Jimmy Johnson is a very well respected bass player and can be heard with a wide range of artists, including Allan Holdsworth and James Taylor as well as his own work with Flim and the BB's. He made bass history when, in 1976, he worked with Alembic to create the first 5 string bass with low B string. Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1948) is a British guitarist and jazz composer. ... James Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Most bass historians would agree that the most important event in the history of the electric bass was the introduction of the Precision Bass by Fender in 1951. ...
He was in the studios a few months later, recording four numbers by the Benson All-Star Orchestra (see the Eddie Johnson pages for details), followed in the fall by a session with the Four Shades of Rhythm.
If there is a rub, it's that Jimmy Nottingham is known to have worked with Fields from early 1950 through early 1951, and his presence in Fields' April 1953 combo is unverified.
The Jimmy Rushing sides are claimed by Leadbitter, Fancourt, and Pelletier 1994 to have been made in Chicago.
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