Trumpeter Gabriel Johnson Releases Debut Album
March 25, 2013
Gabriel Johnson (Photo by August Bradley)
Up-and-coming trumpeter Gabriel Johnson's spare, jazzy melodies have drawn comparisons to a young Miles Davis.
While Miles Davis was one of Johnson’s most important musical influences, it was another iconic entertainer who helped jumpstart his solo career: filmmaker and jazz enthusiast Clint Eastwood. Johnson recalls making a good first impression at Eastwood’s home in Northern California.
“He was real cool and complimentary and he said, ‘You’ve got a great sound. Do you want to come back tomorrow, I’m working on this movie and I think you could be right for it.’ And I said, ‘Ok, sure.’ So he played me the theme to what ended up being the end titles to ‘Changeling,’" he said. "I cut it by myself in that house, and he said, ‘Ok, that’s great.’ So, I ended up going back there for about a month every day. But that thing we did that first day ended up being the end titles.”
Johnson discovered jazz while growing up in Salinas, California. His grandmother encouraged him to listen to horn greats Dizzy Gillespie and Freddie Hubbard, and she supported his decision to become a musician. After graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music, he returned to California to work on recordings by a variety of jazz and R&B artists, among them trumpeter Chris Botti.
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