John Doheny

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John Doheny
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John Doheny at the Vancouver Jazz Festival '07. Photo by Raquel Dennett
Background information
Born (1953-12-17) December 17, 1953 (age 70)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres Jazz
Instrument(s) Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet

John Steven "Pip" Doheny (born 17 December 1953) is a jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader.

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Born in Seattle, Washington, Doheny studied with Canadian saxophonist and bandleader Fraser MacPherson, whom he credits as a major influence. He spent his early career in the 1970s primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, playing in local rhythm and blues bands and strip clubs, as well as spending large parts of each year on road trips to taverns throughout rural British Columbia and Alberta. By the late 1970s and into the mid 1980s he was appearing as a sideman with artists such as Albert Collins, Doug and the Slugs, the Coasters, the Platters, the Temptations, and Buddy Knox. In the late 1980s he relocated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and then New York City, working with the bands of Lloyd Williams, Solomon Burke, Danny B, and Kenny Margolis. The 1990s saw Doheny touring and studio work, both with jazz ensembles and pop groups, including Bell Biv Devoe.

He released his first CD as a leader, One Up, Two Back, [1] in 2002, featuring his band the John Doheny Quintet, and vocalist Colleen Savage. In 2003 he moved to New Orleans to pursue a master's degree in jazz history at Tulane University. Doheny also plays flute, clarinet, and alto saxophone.

Doheny is a jazz historian, holding an MA in Jazz History from Tulane University, as well as a bachelor's in music and a bachelor's in education from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He has written articles on Jelly Roll Morton and published in Tulane's Jazz Archivist. He has transcribed the music of Charles Mingus from audio form into written musical scores. These scores were adapted to a series of performances, Mingus Mania, parts of which appeared on the Bravo television network in the early 1990s as musical interludes. Doheny also composed and performed source music for the soundtrack for the 1998 Bruce Sweeney film Dirty , as well as appearing with his band in the 1997 Brian Dennehy TV movie A Father's Betrayal .

Doheny lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, [2] and is an advocate for the rebuilding of New Orleans to its original form, history, and traditions.

Discography

As leader

The Real Cool Killers: Parades and Saints-Independent − 2010

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John Doheny presents The Professors of Pleasure, Volume Two-Independent − 2010

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John Doheny and The Professors of Pleasure: Tulane University Faculty Quintet − Independent 2007

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One Up, Two Back - JDQ Records CD618551 − 2002

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Appears on the following recordings

Original compositions, "If I Only Had A Brain" and "Uncle Jim's Blues", to the soundtrack of the 1998 Bruce Sweeney film Dirty.

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References

  1. ↑ "One Up, Two Back - John Doheny Jazz". www.johndoheny.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ↑ Jazz, All About (2020-05-27). "John Doheny Musician - All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
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