Becoming a musician is an organic process, a matter of natural growth over one's lifetime. If you love the process, you keep doing it. If you keep doing it, you keep getting better at it. The fact is, I love the challenge of trying to play some little tune better, the challenge of hearing music and understanding what I hear better, the challenge of making little black dots on a piece of paper blossom into sound.

I love to compose music that is both sophisticated and accessible, music that I put in front of a good player and that person can do great things with it almost without effort. The key for me, when it comes to what makes something musical and attractive, is interactivity and communication. I hope my music is able to demonstrate my moods and feelings, and I hope it inspires people to experience their own moods and feelings.

Hi Fly

In September Whaling City Sound released John's new recording Hi Fly. It contains 5 of John's swinging and sophisticated compositions, plus imaginative re-conceptions of 5 standard tunes. Hi Fly is a follow-up to 2010's successful quartet CDRaising The Roof. Along with John's graceful guitar, the album features virtuosic contributions from Jake Sherman on piano and Hammond organ; John Lockwood on bass; and Zé Eduardo Nazario on drums.


We will be doing several CD Release Concerts: Ryles Jazz Club,Saturday, November 12 at 9 pm, 212 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA, 617-876-9330; Wamsutta Club, Friday, November 18 at 8 pm, 427 County Street, New Bedford, MA, 508-992-6613. And on Wednesday, November 16, from noon to 1 pm we will perform at theBrown Bag Concert Series,Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester, MA. It will be broadcast live on WICN radio, 90.5fm. Click on the Hi Fly link to check the new recording out!