Mike Johnston
Host, Destination OutMike Johnston is the host of 'Destination Out,' which airs each Sunday evening at 11pm. Mike also teaches music history courses at Delta College and Mid Michigan Community College.
Mike is a community volunteer who first started at WCMU in August, 1987. He is also the bassist with Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods Improvisers, a role he has held since 1976. He was raised in Traverse City and holds an MFA degree in Art / Photography. Mike also wrote for the Jazz Magazine from 1981 to 1999.
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On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features music by Randy Weston, including some new releases from some 1980s festival performances in Europe. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features some works by drummer Billy Hart, along with other artists such as pianist McCoy Tyner, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Billy Harper. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features recordings of three pioneering bebop piano players from the late 40s and early 50s: Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Herbie Nichols. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features the work of Jimmy Lyons, a great Alto saxophonist that passed away in the 80s. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston celebrates the WCMU spring fundraiser, and plays a wide variety of artists including John Coltrane, Roswell Rudd, Eddie Gale, and more. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features a variety of music from bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik from the late 50s into the 60s. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features a new release from Cecil Taylor New Unit. "The Last Bandstand", the last live concert that Cecil Taylor ever performed. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features the Keith Jarrett Trio, specifically highlighting recordings done at The Blue Note Club in 1994. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features a solo bass album by Charlie Haden released last fall, containing previously unreleased recordings. -
On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features Hugh Abdullah Rashid Brodie, a tenor saxophonist that recorded very little in his lifetime, featured for the very first time on the show.
