Born in Braila on December 1st 1931, Johnny Raducanu comes from a family with a long musical tradition dating back to the 17th century.
His musical career started with playing the upright bass at the age of 19.
Among his countless colaborations outside Romania were Art Farmer (trumpet), Slide Hampton (trombon) as well as Fredrich Gulda (piano) and Guido Manusardi (piano).

In 1987 Johnny received an Honorary membership to the "Louis Armstrong" Academy in New Orleans. He is the founder of the Romanian Jazz school, and during a musical career spanning over half a century, Johnny discoverd, nurtured, and trained several generations of Romanian Jazz musicians. Leonard Feather named him "Mr Jazz of Romania". Johnny Raducanu is the President of Romanian Jazz Federation.

Selected Discography:

• "Jazz Made in Romania/Johnny Raducanu and Teodora Enache Live in San Francisco", Mediaround, USA, 2002.
• "Jazz Behind the Carpathians: Johnny Raducanu meets Tedora Enache", Green Records, 1999
• "Johnny and His Friends", 1998
• "Impresii", 1981.