The legal and business savvy of Mr. Johnson is well established, he holds a JD/MBA from Georgetown and Mr. Johnson’s company, Three Keys Music, secured substantial private equity investments from billionaire BET founder Bob Johnson. This solid corporate partnership has led Mr. Johnson to build the most dynamic jazz label in the region. Mr. Johnson also started the first Silver Spring Jazz Festival in 2005 and has collaborated with dozens of artists on ventures conceived and executed by Three Keys Music.
As a musical genius, gifted writer and music arranger, Johnson is following in the footsteps of other Power Source musical prodigies Quincy Jones and Wynton Marsalis. Johnson recently rang in the new year with a remarkable performance on New Year’s Eve at the W Hotel Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Johnson epitomize the fruitful climate in the nation’s capital in a new normal, newly discovered ambitions, new challenges, and a new year.