Editing Alphonso Johnson (section)

{{Short description|American jazz bassist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Alphonso Johnson
| image           = Alphonso Johnson.jpg
| image_size      = 250
| landscape       = yes
| caption         = Johnson in [[Rochester, New York]], 1977
| birth_name      =
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1951|02|02}}
| birth_place     = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Jazz fusion]]
* [[jazz]]
* [[funk]]}}
| occupation      = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* composer
* educator}}
| instrument      = {{flatlist|
* Bass guitar
* double bass
* [[Chapman stick]]}}
| years_active    = 1970–present
| label           = [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]]
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Weather Report]]
* [[Bobby and the Midnites]]
* [[Jazz Is Dead (band)|Jazz Is Dead]]
*[[Steve Kimock Band]]
* [[Santana (band)|Santana]]}}
| website         = {{URL|www.embamba.com}}
}}

'''Alphonso Johnson''' (born February 2, 1951)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=1292/3}}</ref> is an American [[jazz]] [[bass guitar|bassist]] active since the early 1970s. Johnson was a member of the [[jazz fusion]] group [[Weather Report]] from 1973 to 1975, and has performed and recorded with numerous high-profile rock and jazz acts including [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Phil Collins]], members of the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Steve Kimock]], and [[Chet Baker]].