Max Johnson 3

Described as “an intrepid composer, architect of sound and beast of the bass…” (Brad Cohan, NYC Jazz Record), composer, bassist, and improviser Max Johnson is one of the most prolific music makers in the jazz, bluegrass, improvised music, and contemporary classical worlds. Johnson has released 20 albums and performed over three thousand concerts internationally with artists like Anthony Braxton, Geri Allen, Mary Halvorson, David Grisman, Tyshawn Sorey, Ingrid Laubrock, Henry Grimes, Candido Camero, Sam Bush, Nels Cline, and many more. He has composed commissions for the Jerome Foundation, Society of Composers Inc., and the University of Glasgow, has been featured on over seventy albums, and can be heard in Spike Lee’s Academy Award-winning film, “The BlacKkKlansman”.
For this concert, Max Johnson presents his incredible trio with Neta Raanan on tenor saxophone and Connor Parks on drum set, celebrating the trio's 2024 album, "I'll See You Again" on Adhyropa Records. This trio explores Johnson’s more straight-ahead jazz compositions inspired by innovators Charles Mingus, Mal Waldron, and Thelonious Monk, while always featuring Johnson's unique energetic, uplifting, and wild soundworld.