John McLellan (musician)

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John McLellan (* 1968 in San Juan , Puerto Rico ) is an American jazz - drummer , who is also active in the improvised music.

Live and act

McLellan grew up in Massachusetts and worked since the 1990s a. a. with Joe Maneri , Roswell Rudd , Bern Nix , Roy Campbell , William Parker , Ken Vandermark , Denman Maroney , Ben Monder and in the Either / Orchestra . During this time he also took part in recordings of Pandelis Karayorgis , Mat Maneri ( Pentagon , 2005), Charlie Kohlhase and John McPhee (duo album Grand Marquis , Boxholder , 1999). In the 2000s he played in the Trio Caveat (with James Ilgenfritz and Jonathan Moritz ), Jeff Platz / Blaise Siwula (with whom he appeared at the Münster International Jazz Festival), Nobu Stowe , Mike Pride and in The ERA (with Chris Welcome, among others , Shayna Dulberger , Jonathan Moritz, Marcus Cummins and Ryan Snow). In the field of jazz he was involved in 24 recording sessions between 1994 and 2012.

Discographic notes

  • Trio Caveat: An All Too Brief Silence Which Speaks Untold Volumes (2005)
  • Trio Caveat: Compliments of the Season (2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 24, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME McLellan, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLellan, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan (Puerto Rico)