John Shifflett

John Shifflett’s creative musicality, strong energy and rock-solid sense of time make him
a staple of the Bay Area jazz scene. Now a San Jose resident, he pursued graduate studies in music at the the University of Iowa, where he also taught Jazz Studies and directed big bands. He has done countless studio sessions ranging from radio and TV jingles to country and pop recordings–but his primary focus has always been jazz. He has performed with a long list of jazz artists, including Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ernie Watts, Red Holloway, Tom Harrell, Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land, and saxophonist Bill Evans. In the Bay Area he has performed and recorded extensively with such diverse artists as Boz Scaggs, Smith Dobson, Harvey Wainapel, Peter Apfelbaum, Will Bernard, and Ann Dyer.