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John Shifflett
John Shifflett taught Jazz Studies and directed big bands at the University of Iowa while attending graduate school. He has done countless studio sessions ranging from radio and TV jingles to jazz and country and pop recordings. He has performed with a variety of show business acts, including Frankie Avalon, Mel Tormé, George Burns, Jerry Lewis, the Smothers Brothers, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Dinah Shore, and Dionne Warwick. He has appeared with the San José Civic Opera and the San José Pops Orchestra. His primary focus, however, has always been jazz. He has performed with jazz greats Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ernie Watts, John Zorn, Kurt Elling, Norma Winstone, and Bobby Hutcherson. Shifflett performs locally with Smith Dobson, the Paul Nagel Trio, Harvey Wainapel, Anton Schwartz, Ann Dyer, Eric Crystal, Ray Brown's Great Big Band, Peter Apfelbaum's Sextet, and many others.
