Phillip Johnston

Quick Facts

Full Name	Phillip Johnston
Occupation	American saxophonist
Date Of Birth	Jan 22, 1955(1955-01-22)
Age	69
Date Of Death	September 11, 1978, San Diego, CA
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Aquarius

Phillip Johnston Biography

Phillip Johnston is one of the most popular and richest American saxophonist who was born on January 22, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Phillip Johnston was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 22, 1955, and raised in the New York City area.

In 2005, he moved with his wife, Australian playwright Hilary Bell, and their two children to Sydney, Australia. As of 2015 he lives and performs in Sydney, but travels regularly to New York and Europe to perform, collaborate and record. He also teaches film music history at the Australian Institute of Music.

Throughout the 80s and 90s and early 2000s, he worked as a leader (The Microscopic Septet, Big Trouble, Transparent Quartet) co-leader and sideman (Mikel Rouse, Kitty Brazelton, Bobby Radcliff), and began a parallel career in composition for film, theatre, dance and the concert hall. He has a particular interest in contemporary scores for silent film.

Phillip Johnston Net Worth

Phillip Johnston is one of the richest American saxophonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Phillip Johnston 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Phillip Johnston (born January 22, 1955) is an American avant-garde saxophonist. He came to prominence in the 1980s as co-founder of The Microscopic Septet and went on to write extensively for films, particularly new scores for classic silent films from the early 20th Century.

During the 1970s he met and formed relationships with some of his earliest musical associates (John Zorn, Joel Forrester, Dave Hofstra, Eugene Chadbourne), and moved often between San Francisco and New York City. In 1980 he settled in New York, and soon formed his first ongoing music groups, The Public Servants (with vocalist Shelley Hirsch) and The Microscopic Septet (with pianist Joel Forrester).

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Facts & Trivia

Pia Ranked on the list of most popular American saxophonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Phillip Johnston celebrates birthday on January 22 of every year.

What connection did Philip Johnston have with Navajo?

Philip Johnston (September 14, 1892, in Topeka, Kansas – September 11, 1978, in San Diego, California) proposed the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used in the Pacific during World War II.

What role did Philip Johnston play in World War II?

Philip Johnston helped recruit Navajos for the Marines during World War II. “A few weeks later, we got a telegram from the Indian Rights Association saying that Theodore Roosevelt had signed an executive order on Nov. 14, 1901, setting aside all that land extending the Navajo reservation,” Snow said. Years passed.

Was Philip Johnston a Navajo?

Philip Johnston was the initiator of the Marine Corps’ program to enlist and train the Navajos as messengers. Although Johnston was not a Navajo , he grew up on a Navajo reservation as the son of a missionary and became familiar with the people and their language.

Where did Philip Johnston grow up?

Most scholars credit Philip Johnston with initiating the Code Talker idea. A caucasian who grew up in Leupp, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation east of Flagstaff , he approached the Marine Corps in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor and proposed using Native American languages for combat communications.

Why couldn't the Japanese break the Navajo code?

Why wasn’t the code ever broken? The Navajo language has no definite rules and a tone that is guttural. The language was unwritten at the time, notes Carl Gorman, one of the 29 original Navajo code talkers. “You had to base it solely on the sounds you were hearing,” he says.