ED JOHNSON began studying piano and French horn at age twelve, and picked up his first guitar at fifteen. After mastering the popular rock and R&B songs of the day, he went on to a serious study of classical guitar. Ed also studied music theory and performance at Foothill College and San Jose State University. Among Ed's many teachers, Tuck Andress and Bobby McFerrin went on to make significant contributions. Ed's interests in other styles grew to include jazz and American roots music, and eventually encompassed Brazilian and other Latin American and Afro-Cuban music.

Ed's mastery of so many different styles has delighted countless students at jam sessions and music camps nationwide, where he easily swings from Beatles marathons to all night jazz jams. Mentor to innumerable guitar students, Ed has taught private lessons and group classes at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto for more than twenty-five years. Audiences have been equally delighted by Ed's performances in numerous groups over the past three decades, including Sharp 9 and The Gryphon Quintet, with which he recorded several albums that showcase his vocal arranging talents.

In addition to vocal groups like Sharp 9 and The Gryphon Quintet, Ed's 20-year tenure as co-director of the popular Gryphon Carolers has been the proving ground for his deep interest in vocalarrangements. Ed has six recordingprojects to his credit, in addition to producer's credits for other singer/ songwriters. His latest release, "Over That Wave," is his second solo outing.

Ed has performed and recorded with numerous musicians over the past dozen years, including pianist Smith Dobson, guitarists Rick Vandivier and Nina Gerber, singer/ songwriters Lissy Abraham, Carol McComb, Kristina Olsen, and Linda Waterfall, and jazz vocalists and song stylists Nate Pruitt, Kim Scanlon, Jennifer Scott, and The Pointer Sisters.

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