitive Drummer in Many Contexts