Vocalist and composer Aubrey Johnson crafts an experience of raw emotion and boundless artistry with her latest album The Lively Air, out March 20, 2026 via Greenleaf Music Greenleaf Music is pleased to announce the March 20, 2026 release of The Lively Air, the second album from vocalist and composer Aubrey Johnson, featuring her six-piece … Read More
Vox News Article by Suzanne Lorge – Sarah Elizabeth Charles (Blank Canvas release show on November 2 at Rockwood) / Somi (Carnegie Hall debut on November 18) – Page 11 Review by Pierre Giroux – Sonido Solar – Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar – Page 21 Review by Marco Cangiano – Peter Erskine – Live … Read More
Acclaimed Pianist Randy Ingram and Virtuosic Vocalist Aubrey Johnson Team Up to Produce Play Favorites, a Duo Album Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts, due out November 4, 2022 via Sunnyside Records When the musical partnership between a vocalist and a pianist rises to the level of equal collaboration, something truly special can occur. … Read More
By Stephanie Jones, Downbeat During the past decade, vocalist Aubrey Johnson has explored different chambers of her artistry and performed with an array of musicians, including singers Bobby McFerrin and Sara Serpa, as well as Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra. Johnson’s leader debut, Unraveled (Outside In)—a program featuring original compositions and new sextet arrangements of … Read More
By Brian Morton, Jazz Journal “Johnson deliberately starts somewhere quite distant from orthodox changes jazz, with a version of No More ‘I Love You’s, a song most closely associated with Annie Lennox” Read the full review here.
by Raul Da Gama, Jazz Da Gama Even if you didn’t know that Aubrey Johnson has enviable musical pedigree you would still be struck by the bravura of her musicianship. As a vocalist Miss Johnson has been blessed by an incredible vocal range. Read this full review here.
By C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz What does it take to move music from the strictly aural to revealing the more tactile elements like texture and consistency? Vocal artist, composer and arranger Aubrey Johnson, with her scoring hat on, demonstrates that intelligent instrument choice and subtle arrangement of notes in time coupled with sensitive … Read More
By Doug Boynton, Girls Singers What’s the line from Monty Python? “Now for something completely different.” File it under “Jazz,” the accompanying document says. It’s a good thing, “jazz” is a broad category. Perhaps “Baroque Jazz” might be a better category for this set from Aubrey Johnson. Read the full review here.
By Thomas Cunniffe, Jazz History Online If the name Aubrey Johnson is familiar at all, it is probably because of her many appearances as a backup vocalist. “Unraveled” marks her debut as a leader and it displays her special gifts for transforming material into jazz vehicles and for creating her own original music. Read the … Read More
