Johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand Milhaud's and Gershwin's experiments.

约翰逊是一位严肃的音乐家，在爵士乐、蓝调、灵歌和流行音乐方面比大多数古典作曲家更有经验，他特别适合扩展米沃德和格什温的实验。