At the age of 13, John played his first jazz festival performing with his father's band, Rosie O'grady's Goodtime Jazz Band from Orlando, Fla. One of the best trombonists anywhere, John's father Bill played an important part in John's early development. After high school, John moved to Southern California to work with a young Dixie band, the Jazz Minors, at Disneyland in Anaheim.

While living in Long Beach, Ca. he became very active in the music scene. Apart from John's interest in traditional jazz, he ventured into other musical styles. As a regular member of Dave Wells' Trombone City and recording with the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop, John's versatility allowed him many opportunities to perform with big bands and Broadway shows in addition to Dixieland bands.

In 1986, John returned to Florida to work closer to his father. It was not too long before John was considered first call for many bands and shows. In 1987 he enthusiastically accepted an offer to join the Woody Herman Young Thundering Herd as a featured soloist. While with the Herd, John worked with some of the biggest names in the business like Clark Terry, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett, and Rosemary Clooney, to name a few. He played hundreds of clubs and concerts across the United States including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.

Following his travels with Woody Herman, John returned to Orlando to persue other musical objectives. He performed with his father at many jazz festivals as a duo and also in Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band, as well as making solo guest appearances. In 1990 he accepted a spot, on euphonium, with the famed Mattison-Phillips Tuba-Jazz Consort alongside jazz legend, Rich Matteson. This group, organized in 1976 and co-lead by famous tubist Harvey Phillips, recorded two albums and toured Australia and Switzerland.

In 1993, after the untimely passing of Mattison, the ensemble reorganized as the Matteson-Phillips Tuba-Jazz Consort Featuring John Allred. The group plans to record a new album and continue performing clinics and concerts in the spirit of Rich Matteson. Pardon Our Dust, a CD of John and Rich performing together (on euphoniums) along with Louie Bellson, Jack Petersen, Shelly Berg, and Lou Fischer is available on Four Leaf Records.

In 1993 John stepped out on his own, releasing his first solo album, In The Beginning... on Arbors Records. He has also recorded two CDs in Switzerland with Marc Jundt's Kalibula Band. His newest release, a CD called Focused (on AppleJazz Records) features John Allred at his absolute finest with an astounding group of young musicians. He has many recording projects in the making including a duet album with his father.

Now freelancing out of Orlando and moving soon to New York City, John is making his mark on the international jazz scene. Traveling all over the United States, Europe, Japan, and China, John has played with such names as Warren Vache, Allan Vache, Ken Peplowski, Jake Hanna, Byron Stripling, Snooky Young, Ralph Sutton, Dan Barrett, Howard Alden, Major Holley, Ray Charles, Johnny Mathis, Randy Sandke, Don Menza, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Morrow, Red Rodney, Ira Sullivan, Dick Hyman, Milt Hinton, Bob Haggart, and many more.

John is a UMI (United Musical Instruments) artist and is available for clinics, concerts, recording work and guest appearances.

For inquiries, please contact:

John Allred
637 W. Princeton St. #2
Orlando, Fl 32804
phone or fax (407) 872-7453, or email: jred62@aol.com

AppleJazz Records
10825 Wheaton Court
Orlando, FL 32821
toll-free phone 1-888-241-2464
web site: applejazz.com
email: applejazz@earthlink.net