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Biography
John M Shifflett (January 1, 1953 – April 27, 2017) was an American Jazz musician, player of the Double bass and also an arranger, and educator, with his last teaching job at San Jose State University.
John Shifflett was born in in Dubuque, Iowa, attended High-School at Dubuque where he already played the bass (see at Sing Out Dubuque, John Shifflett playing his own composition on bass, January 8th 1971), and graduated in 1982 from Iowa University. While at Iowa State, John was it's big band and it's jazz combo bass player, appearing at festivals such as the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festivals in April 1979 and in March 1980.
John moved from Iowa to San Jose in 1987, as his wife Bethany was offered a professorship at San Jose State University.
John played in several notable acts, including Frankie Avalon, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the American Musical Theatre of San Jose, Dinah Shore, Mel Torme, Jerry Lewis, Dionne Warwick and the Smothers Brothers. According to his bio by OA2 Records and his San Jose State University profile, John Shifflett performed and recorded with key jazz artists such as Dave Liebman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Red Holloway, Ernie Watts, John Zorn, Kim Richmond, Madeleine Peyroux, Kurt Elling, Norma Winstone, Boz Scaggs, Tom Harrell, Bobby Hutcherson, John Stowell, Harold Land and Kendra Shank. In the San Francisco Bay Area, John played with Christian Tamburr, Aaron Lington, Paul Tynan, Shay Salhov, Myra Melford, Eric Crystal, Mike Zilber, Scott Amendola, the Taylor Eigsti Trio, the Paul Nagel Trio, the Dave MacNab Trio, Ann Dyer & No Good Time Fairies, the Will Bernard Quartet, Anton Schwartz, Ray Brown's Great Big Band, Ben Goldberg, Tim Volpicella, Jason Lewis, Scott Barnhill, Aaron Wolf and Tim Lin.
Discography
With Anton Schwartz Collective
- 2014: Flash Mob Double bass
With Audrey Martin
- 2014: Living Room Double bass
With Gabriela Mendes
- 2012: Um Renovo Musical Double bass
With Jim Norton Collective
- 2013: TIME REMEMBERED: COMPOSITIONS OF BILL EVANS Double bass
With John Stowell/Michael Zilber
- 2015: Basement Blues Double bass
- 2012: Live Beauty Double bass
- 2009: SHOT THROUGH WITH BEAUTY Double bass
With Juliet Green
- 2014: Think About That Double bass
- 2003: Simple Double bass
With Larry Dunlap
- 2002: Fly With My Love Double bass
With Kristen Strom
With Aaron Lington Quintet
- 2005: Cape Breton Double bass
With Laurie Antonioli
- 2013: SONGS OF SHADOW, SONGS OF LIGHT Double bass
With Michael Zilber
- 2010: BILLY COLLINS PROJECT: ELEVEN ON TURNING TEN Double bass
With Michael Zilber and Dave Liebman
- 2003: Live At The Jazzschool Double bass
With Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington
- 2010: BICOASTAL COLLECTIVE: CHAPTER TWO Double bass
- 2009: BICOASTAL COLLECTIVE: CHAPTER ONE Double bass
With Patrick Cress' Telepathy
- 2005: Meditation, Realization Double bass
With Sandra Marlowe
- 2016: A Sweet Wind Double bass
- 2012: True Blue Double bass
With Scott Sorkin
With Thomas G. Leslie/ UNLV Wind Orchestra
- 2013: Lost Vegas Double bass