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John Bacon

Born:

Dr. John Bacon

 

John Bacon, drummer, percussionist and composer, is one of the most sought after musicians in the Western New York region and regularly collaborates with the top musicians in the area. He is the leader of several projects including the bands JBQ, Star People and The Morgan Street Stompers.  He is a collaborator in the Buffalo Jazz Composers Workshop. He teaches percussion and Jazz at SUNY Fredonia, percussion at UB and maintains a home teaching studio. He holds a PhD in Music Composition from SUNY at Buffalo and a MM in Percussion Performance from Fredonia

Album

Revolution Blues

Label: Jazz Dimensions Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Shadows; Goodbye; Gumbo Necessity; Dedication Samba; Revolution Blues I; Revolution Blues II; Revolution Blues III; Revolution Blues IV; Revolution Blues V; Twelve Two

Album

Refractions

Label: Jazz Dimensions
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ugly Beauty; Hackensack; Light Blue; Reflections; Let's Cool One; Monk's Mood; Straight, No Chaser.

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Article: Year in Review

Budd Kopman's Best Releases of 2016

Read "Budd Kopman's Best Releases of 2016" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Of the seventy or so albums I was fortunate to review this year (with many still waiting in the wings), the releases below (in chronological order) are those that moved me the most and hence that I remember the clearest, even after a year. The quality of the music is uniformly high, and leaving something off ...

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Article: Album Review

resAUnance: Migration

Read "Migration" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Highly emotional and ravishingly beautiful, Migration is a feast for the ears and heart. Performed by resAUnance, a cooperative quartet, which began as a trio comprised of vibraphonist/percussionist John Bacon, vocalist Esin Gündüz, pianist Michael McNeill with electric cellist Jonathan Golove added later, this combination of unique instrumentation and innovative musicians has created an astonishing multipart ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Michael McNeill With Drew Gress & Phil Haynes Tonight In Brooklyn

Michael McNeill With Drew Gress & Phil Haynes Tonight In Brooklyn

Michael McNeill’s trio with the bassist Drew Gress and the drummer Phil Haynes explores the pianist’s original compositions, which range from lyrical ballads, to hard-driving jazz, to avant-garde soundscapes. Gress and Haynes are a seasoned rhythm team — their collaboration goes back nearly three decades, and they appear together on some 18 albums — and with ...

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News: Event

Tonight: "Phantom Of The Opera" & Members Of The New Buffalo Jazz Octet

Tonight: "Phantom Of The Opera" & Members Of The New Buffalo Jazz Octet

A little over a year ago saxophonist Kelly Bucheger and I talked about starting an octet to play some of our original jazz music. The musicians we gathered into the New Buffalo Jazz Octet were: tenor/soprano saxophonist Nelson Rivera, baritone saxophonist Steve Baczkowksi, trumpeter Tim Clarke, trombonist Phil Sims, bassist Dave Arenius, and drummer John Bacon. ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Michael McNeill

Read "Take Five With Michael McNeill" reviewed by Michael McNeill


Meet Michael McNeill: Michael McNeill has become an integral part of Buffalo, NY's thriving jazz and improvised music scene, performing with bands led by Kelly Bucheger and Ravi Padmanabha, and co-leading a quartet with John Bacon. He's also collaborated with trumpet legend Paul Smoker on projects of standards and of original compositions. McNeill also ...

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Article: Highly Opinionated

Roswell Rudd: The Musical Magus Turns 75

Read "Roswell Rudd: The Musical Magus Turns 75" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


"Years ago it would have seemed an impossible dream to get to record with this musical magus, but here we are... and what a thrill!" class="f-right">--Charlie Kohlhase, From liner notes to Eventuality: The Charlie Kohlhase Quintet Plays the Music of Roswell Rudd (Nada, 2001) I see him suddenly as if in a ...


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