Marc Johnson has been played on NTS in shows including Life on Planet X, featured first on 18 August 2017. Songs played include Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair, Hippityville and Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair.

As a virtuoso bassist, versatile composer, and acclaimed bandleader, Marc Johnson has been a major innovator on the jazz scene for the past two decades.

Born in Nebraska in 1953, Johnson took up bass at the age of 16, having already studied piano and cello. While completing his formal education in the celebrated music program at the University of North Texas, at age…