Jimmy Johnson

[ken66]

Does Jimmy have his own music I know he's worked as sideman.

 

[DWBass]

He was the leader of Flim & The BB's, an 80's-early 90's fusion jazz band.

 

[MrLenny1]

He's the man on 5 string.
When I bought my first 5 in 1991 he was the first
bass player I listened to & copped a few licks.

 

[MixBass]

Flim and the BB's, and also he had a big hand in those early Wayne Johnson Trio records.

 

[SRFSterling5]

Jimmy can be heard on countless recordings from Lee Ritenour,
James Taylor, and so many others. His main bass is a Series II
Alembic 5 string that has incredible tone, and an unusually tight
string spacing. One of the true pioneers of the extended low range
bass next to Anthony Jackson on the 6 string contrabass.

 

[bottomzone]

He played on a lot of Allan Holdsworth recordings and also on Chad Wackerman's Forty Reasons CD (Killing on this one!).



A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

 

[ExaltBass]

The Flim & The BBs stuff still holds it's own. Just watch your volume on the 1st track on "Tricycle" - talk about dynamics!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zmQK94LGaI

I was there for this and other local performances.

His brother, Gordy Johnson, is a total monster on Bass Guitar and DB too!

 

[klaus486]

I think those early F&TBBs are some of the very first digitally recorded albums too. Recorded to stereo 2 tracks IIRC.....

 

[ExaltBass]

I think those early F&TBBs are some of the very first digitally recorded albums too. Recorded to stereo 2 tracks IIRC.....

I think this was the 1st commercial digital album. Recorded in 1978 at Sound 80 Studios in Minneapolis Direct-to-Digital on a prototype 3M digital recorder. Only released on vinyl. Rather rare... awesome playing!

"Guinness World Records Certificate: Sound 80 Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, was constructed in 1970 and became the world's first multi-track digital recording studio in collaboration with the 3M Company, the developer of multi-track digital recording. The studio complex is now part of Orfield Laboratories."
Guinness World Records LTD

 

[rapidfirerob]

Interesting. Maybe it is the first. I always thought it was Bob Til You Drop by Ry Cooder which came out in 79.