David Earle Johnson

Percussionist David Earle Johnson lent his skills to numerous jazz recordings throughout the 1970s and later issued several projects under his own name in the closing years of that decade and the start of the 1980s. His contributions appear on Billy Cobham's Total Eclipse and Clive Steves' Voyage to Uranus, both from 1974, Jan Hammer's First Seven Days in 1975, Lenny White's Big City and Miroslav Vitous' Majesty Music in 1977, plus Jaroslav Jakubovic's Checkin' In, Mark Moogy Klingman's Moogy II, the Players Association's Born to Dance, and Josh White Jr.'s self-titled album in 1978, along with additional titles. Vanguard released his solo debut, Time Is Free, in 1978. The association with the label proved brief, prompting him to work with other imprints in the years that followed until his recording activity tapered off in the early 1980s after The Midweek Blues appeared in 1983.