Green Street
Whaling City Sound has reissued John's fabulous 1999 recording, Green Street, which features John along with Ken Clark on Hammond organ, Dave Hurst on drums, and special guest David "Fathead" Newman on reeds. Green Street has been remixed, remastered, and there are 2 bonus tracks, along with extra liner notes and pictures.
Big News!
John has just spent 3 days in the studio recording a new CD. The name of the CD will be encounterpoint, and it features musicians from across the globe: John on guitar from Boston; Koichi Sato on keyboards from Japan; John Lockwood on bass from South Africa; and Zé Eduardo Nazario on drums from Brasil. encounterpoint will be released in August 2008. Watch this space for updates.
Video is Here!!!
Concert footage from last November's performance at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, filmed by Peter Coulis for broadcast on cable TV is now here! We also have concert footage from last May in Pouso Alegre, Brasil, and a couple of movies from our appearance on Brasilian TV. Click on the Video link to watch all the clips!
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.
