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Phillip Johnston (born January 22, 1955) is an American saxophonist, composer, and author. He came to prominence in the 1980s as co-founder of The Microscopic Septet and went on to write extensively for films, particularly new scores for classic silent films from the early 20th Century.
Learn how Philip Johnston, a former missionary and Navajo interpreter, created a code based on the Navajo language to help the U.S. Marines in World War II. See the dictionary and examples of the code and its impact on the war.
“Saxophonist/composer Phillip Johnston’s music embodies all that’s good about jazz. It’s honest, original, and inspired, above and beyond the typical. It’s also some of the very smartest and best-humored music to have found a home under the jazz banner.”
Philip Johnston (September 14, 1892, in Topeka, Kansas – September 11, 1978, in San Diego, California) was an American civil engineer who is credited with proposing the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Feb 5, 2022 · Learn how Philip Johnston, a non-Navajo who spoke their language, created the unbreakable code for the Marines in WWII. Discover the story of the Navajo Marines who saved countless lives and received recognition decades later.
Phillip Johnston is a saxophonist, composer and arranger of both jazz and new music, Phillip has been a significant figure in the underground music scene of New York’s downtown since the beginning of the 1980s.
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Feb 21, 2019 · Philip Johnston's Idea. The son of a Protestant missionary, Philip Johnston spent much of his childhood on the Navajo reservation. He grew up with Navajo children, learning their language and their customs.
