Josh Johnson, a Trusted Music Producer, Has a New Jazz LP Coming Out (Gift Article)

An Anchor of the Los Angeles Jazz Scene Finds His Way Forward Josh Johnson became a trusted producer of Meshell Ndegeocello and Flea for knowing when to guide and when to let go. He gives himself that license on a new LP, “Animative.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/a...

"Josh Johnson became a trusted producer of Meshell Ndegeocello and Flea for knowing when to guide and when to let go. He gives himself that license on a new LP, 'Animative,'" says the New York Times' Marcus J. Moore in a profile of Johnson and the new album: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/a...

“…one who can hear the structural possibilities in a fleeting phrase, or recognize how a strange rhythm might transform a composition. But he doesn’t want listeners to feel obliged to decipher his music. Though it’s heady and scans experimental jazz, he wants it to register physically.”

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