college education at Pierce College, and then transferred to California State University, Northridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 2014. As an undergraduate student, Johnson performed as a member of the CSUN Wind Ensemble. He pursued his graduate degree at CSU Northridge, earning a Master of Arts in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction in 2021. He serves as an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern California and the California Institute of the Arts. Equipment Electric basses Fender Precision, extensively modified Chapman Stick Lobue Custom Warwick Alphonso Johnson Custom Shop Bass Guitar Warwick Infinity Vigier Arpege 5 fretless Modulus Quantum 5 String Fretted and Fretless Bass Acoustic basses Washburn AB45 Discography As leader Moonshadows (Epic, 1976) Yesterday's Dreams (Epic, 1976) Spellbound (Epic, 1977) As member Weather Report Mysterious Traveller (Columbia, 1974) Tale Spinnin' (Columbia, 1975) Black Market (Columbia, 1976) Santana Beyond Appearances (Columbia, 1985) Freedom (Columbia, 1987) Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (Columbia, 1990) Jazz Is Dead Blue Light Rain (Zebra, 1998) Laughing Water (Zebra, 1999) – live Great Sky River (Zebra, 2001) – live Grateful Jazz (Pet Peev, 2015) – recorded in 2004 As sideman With Bob Weir Bobby and the Midnites (Arista, 1981) Where the Beat Meets the Street (Columbia, 1984) With others Chet Baker, You Can't Go Home Again (Horizon, 1977) Dee Dee Bridgewater, Just Family (Elektra, 1977) George Cables, Shared Secrets (MuseFX, 2001) Phil Collins, Face Value (Virgin, 1981) George Duke, Liberated Fantasies (MPS, 1976) George Duke-Billy Cobham Band, "Live" on Tour in Europe (Atlantic, 1976) Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited (Camino, 1996) Eddie Henderson, Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975) Allan Holdsworth, Velvet Darkness (CTI, 1976) Chuck Mangione, Land of Make Believe (Mercury, 1973) Hermeto Pascoal, Slaves Mass (Warner Bros., 1977) Abraxas Pool, Abraxas Pool (Miramar, 1997) Flora Purim, Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (Milestone, 1976) Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter, Live at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival '' (Image Entertainment, 2005) References External links 'Ep. 45: Alphonso Johnson, bassist from the Weather Report' Interview by Tigran Arakelyan 1951 births Living people American jazz bass guitarists American session musicians Chapman Stick players Epic Records artists Weather Report members 20th-century American bass guitarists 21st-century American bass guitarists Guitarists from Philadelphia American male bass guitarists The Other Ones members Bobby and the Midnites members Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Jazz Is Dead members Catalyst