Biography
JOHN L. WORLEY JR. is an accomplished trumpet/flugelhorn/post-horn artist and leader of the band, Mo-Chi Ensemble.
John is also an engaging and accomplished educator who teaches with enthusiasm, humor, and insight to a wide range of ages, experience levels, and proficiencies. John has played in many of the San Francisco Bay Area's creative music ensembles, as well as on over 70 recordings and videos. Being adept at a multitude of styles, John has played with and backed up national and international artists in North America, Europe, and Central America such as Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Don Byron, Wayne Shorter with the Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow Big Band, Wayne Wallace, Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo, Lunar Octet, Anat Cohen, Clairdee, Jamie Davis, Sam Rivers Big Band, Jon Jang and the Pan Asian Arkestra, James Brown, Lila Downs, Asian American Orchestra, Dave Pell Octet, Pete Escovedo Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sheila E, Malo, Stanley Clarke, Cab Calloway, Kenny Rankin, TPTS led by trumpeter Mike Vax, Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, Woody Herman, Louie Bellson, Dizzy Gillespie, Maria Schneider, Earl "Fatha" Hines and many more....... John's projects, WorlView, Bari Bari, and the Mo-Chi Quartet have participated in several music series and festivals, including the San Jose Jazz Summerfest and Winterfest, Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz Project in Bellingham, WA, SF Jazz “Hotplate” and "Clock Tower" series, Stanford Jazz Festival, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Pacifica Performances series, the “Jazz Katsu” fundraiser for tsunami aid in Japan, Yoshi’s Night Club, Intersection For The Arts, and the Sonoma Jazz Festival. John is a member of the music faculty at: Stanford University in Stanford, CA; Santa Clara University and at Hope St. Music Studios in Mountain View, CA. He is a member of San Jose Jazz, BMI, American Federation of Musicians Local 6 and the International Trumpet Guild. In 2013, John was included in David Hickman’s book, Trumpet Greats, a biography of 2,200 trumpet players from the year 1600 to the present. John was a recipient of San Jose Jazz 2024 Jazz Aid Fund for his composition "Yosano". Worlview, John's debut CD, was released in 2003 on his label, Dancing Sumo Records. Naivasha, John's second CD was released on November 15th, his 60th birthday on Dancing Sumo Records. He also produced jazz guitarist Sebastien Lanson's debut recording, In Transition, on Dancing Sumo Records in 2004. John is a Yamaha Performing Artist and plays Yamaha YTR9335NYS Gen 1 & 2, YTR 751, YTR 9825 trumpets and YFL8315GS flugelhorn. |
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