Performed with:
- Sol Yaged
- Max Kaminsky
- Jimmy McPartland
- Wild Bill Davison
- Maxine Sullivan
- Cab Calloway
- Barbara Lea
- Woody Allen
Clubs List:
- Red Blazer Too
- West End Cafe
- Eddie Condon's
- Jimmy Ryan's
- Michael's Pub
- The Cajun
Member:
Sol Yaged's Swing All Stars
Canal Street Jazz Band
Williams Reunion Jazz Band
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John Halsey grew up in
Bridgeport, Connecticut and graduated from Williams College
where, according to The New York Times critic John S.
Wilson, "he majored in Dixieland jazz." After military
service he did graduate work at Columbia University, earning
an Ed.D. in Philosophy of Education; but everywhere he went
he ended up in a jazz band, and in 1974 became a full-time
professional musician.
For the past two decades,
John has been actively engaged in the NYC area. In addition
to his steady job at The Cajun, he's in great demand
as a solo pianist, an accompanist to vocalists, or as leader
of his own combo. When not out gigging, John can be found
teaching Jazz History at the New School, or coaching piano
students and vocalists.
To every engagement he
brings the same guiding philosophy:
"The music should reach the
people, and it should swing."
(If you scroll down past the address stuff, you'll see a few pics of me in action...)
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