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NINE WINDS DISCOGRAPHY:
NWCD0130 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Pilgrimage to Obscurity
NWCD0140 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Decennium Dans Axlan
NWCD0150/60 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Commemoration (Tribute to John Carter)
NWCD0202 David Johnson, Ken Rosser - Dual Force
NWCD0210/220 (2cd) The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - The Other Bridge (Oakland 1999)
keyboard, percussionDavid Johnson plays vibraphone, marimba and percussion regularly with the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, the Kim Richmond Jazz Orchestra, the World At Peace with Yusef Lateef, Roger Williams, Dual Force, the CalArts New Century Players, and XTET. He has worked with a wide range of artists including Dave Brubeck, Mel Torme, Maureen McGovern, Green Day, Pierre Boulez, Dean Drummond, Stephen Hartke, George Benjamin and Mauricio Kagel.
He has played in the percussion sections of the Ojai Festival, the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood and occasionally in the Los Angeles television and film industry. He has performed with the California Ear Unit, the Southwest Chamber Music Society, Pacific Serenade and the LA Philharmonic New Music Group.
He has recorded for CRI, Opus one, Delos International, Nine Winds, Seabreeze, K2B2, Jazz Harp, Meta YAL, Warner Brothers and New World. He was the winner of the 1995 Percussive Arts Society composition competition with his piece "Quartz City" for vibraphone soloist and percussion quintet.
He was a featured artist/clinician at the 1997 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Anaheim California. David has been teaching at the California Institute of the Arts since 1991.
