Eddie Johnson

While no such special effort is really required in order to crowd Chicago's commuter trains, it seems possible that an entire car if not a whole train could be stuffed with musicians from that city who had to wait until they were senior citizens before getting a chance to step into the limelight. In 1999, tenor saxophonist Eddie Johnson was not releasing his first ever solo album with the critically-adored Love You Madly at the age of nearly 80. That had happened back in 1981, when the Nessa label released Indian Summer, once again proving the firm's value in providing important documentation of under-exposed Chicago players. Johnson, not to be confused with the earlier pianist who led Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks, was already about 60 years old when he got the Nessa nod, however.



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