Gus Johnson

Gus Johnson (November 15, 1913 – February 6, 2000) was the drummer in various jazz bands, including that of Jay McShann for many years. In the 1960s he played for saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and accompanied singer Ella Fitzgerald in her 1960 concert in Berlin. He is memorialized in the Medeski Martin & Wood song "Whatever Happened to Gus."

Discography
With Manny Albam With Count Basie and the Kansas City 8 With Lawrence Brown With Coleman Hawkins With Willis Jackson With Chico O'Farrill With Ralph Sutton and Ruby Braff
 * Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)
 * Get Together (Pablo, 1979)
 * Inspired Abandon (Impulse!, 1965)
 * Night Hawk (Swingville, 1960)
 * Really Groovin' (Prestige, 1961)
 * In My Solitude (Moodsville, 1961)
 * Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Remembered (DVD) (Arbors Records, 2004)