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  Molly Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Molly has rocked standing-room only audiences in nightclubs and bars from coast-to-coast as a pop artist, seduced the patrons of salons and lounges with her luscious interpretations of jazz and blues standards and even regaled royalty during a private command performance aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia before the Prince and late Princess of Wales.
Molly was also a vocalist for two funk-rock bands, Alta Moda in the 1980s and Infidels in the 1990s.
Johnson's brother Clark, an actor and director, and sister Taborah, an actor and singer, are also noted Canadian performers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Molly_Johnson   (619 words)

  
 Clark Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnson was born in September 1954] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spent much of his life in Canada, including studying at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
Aside from Homicide, Johnson's directing credits include the 2006 major cinema release The Sentinel, Drop Squad (1994), S.W.A.T. (2003), and episodes of The Shield and The Wire as well as the HBO original production Boycott (2001), a project which he helmed and in which he also acted.
Johnson is the brother of jazz singer Molly Johnson and actress and singer Taborah Johnson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clark_Johnson   (230 words)

  
 Molly Johnson - Bio
Another Day is Molly's second solo album and it exceeds the high standards set by her self-titled debut released in 2000.
Molly Johnson, the debut album, showcases Molly's treasured talent and incorporates all the musical styles that the singer has mastered over her storied career.
Molly Johnson lives in an extremely clean home in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, with her sons, her husband, and their dog.
www.marquisclassics.com /artists/johnson_bio.html   (677 words)

  
 MollyBrant
It was at Johnson Hall that Molly assumed the role of housekeeper and hostess.
Although William Johnson and Molly Brant were never married under British law, all of Molly’s children were recognized, as heirs in Sir William’s will, receiving significant funds and thousands of acres of land, much of which was within the boundaries of the Royal Grant.
When it was discovered that Molly had warned the British through her brother Joseph that the militia was on its way to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix, she was harassed and threatened to such a degree that she fled with her children to Canada.
www.paulkeeslerbooks.com /MollyBrant.html   (1013 words)

  
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After 20 years in the music business, Molly Johnson is comfortable in her latest incarnation as a jazz performer.
Molly Johnson, who is known for her eclectic sense of style, as well as her music, is undecided about the appropriate accessory for her Juno gala outfit.
For Molly Johnson and her family the Junos are a thrill, but they ultimately amount to just "Another Day.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20030404/Junos_mollyjohnson_20030402/Entertainment   (298 words)

  
 Molly Johnson: Kumbaya founder, AIDS fighter
It's totally fitting that Molly Johnson's first stop after her recent interview with SOCAN was a Toronto church, where she would rehearse songs to sing at a funeral for the relative of a musician friend.
Johnson was a key supporter of author/activist June Callwood's efforts to establish the city's first AIDS hospice, Casey House, in 1988.
Johnson was a recent performer at the Nov 29, 2004, UrbanAIDS concert in Toronto, one designed to raise awareness, funding and support for millions of women and children around the globe suffering from HIV/AIDS.
www.socan.ca /jsp/en/news_events/feature_stories/Molly.jsp   (706 words)

  
 Molly Gaston Johnson
Molly Gaston Johnson’s prints, drawings and collages deal with what it means to be a human animal, and specifically how all the instincts, social norms, and desires (material, spiritual, and otherwise) complicate that animal.
Johnson enjoyed working with students from all over the world, and found architecture students to be especially eager to engage in the physical demands of intaglio printmaking.
Johnson has been an art critic for Dialogue, a Midwest arts magazine; worked in the Corcoran Gallery of Art's Museum Education Program; and was a specialist in intergovernmental partnerships and international programs at the National Endowment for the Arts.
mysite.verizon.net /vze7aeb4/id22.html   (350 words)

  
 Chiefs - Mohawk, Molly Brant Biography - Galafilm, Montreal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mary "Molly" Brant spent 22 years of her adult life acting as housekeeper and concubine to Sir William Johnson, the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
After Johnson died in 1774, Molly and her children moved back to her home village of Canajoharie in the Mohawk Valley of New York State.
Molly Brant is typical of the difficulties in discovering facts in history regarding Native women.
www.galafilm.com /chiefs/htmlen/mohawk/sp_mollybrant.html   (382 words)

  
 Dr. Molly W. Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Dr. Johnson studied as an undergraduate at Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH, where she majored in history and German.
During her graduate studies, Dr. Johnson lived in Berlin, Germany, for three years, where she conducted research for her doctoral dissertation and taught for a study abroad program, Lexia International.
Johnson’s teaching interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and European history, European women’s history, and western civilization and world history surveys.
www.uah.edu /colleges/liberal/history/new_page_2.htm   (220 words)

  
 NashvilleRage.com: > Molly Johnson:Another Day - 06.12.03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Rather than being a testament to an industry in which "microwave music" has become the mantra, Another Day is, instead, a demonstration of how intrinsic talent, training, focus and the right blend of musicians can craft greatness seemingly by default of their collaboration.
With her touring quartet of Colleen Allen, Andrew Craig, Mike Downes and Mark McLean, Johnson channels splashes of Billie Holiday's voice, elements of Bessie Smith's honesty and splices of Cassandra Wilson-style reflection into a sound that is uniquely her own.
Johnson, a smoky-voiced jazz siren, brings new light and life to vocal jazz that is retrospective and nostalgic yet original and new, with punch that leaves sleepy-sounding lounge-style singers in her wake.
www.nashvillerage.com /music/cds/cds2003/061203-mollyjohnson.shtml   (245 words)

  
 GEM-SET
Molly Johnson has worked as an engineer in industry, has taught university physics and electrical engineering, and has worked in physics and engineering education research.
In 1997 she co-developed a weeklong summer program for middle and high-school girls that integrates a number of technical, but accessible student-centered, hands-on activities which are designed to be fun and to foster interest in further study of science, math and engineering while introducing students to science content and engineering process.
For fun Molly enjoys hiking, bicycling, rowing (crew), playing her viola in the local chamber orchestra, and hanging out with friends.
www.uic.edu /orgs/gem-set/mentors/mjohnson.htm   (295 words)

  
 Rambles: Molly Johnson, Another Day
Molly has a knack for surrounding herself with outstanding musicians ever since she burst onto Toronto's Queen Street music scene in the mid-1980s.
Molly however is a chameleon and her reinvention as a jazz standards seductress is proving to be considerably more studio-friendly.
To be fair, Molly has explored jazz throughout her varied career collaborating with the likes of Stephane Grappelli and packing Toronto clubs.
www.rambles.net /johnson_aday02.html   (425 words)

  
 Molly Brant, A Legacy of Her Own
Some people used words such as “prudent,” “delightful,” and “agreeable,” while others spoke of her as “scolding,” and “a trouble maker” with a “violent temper.” She was helpmate, partner and consort to Sir William Johnson, one of the most powerful white men in colonial America, and mother of eight of his children.
This book recognizes Molly Brant’s achievements in the face of overwhelming odds and the legacy that she left as mother, diplomat, and Mohawk matron.
MOLLY BRANT: A LEGACY OF HER OWN is published in a seven by ten inch, 144 page format.
www.johnstown.com /mollybrant.html   (308 words)

  
 Molly Johnson
Hot on the heels of Molly Johnson’s critically acclaimed, self-titled jazz recording, comes her highly anticipated new release Another Day.
Molly and her loyal fans have just 4 weeks until the June 11 release of the long-awaited follow up to Molly Johnson.
Molly, along with her band (Andrew Craig - piano, keyboards and vocals, Mark McLean - drums and percussion, Mike Downes – bass, Colleen Allen – sax, flute, clarinet, accordion and vocals), has recorded 11 new songs, several of which were composed and/or arranged by the band.
artists.emidigitalmedia.com /molly_johnson/music.html   (193 words)

  
 History
Molly has run a low-grade fever for the past day; therefore, her doctors have started her on two stronger IV antibiotics and taken blood cultures to see if there are any bacteria in her blood.
Molly is scheduled to go back to the hospital on Monday or Tuesday, April 18 or 19 for day-surgery to replace her central line with a new one and have another bone marrow aspiration test.
Molly enjoyed making a photo album and playing dress up in the playroom today and did quite a bit of walking around the 10th floor (she was eager to get out of her room when she was not hooked up to her IV pole).
www.caringbridge.org /tx/mollyjohnson/history.htm   (22385 words)

  
 The Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation: Who Was Molly Brant?
Johnson was eventually appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the province of New York, and was knighted for his efforts during the French and Indian War, 1755-1760.
Molly was obviously able to successfully transfer both power and status to her position, as she apparently dominated the Johnson household.
Molly Brant was also known as an expert herbalist, bringing her healing abilities to the household.
www.carf.info /kingstonpast/mollybrant.php   (5391 words)

  
 Smooth Jazz Now : Molly Johnson
Molly Johnson (accompanied by Andrew Craig), Liberty Silver, Eddie Bullen and Joe Sealy will perform at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts.
Vocalist Molly Johnson from the Narada Jazz label won two trophies for Composer and Musician of the Year.
Other Smooth Jazz acts included Denzal Sinclaire whose self titled album picked up Album of the year and Diana Krall was the winner of the International musician of the year even though she is a Canadian artist.
www.smoothjazznow.com /artist_molly_johnson.htm   (486 words)

  
 Molly Wilson Papers
In 1942, Molly Johnson, an Australian woman, married Robert L. Wilson, aide-de-camp to Admiral Van Hook of the 7th Fleet, at a naval base near Brisbane, Australia.
During the long wait, Molly lived in barracks near the army base, passing her time reading, writing letters, and attending a flurry of parties and events put on by the Army, Navy, and the Brides' Club.
Molly wanted to return to her job at the army base, but she learned that family friends did not want her to work.
www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/UZ/WilsonM.html   (577 words)

  
 Molly Gaston Johnson - Rights and Restrictions Information (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Artworks by Molly Gaston Johnsons related to Sepember 11, 2001 are protected by copyright during her lifetime.
Works by Molly Gaston Johnson related to September 11, 2001 are protected by copyright during her lifetime.
Johnson has stipulated that they may not be published without permission.
www.loc.gov /rr/print/res/336_john.html   (175 words)

  
 Molly Johnson
Molly Johnson is well-known on the Canadian music scene, now as a jazz and previously as a rock performer.
In the early 1990s, she was lead singer for the Juno Award winning band, the Infidels and was signed to the record label IRS Records.
MJ released her self-titled jazz album, Molly Johnson, to critical and popular acclaim in 2000.
artists.emidigitalmedia.com /molly_johnson/index.html   (206 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Johnson, Molly: Molly Johnson flies solo
Yes, Molly Johnson, the local legend in her own time, will admit it has been way, WAY, too long since her last recording.
The bottom line is that when Johnson finally became a free agent, she hooked up with Toronto producer Steven MacKinnon (Natalie Cole, Marc Jordan) after meeting him through some jingle work.
And while you could always catch Johnson singing in recital halls or jazz bars from coast to coast over the years, there was no new music on record.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/J/Johnson_Molly/2000/09/22/746388.html   (773 words)

  
 Molly Johnson
Molly is currently finishing up the next record and hopes to see you all very soon.
Bruce Cockburn, Katherine Govier, Molly Johnson, Daniel Lanois and Lori Anne Reid Michael Ondaatje, Jane Siberry and Kurt Swinghammer are all set to perform in support of keeping Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields Church open.
Molly, Trish O’Callaghan and Maria Antonakos will be appearing in a fundraiser for the Canadian Women’s Foundation at the Glenn Gould Studio.
www.mollyjohnson.com /dates.htm   (381 words)

  
 Spotlight On Molly Johnson
Molly applied to a new master's program at Boston University focusing on mental health and behavioral medicine.
Molly discovered her love of psychology with the help of Boston University's diverse curricula.
Today, Molly looks forward to training for her counseling career at the university where she learned to love the job.
www.bu.edu /admissions/discover/spotlight/spotlight76.html   (326 words)

  
 Molly Johnson - Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
From Rolling Stone (France), to the Olympia in Paris, to the popular New Morning Show; the people of France have embraced Molly Johnson with growing affection since she released her latest disc Another Day to European markets there last year.
With plans to return and tour Europe in 2006, Molly will bring her sultry combination of jazz and soulful pop to an ever growing and appreciative following.
The youngest member of the talented Johnson family, she shares her creative genes with her brother, actor/director Clark (S.W.A.T., NBC's Homicide: Life On The Streets, The Shield), and her sister Taborah, who also sings, theaches and appears regularly on Television and her own Radio show.
www.jazzcanadiana.on.ca /pro_m_johnson.htm   (797 words)

  
 Brock Press - Molly Johnson does the jazz thing
Johnson’s friends often come to the conclusion that she is writing about them, but she claimed this has caused a lot of them to straighten out their lives.
Right now, Johnson said she is taming down a bit after finishing up with the jazz festival season.
Molly Johnson is performing with the Grey Quartet at Brock’s Centre for the Arts on Thursday, Nov. 9.
www.brockpress.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=0f9b5ca3-8851-4d0c-942e-efd49c3511ce   (558 words)

  
 Innerspace - Woman Spirit - Molly Brant - Mohawk
Johnson was clearly quite taken with Molly for, by the time she was 23, she had moved into his home and was fulfilling all the duties of wife, political consort, and hostess of his considerable estate.
Some accounts hold that Molly and Johnson were married in Native tradition, but it is established that they were never married in a white ceremony.
Molly Brant's life, and her influence over events of her time, are indeed legendary.
www.meyna.com /mohawk3.html   (616 words)

  
 Molly Johnson - TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival
Attired in a pink dress, Johnson hit the stage to thunderous applause and settled in for a night of music and laughter, provided by Johnson herself with her short explanations and ad libs between each song.
Johnson told the audience of her days in France and hanging out in Avignon, France.
To her delight and ours, she recounted the tale of an Amish girl loving every minute of it, and how her pianist wrote some of the songs for her new album (which she confided is taking time but will be done soon).
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=22269   (455 words)

  
 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards
Her talents have led to collaborations, as both singer and songwriter, with internationally acclaimed artists as well as local friends and heroes.
Molly Johnson has rocked standing-room only audiences in nightclubs and bars from coast-to-coast as a pop artist, seduced the patrons of salons and lounges with her luscious interpretations of jazz and blues standards and even regaled royalty with her unique and charming presence.
However, Molly's most prized accomplishment to date is being a good mother to her two children.
www.smoothjazznow.com /csja_molly_johnson.htm   (136 words)

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