Johnson grew up in a musical family in Moose Lake, Minnesota. She earned a bachelor's degree in international studies from Hamline University.[1]
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In the early 1970s, Prudence was a co-founder with Tim Sparks of the vocal jazz group Rio Nido. The group recorded three albums and performed extensively, most often in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.[2][3]
After her time with Rio Nido, she recorded three solo albums for Red House Records: Vocals, Songs of Greg Brown, and Little Dreamer, the latter a collection of children's lullabies from around the world which earned Johnson a 1992 Grammy Award nomination.[3]
She was awarded a McKnight Fellowship to record Moon Country, a collection of Hoagy Carmichael songs. She collaborated with four Minnesota composers to create A Girl Named Vincent, a presentation of the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay set to music.[4]
In 2005, Johnson produced, directed, and performed in a musical production about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald titled Ten November. The production featured Claudia Schmidt, Ruth McKenzie, Kevin Kling and Peter Ostroushko. She produced the album.[5] The production tells the story of the sinking of the ship from the point of view of crew members, local sailors, and the wives of crew members.
prudence, johnson, american, folk, jazz, singer, bornc, 1952, 1953, moose, lake, minnesota, genresfolk, jazzoccupation, singerinstrument, vocalslabelsred, housewebsitewww, prudencejohnson, contents, early, life, education, career, discography, solo, with, nido. Prudence Johnson is an American folk and jazz singer Prudence JohnsonBornc 1952 1953 Moose Lake Minnesota U S GenresFolk jazzOccupation s SingerInstrument s VocalsLabelsRed HouseWebsitewww wbr prudencejohnson wbr com Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Discography 3 1 Solo 3 2 With Rio Nido 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and education editJohnson grew up in a musical family in Moose Lake Minnesota She earned a bachelor s degree in international studies from Hamline University 1 Career editIn the early 1970s Prudence was a co founder with Tim Sparks of the vocal jazz group Rio Nido The group recorded three albums and performed extensively most often in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area 2 3 After her time with Rio Nido she recorded three solo albums for Red House Records Vocals Songs of Greg Brown and Little Dreamer the latter a collection of children s lullabies from around the world which earned Johnson a 1992 Grammy Award nomination 3 She was awarded a McKnight Fellowship to record Moon Country a collection of Hoagy Carmichael songs She collaborated with four Minnesota composers to create A Girl Named Vincent a presentation of the poetry of Edna St Vincent Millay set to music 4 In 2005 Johnson produced directed and performed in a musical production about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald titled Ten November The production featured Claudia Schmidt Ruth McKenzie Kevin Kling and Peter Ostroushko She produced the album 5 The production tells the story of the sinking of the ship from the point of view of crew members local sailors and the wives of crew members She has been a guest on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion Johnson s film credits include Robert Redford s A River Runs Through It in a role as a singer and Robert Altman s A Prairie Home Companion as herself Discography editSolo edit Little Dreamer Red House 1984 Vocals Red House 1987 Dick King Classic Swing and Prudence Johnson King Swings Pru Sings 1998 Songs of Greg Brown Red House 1991 Moon Country Sleeper 2002 S Gershwin with Dan Chouinard Sleeper 2004 Gales of November Sleeper 2005 Peru Sleeper 2006 With Rio Nido edit I Like to Riff 1978 Hi Fly 1983 Voicings 1986 References edit French Laura My Job Prudence Johnson vocalist Star Tribune Retrieved 2022 06 01 Matt Peiken journalism website Archived from the original on 2006 05 22 Retrieved 2008 02 01 a b Canter Andrea February 2005 Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard February 3rd at the Dakota Jazz Police Retrieved September 17 2015 Prudence Johnson A Girl Named Vincent beta prx org Retrieved 2022 06 01 New Music Arts Archived 2006 12 16 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prudence Johnson amp oldid 1196765914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
