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Johnny Sansone

Johnny Sansone
Birth name John Sansone
Also known as Jumpin' Johnny Sansone
Born (1957-09-27) September 27, 1957 (age 59)
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
Genres Electric blues
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, harmonicist, accordionist
Instruments Harmonica, accordion, guitar, piano, vocals
Years active 1980s–present
Labels Various
Website Official website

John "Johnny" Sansone (born September 27, 1957), also known as Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, is an American electric blues singer, songwriter, harmonicist, accordionist, guitarist and piano player. He was nominated for seven music awards in 2012, including a Blues Music Award which he won. To date, he has been involved in the release of eleven original albums.

Sansone's major influence was his fellow blues musician and songwriter, Jimmy Reed.

Sansone was born in West Orange, New Jersey, United States. His father had played the saxophone in Dave Brubeck's band during World War II, and by the time he was age 12, his son had learned to play the saxophone, guitar and harmonica and seen Howlin' Wolf in concert. He later studied blues harmonica playing by studying both Junior Wells and James Cotton. Sansone attended West Orange High School. He left New Jersey in 1975 on a swimming scholarship at a college in Colorado. Sansone toured in the 1980s supporting Robert Lockwood, Jr., David "Honeyboy" Edwards and Jimmy Rogers.

Sansone moved between Colorado, Austin, Texas, Florida, Chicago, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, before settling in 1990 in New Orleans, which has been his home base ever since. His original touring band, known as Jumpin' Johnny & the Blues Party, recorded their debut album, Where Y'at in 1987, which was released by the independent record label, Kingsnake Records, based in Sanford, Florida.Mr. Good Thing (1991) followed, before Sansone got inspired to try his hand at playing the accordion after attending the funeral of Clifton Chenier.


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