Recent recording credits include every work by Steve Reich since The Cave, including City Life, Proverb, Nagoya Marimbas as well as new recordings of Music for 18 Musicians, New York Counterpoint, Four Organs and Eight Lines. He has recorded Dexter Gordon, James Moody, Woody Shaw, Gil Evans' Orchestra, Big Mama Thornton, The Brooklyn Philharmonic, DNA, Julius Baker, Richard Goode, Richard Stolzman, The Empire Brass Quintet, the American Brass Quintet and Ervin Nyiregyhazi to name just a few.
He was resident composer for Pooh Kaye's Eccentric Motions Dance Company from 1983 to 1994, and provided scores for many pieces, as well as Ms. Kaye's films Sticks on the Move, House of Floating Paper, Swept Up, Wake Up Call and The Painted Princess. More recently, he was composer, behind-the-scenes performer and musical director for Len Jenkin's Dream Express.
John has served as Manager and Chief Engineer of the Recording Division of Masque Sound & Recording since 1986. The Recording Division's studio is a production facility specializing in sound effects, voice-overs and music editing for theater, film dance and multimedia. For more information about the studio, visit the Masque Sound Studio Page.