Gordon "Gordy" Johnson, (born 1952) is an American double bassist and bass guitarist who has toured and/or recorded with Roy Buchanan, Bill Carrothers, Lorie Line, Chuck Mangione, Dewey Redman, Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, Paul Winter Consort, Cliff Eberhardt, Maynard Ferguson, Becky Schlegel, Benny Weinbeck, Bradley Joseph, and Stacey Kent. He is the older brother of bassist Jimmy Johnson.
Discography
As leader
Gordon Johnson Trios (Tonalities, 1996) Trios V.2 (Tonalities, 2002) Trios Version 3.0 (Tonalities, 2005) GJ4 (Tonalities, 2008) Trios No. 5 (Tonalities, 2010)
As sideman
With Bill Carrothers
Shine Ball (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005) With Laura Caviani Holly, Jolly, and Jazzy (Marbles: The Brain Store, 2013) With Todd Clouser A Love Electric (Todd Clouser's A Love Electric, 2010) With Dave Graf Just Like That (Artegra, 2005) With Mary Louise Knutson Call Me When You Get There (Meridian Jazz, 2001) In the Bubble (Meridian Jazz, 2011) With Chris Lomheim And You've Been Waiting? (IGMOD, 1994) The Bridge (Artegra, 2002) Timeline (Lomstradamus, 2014) With Pete Whitman Where's When? (Artegra, 2002) The Sound of Water (Artegra, 2002) With Irv Williams Finality (Ding-Dong Music, 2007) With Eric Wangensteen It Had To Be You (2009) Blue Christmas (2012)