Ellen Johnson, has been best described by author and jazz critic Bruce Crowther of Jazz Journal International Magazine as “superior jazz singing by an artist of the highest quality”. Her versatility, amazing range, unique jazz phrasing, improvisational skills and imaginative vocal style delights audiences at concerts, festivals, colleges, and venues all over the world.
Ellen and her recordings have been featured in DownBeat Magazine, Jazz Improv Magazine, Jazz Journal International, JazzTimes, All About Jazz, Music Connection and many other publications with such comments as “one of the best albums to be heard by a no nonsense jazz singer in the past year” and “an album that raises the level of jazz singing by one notch”.
Ellen's repertoire spans from the many standards of the 30's through the 50's to the great jazz composers like Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Monk, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and into the popular music of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and others performed as a duo, trio, quartet, and small big band.