Johnson, Lonnie

Lonnie Johnson , known both as a jazz innovator and a key figure in defining the genre of blues guitar, was greatly responsible for the shift in popular music's emphasis from the banjo to the acoustic guitar. He is also credited with being the first player to bring single-line guitar countermelodies to jazz. In the early days of blues recording, when most artists were from rural areas or small towns, Lonnie Johnson stood out as one of the few recorded...