Kris Johnson

Kris Johnson is an empathetic, intelligent, and efficient trumpeter, composer, arranger, film scorer, and educator based in Detroit, Michigan. Kris’s professional career is expansive for an artist so young, including: playing in and arranging for the renowned Count Basie Orchestra; composing several musicals, including “Jim Crow’s Tears” and “Hastings Street: The Musical”; scoring films, such as the Emmy-nominated web series “King Ester”; producing successful personal projects, such as his #looptherapy album and his Kris Johnson Big Band YouTube series.