Born and raised in New York City,
Composer/Pianist Daryl Johnson studied music at Five Towns College in Long Island and Old Westbury University under the tutelage of such jazz greats as multi-reedist Makanda Ken Mcintyre, percussionist Warren Smith, and Trombonist Dick Griffin to name a few.
Daryl also studied at Harlem’s famed Jazz Mobile where had the pleasure of learning from jazz pianist Ronnie Matthews, Amina Claudine-Myers, Norman Simmons and Dennis Moorman.
