Gus Johnson

drums, drumset

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie
Steven Haselden
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ella Fitzgerald drums 'Round Midnight, 'round Midnight, (I Was) Born to Be Blue, (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini), (The End Of) a Beautiful Friendship, A Night in Tunisia, After You've Gone, Air Mail Special, Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home, Blue Moon, Broadway, Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!, Cry Me a River, Day in, Day Out, Good Morning Heartache, Hallelujah, I Love Him So, I Can't Face the Music, I Got a Guy, I'll Always Be in Love With You, It Might as Well Be Spring, It's Only a Man, I’ve Got the World on a String, Jersey Bounce, Just in Time, Laughin' On the Outside, Mack the Knife, My Reverie, No Moon at All, Rough Ridin', Runnin' Wild, Satin Doll, Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World 'Cause That's Where Everything Is, Signing Off, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, Stairway to the Stars, Stay There, Stella by Starlight, Take the ‘A’ Train, The Music Goes 'Round and Around, The Music Goes 'round and Around, The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else), The Sun Forgot to Shine This Morning, This Could Be the Start of Something Big, This Year's Kisses, Too Young for the Blues, Too Young for the Blues (Alternate Take), Trav'lin' Light, You Can Depend on Me, You're My Thrill, Your Red Wagon, You’re Driving Me Crazy
Count Basie drums Basie Boogie, Bubbles, Cherry Point, Fancy Meetin' You, If You See My Baby, Plymouth Rock, Ska-Di-Dle-Dee-Bee-Doo, Softly with Feeling, Song of the Islands, Sure Thing, Sweets, Two Franks, Two for the Blues, Why Not?, You for Me
Steven Haselden drums Gone With the Wind, How High the Moon?, Just One of Those Things, Lorelei, Love for Sale, Mack the Knife, Misty, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Summertime, That Old Black Magic, The Lady Is a Tramp, The Man I Love, Too Darn Hot, [Applause and closing fanfare]
Jay McShann & His Orchestra drums Blues, Body and Soul, Coquette, Dexter Blues, Honeysuckle Rose, Hootie Blues, I Found a New Baby, Lady Be Good, Moten Swing, Swingmatism
Herb Ellis drums Broadway, Gravy Waltz, It Don't Mean a Thing, It Makes No Difference Now, Old Folks, Poor Darlin' Nellie, Roy Showed, Symphony, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Willow Weep for Me
Anna drums Blue Skies, Blues, Bobby's Tune, How Long Has This Been Going On, I Hear a Rhapsody, Mr. Moon, The Chant, Zoot's Tune
Zoot Sims drums Dark Clouds, Down at the Loft, Ghost of a Chance, Not So Deep, One to Blow On, Our Pad, September in the Rain, Them There Eyes
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra drums Aw! Come On, I Remember Clifford, Laura, Little Niles, Now See How You Are, Seabreeze, Somewhere
Willis Jackson drums A Twist of Blues, Again, Careless Love, He Said, She Said, I Said, I Remember Clifford, Oatmeal, Sweet Peter Charleston
Charlie Parker drums Coquette, Dexter Blues, Honeysuckle Rose, Hootie Blues, Moten Swing, Oh, Lady Be Good!, Swingmatism
Count Basie & His Orchestra drums Every Tub, Fancy Meetin' You, Jive at Five, Sure Thing, Why Not?
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars drums Clo's Blues, Les Tricheurs, Mic's Jump, Phil's Tune
Mick Luther drums, drumset Hootie Blues, Swingmatism
DJ Tiiiiiiiiiip drums Lover, Come Back to Me
Roy Eldridge drums Phil's Tune
Stan Getz drums Les tricheurs
Coleman Hawkins drums Clo's Blues
The Count Basie Orchestra drums Little Pony (Hefti)
Dizzy Gillespie drums Mic's Jump