“Hello my brother, what a beautiful song it’s such a Spiritual Love song that is resonating with my soul. WOW Gil you sang that so intently, l felt it. If that was your intention then you’ve done your job. Bravo Brother!””
Gil's latest single "Take A Love Song", a cover of the
Donny Hathaway classic, is out now on all
streaming and download platforms.
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Since shifting gears, literally, from the auto industry to the music industry in 2019, Gil Johnson’s many charms as a soulful vocalist have resulted in multiple popular radio and streaming singles and collaborations with genre stars Doc Powell, Tom Braxton and Darren Rahn. His latest single, the high spirited and Brazilian flavored, “You’re Everything To Me,” is another starry-eyed triumph that finds him working for the first time with Alan Palanker and D. Cooper Getschal of the contemporary jazz group Jazz Holdouts. With Getschal providing vocal arrangements and backing vocals, Gil’s exuberant lead vocal rides over Palanker’s lively keyboards and Jamie Glaser’s breezy acoustic guitar. This is as good as love songs get!
Includes smooth jazz icon Doc Powell on guitar and is produced by Dove and Stellar Award nominee AyRon Lewis.
Gil finds a perfect way to fuse his past and present lives on his latest single “405” - a whimsically romantic, infectiously grooving sonic adventure produced by Dove and Stellar Award nominee AyRon Lewis and featuring a trademark blazing sax solo by Darren Rahn. Riffing on the reality that the only time Los Angeles has no traffic, is in the middle of the night, Gil sings lovingly about a 2AM top-down ride home with his beloved while listening to his lifelong friend Earl Klugh!
Includes smooth jazz icon Doc Powell on guitar, Nashville piano prodigy David M. Rodgers, and is produced by Dove and Stellar Award nominee AyRon Lewis.
Includes smooth jazz saxophonist Tom Braxton and legendary guitarist Doc Powell, produced by AyRon Lewis.
Gil’s full length debut album titled “Sometimes A Man” is now available. Click on the songs to the right to hear samples.
The album features the radio singles “Wishful Thinking”, Gil’s lyrical interpretation of the classic Earl Klugh song, and “Keep On Walking”, a cover of the Gino Vannelli hit along with six other tracks recorded with an all-star cast of musicians including Tom Braxton, David Lee Spradley, Ron Otis, Al Turner, Randy Bowland, Al Duncan and more.
Gil’s debut album features the radio singles “Wishful Thinking”, Gil’s lyrical interpretation of the classic Earl Klugh song, and “Keep On Walking”, a cover of the Gino Vannelli hit along with six other tracks recorded with an all-star cast of musicians including Tom Braxton, David Lee Spradley, Ron Otis, Al Turner, Randy Bowland, Al Duncan and more.
$18.95 each includes shipping & handling.
Gil Johnson decided to follow his passion and pursue a career as a songwriter, recording artist, and vocalist. His 2020 debut single "Keep on Walking" (a cover of the Gino Vannelli track) received considerable airplay on Smooth Jazz radio. The follow up, 2021's "Wishful Thinking" featured Gil's own lyrics set to the hit instrumental by legendary guitarist and long time friend Earl Klugh.
2022's "You're Beside Me" and "Starting All Over Again" further increased the notoriety of this capitivating new voice in Smooth Jazz and notable artists such as saxophonist Tom Braxton and guitarist Doc Powell agreed to record on Gil's songs.
With the release of his new single "405", with it's incredibly catchy chorus, Gil is showing the tastemakers in the format that he is poised for a breakthrough.
“I got in the car business in 1985 as a “know nothing at all” guy. And I had my first store 10 years later. A pretty quick trip! But in 2016 I started thinking about the future...and I went to a meeting where a Wall St. banker told us what he foresaw in the future of the automotive industry. I made up my mind at that meeting that I did not want to be in that dealership in 2020. That was my goal...”
“I have the freedom now to try and do this. And I told my wife one day - I said: you know if I was still in the car business we wouldn’t be listening to this CD. You know that, right? She said “yeah”. Because I put every piece of me into the car business. And so now I’m able to do this...”
“Don’t let age be the reason. There may be other reasons, and I get it...but don’t let age be the reason that you didn’t at least give it an effort.”
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