DESCRIPTION: Kris Johnson is a trumpet player, an educator and a traveling man all powered by the passion of music. Not only has he been a member of the Count Basie Orchestra for the past 8 years, he is also the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Utah and has his own on band called the Kris Johnson Group. To say the least, he's a busy man. In this installment of Theorematic, Kris breaks down the formula to his music; passion, purpose with the the trumpet being his main variable. So listen, learn and take in the sounds of the hypnotic effects of the brass.