Jazz Legend Dick Johnson

An AWHY? Music Feature

Photo courtesy of Joan Watson-Jones

Sometimes we like to take time to remember the great musicians we’ve met through the years.

Our conversation with Clarinetist,Dick Johnson is one of them. Although he passed away in 2010 he is still missed in the musical community.

In this program Dick talked about how Artie Shaw chose him to lead the band after his retirement and his long relationship with Artie Shaw .

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The Jazz Room. Black Steinway Piano, stool and microphone in foreground. Abstract painting in background

Full color photo from Newport Jazz Festival 2019, Joan Watson-Jones & Jon Baptiste

Tony Lynn Carrington, Jazz Drummer and Joan Watson Jones, host of The Jazz Room

Candid shot of Host Joan Watson Jones and the great jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan

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