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What's NewJune 2008 Mike Turk (harmonica) has just released a new CD
featuring Marshall Wood (acoustic bass) and Jon (six and seven string
guitar). The CD is available from
CDbaby.com. Here's a clip from Mike's Master Classes, where John conducted an internet class on "Getting Creative with Standard Tunes" September 2007 Jazz Times reviewed Dick Johnson's latest CD "Star Dust and Beyond: A Tribute To Artie Shaw", in which Jon gets an honorable mention: "Johnson finds himself in a peculiar position. He's been around the big band scene for half a century, yet this marks the first big band recording of his own. The distinction lies in the title, Star Dust and Beyond. Since 1983, when Artie Shaw asked Johnson to lead the reorganized Shaw band, Johnson has been fronting a band and book not of his own choosing. Not quite a ghost band, Johnson's was still spreading the Shaw gospel. This album is virtually a new sound. The only link to the Shaw cachet is "Star Dust," where many many of the familiar licks appear in a new guise, plus some hints on "In The Still Of The Night," "Grabtown Grapple," and "Anniversary Song." Versatile arranger Bob Friedman has taken the band into the beyond. With the help of lead trumpeter Jay Daly and fine soloists like trombonist Chris Oberholtzer, guitarist Jon Wheatley, pianist Paul Odeh and flugelhornist Kerry McKillop, the band will have its own personality as long as the amazing Johnson continues to sound like a swinger half his 82 years." January 2007
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