Johnny Ferreira
| Johnny Ferreira | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joao Manuel Ferreira |
| Born |
August 11, 1957 Portugal |
| Genres | Rock and roll, blues, swing |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, producer, horn arrangements, musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone, Accordion, keyboards |
| Years active | 1980 – present |
| Labels | Pair-A-Dice Records |
| Associated acts | Swing Machine, Colin James, Long John Baldry, Pointed Sticks |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Saxophone | |
Joao Manuel Ferreira or more popularly known as Johnny Ferreira (born August 11, 1957), is Canadian-Portuguese saxophonist, songwriter, producer, and horn arranger, who plays in rock and roll, blues, and swing genres.
Johnny Ferreira was born August 11, 1957 in Portugal to Manuel and Ermelinda Ferreira. However, he grew up in Vancouver, Canada after his family immigrated there in 1963.
He attended Templeton High School and then college after graduating Capilano College in North Vancouver, Canada. School was disrupted by working with musical groups in night clubs and bars in and around Vancouver. He decided later to go back to University of British Columbia and took a degree in music during the 1980s. He however left college again and pursued a full-time professional career in music.
Ferreira's love for music started during childhood, always listening to music being played on the radio during the 1960s and 1970s. At the age of 11, he learned to play the accordion, and during high school, at the age of 17, he learned how to play the saxophone. By the age of 19, he was well into it and has been playing it ever since.
His primary influences were early rock and roll saxophonists King Curtis, Edgar Winter, Sam Taylor also known as Sam "the man" Taylor, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, and the honkers and screamers such as Big Jay McNeely, and Joe Houston. Other early saxophone influences include Pink Floyd, saxophonist Dick Parry, Average White Band, Tower of Power, Bruce Springsteen, and Supertramp.
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