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John Bacon

Born: January 28, 1963

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

John Bacon / Michael McNeill / Danny Ziemann: Refractions

by Nicholas F. Mondello
May 16, 2020

The Thelonious Monk canon has proved to be fertile ground for jazz musicians' explorations. The reasons range from a sincere and deep appreciation of Monk's melodic and harmonic approaches to a sort of a quirky fascination with the eccentricity of some of Monk's off-center sounds. Pianist Michael McNeill's trio effort, Refractions, is less a hagiography of ...