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JOHN L. WORLEY JR. is a musician,
composer, owner of Dancing Sumo Records and jazz educator and has been a member
in many of the Bay Area’s creative music ensembles.
Being adept at a multitude
of styles, John has played with many national and international artists in
Canada, Europe, Central and North America.
His recording and performance credits
include:
Carla Bley/Steve Swallow Big Band and The Jon Jang Seven at the 2005
Monterey Jazz Festival, debut performance of WorlView at the 2004 San Jose Jazz
Festival, San Jose Jazz Orchestra with Steve Turre, 2003 and 2004 West Coast
tours with Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo, The San Jose Jazz Orchestra featuring
Jimmy Heath at the 2003 San Jose Jazz Festival, Maria Schneider and Ingrid
Jensen at the San Francisco Jazz Festival’s “Women In Jazz” concert series, Don
Byron at the Monterey Jazz Festival 2002, Stanley Clarke at Yoshi’s, Sam Rivers
Big Band at the 2001 Stanford Jazz Workshop, Wayne Shorter Sextet and the
Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra at the 2000 Monterey Jazz Festival,
Richie Cole and the Alto Madness Orchestra at the 2000 TCI San Jose Jazz
Festival, Boz Scaggs 2000 Blues Revue, Asian American Orchestra at the 1999
Chicago and Monterey Jazz Festivals, 1998 Monterey Jazz Festival’s tribute to
Bobby Hutchinson with McCoy Tyner, Rebeca Mauleon and Round Trip. Wayne Wallace
and Rhythm and Rhyme, Louie Bellson, Joe Henderson Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie,
Woody Herman, Quincy Jones, Pete Escovedo, Brilliant Corners Tentet, Jon Jang
and the Pan-Asian Arkestra, Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra and the Turtle
Island String Quartet.
John’s debut CD “WorlView” was released in 2003. John also produced
Sebastien Lanson’s debut
recording also on Dancing Sumo Records, “In Transistion” in 2004.
John currently teaches privately and coaching sesions at Hope Street Studios and
at West Valley Music located in Mountain View, CA. He is a coach and instructor
at the Jazz Goes To College summer workshops, Smith Dobson Youth Jazz Festival,
In -School workshops run by the San Jose Jazz Society and a member of their
Musicians Advisory Board.
John also is a clinician for Bach Stradivarius
Trumpets, member of Musicians Union Locals 6 and 153, BMI and the International
Trumpet Guild.
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Currently, John is playing on:
Bb Trumpet
72/43 Lightweight ML Stradivarius
NY Bach Strad Medium Bore 7 Bell 7 Leadpipe
Black^Hill 1 1/2S w/ #1 Backbore Mouthpiece
Flugelhorn
Kanstul Custom Class
Kanstul Signature 1525 Copper Bell
Bob
Reeves Custom Mouthpiece
Cornet
Leblanc Medium Bore
B&S
3B & Bach 3C Mouthpieces
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Piccolo
Yamaha Custom
Bob Reeves Custom Mouthpiece
D Trumpet
Yamaha YTR751
Black^Hill 1 1/2S w/ #3 Backbore Mouthpiece
B&S
post horn
Benge Mello 6 mouthpiece
Benge Herald Trumpet
Black^Hill 1 & 1/2 C w/ #4 BB |