Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 [1] [2] – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin.

Lonnie Johnson, prolific American musician, singer, and songwriter who was one of the first major blues and jazz guitarists. His recording career lasted some 40 years and yielded about 500 recordings, including such songs as ‘Blue Ghost Blues,’ ‘He’s a …

Feb 22, 2022 · While no longer a household name, Lonnie Johnson was the most advanced guitarist of the Roaring Twenties. Extraordinarily adept at blues and jazz, he left an indelible imprint on the playing of Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy, and countless others who fell under his spell.

Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was an extraordinarily gifted blues guitarist and talented singer who pioneered a sophisticated, jazz-inflected urban blues guitar style. Although the year of his birth remains disputed, Johnson probably was born on February 8, 1889, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jun 8, 2018 · Equally influential as a jazz musician and blues musician, Lonnie Johnson became one of the most popular African-American musicians of the 1920s. As a multi-instrumentalist and prolific composer, Johnson ’ s musical reputation landed him guest recording spots with the bands of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington .

Every time a guitarist in blues, jazz, or rock plays a solo today, he carries on the legacy of one of the first virtuosos of the instrument, Lonnie Johnson.

Equally influential as a jazz musician and blues musician, Lonnie Johnson became one of the most popular African-American musicians of the 1920s. As a multi-instrumentalist and prolific composer, Johnson's musical reputation landed him guest recording spots with the bands of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

Over the next seven years, Lonnie appeared on over 130 tracks and was one of the most recorded artists of his time. His bright, clear tenor voice and clever playing gave him several hits, but his best work came in guitar duets with Eddie Lang …

Born Alonzo Johnson on February 8, 1899, in New Orleans, LA; died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 16, 1970; married Mary Smith, 1925 (divorced, 1932); children: six. When music lovers talk about the great figures of the blues, their neglect of guitarist and …

Lonnie Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) Growin’ up in New Orleans, Lonnie Johnson learned to play music alongside his brothers and sisters. His dad, a violin player, brought up the family to play together. But after he lost all his kin to the Spanish Flu, Lonnie was on his own. So he moved to St. Louis. Became a riverboat performer.