About
Originally from Yorkshire, England, John Dyson is currently looking to form or join a band. John is looking for some long-term collaborators with similar interests.
John has for the past year working on tone, and learning to play tunes off by heart without music. John plays a Yanagisawa alto, with a Ken Okutsu Mouthpiece a Winslow Ligature and D’Addario reeds.
John plays mostly Standards and Jazz Standards. John has learned a few tunes by Marion Brown and Abdullah Ibrahim. John has also written a few tunes. You can download John's "The Polar Bear" and "Election Blues" using the links.
A few years back John Dyson had two or three lessons with alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, and more recently John has been taking lessons with Max Bessesen. John also plays in the monday night rehersal band at the New York Jazz Academy.
BIO
John was born in Yorkshire, England. His dad was a clerk at a coal mine and his mother a housewife, His dad mostly listened to classical music on the radio. But his dad did let John stay up late Sunday night’s and listen to a jazz program that was hosted by Humphrey Lyttleton. Lyttleton himself, was a trumpet player and on the program, he played music by Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, and Coleman Hawkins.
In College John mostly listened to British Rock Bands but he also he heard more Jazz on record. Including Mingus, Dolphy, and Ornette Coleman.
in 1979 John moved to New York where he saw a lot of music in person. In clubs John saw alto saxophonists Marion Brown, Julius Hemphill, and Arthur Blythe. in a local bar John saw Amina Myers, Jackie Byard and Dakota Staton.
John currently lives in Lefferts Manor, Brooklyn, New York.
Calendar
6/18/2023 – 8pm, Silvana 300 W 116th Street, NYCJA jazz ensemble
Daniel Bennett – Alto Saxophone (Leader)
Mark Mishken – Bass
Phillip Lee – Alto Saxophone
Michael Lora – Drums
Bruno Regaldo – Piano
John Dyson - Alto Saxophone
Contact
Contact by phone or email or use the contact form.
Email:
johndyson@johndyson.com
Call:
347 374 1517