John Doheny Jazz - John 'Pip' Doheny's Biography

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <table width="70%" cellpadding="10" background="file:///C|/WWW/C - IslandHosting/JAZZ/WWW/images/news_background.jpg"> <tr> <td><div align="center"> <p><img src="images/_LetterHead_01.gif" width="400" height="80" alt="www.JohnDoheny.com"></p> </div> <table width="100" cellpadding="10" align="left"> <tr> <td><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><img src="LJ/Pip_03.jpg" width="205" height="300" border="0" alt="John Doheny in 1992"></b></font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Known as Pip to his family and close friends, John Doheny was born in Seattle Washington in 1953. After early studies on clarinet, he took up the alto saxophone at age 16, switching to tenor 2 years later. He began working professionally at 19, often backing strippers in Vancouver area clubs, 7 sets a night, 6 nights a week. In 1976 he enrolled in the Vancouver Community College Jazz and Commercial Music program, along with future colleagues <a href="http://www.festival.bc.ca/index.php?target=/top30/mother.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">Colleen Savage</font></a> and Alan Matheson, but quit after one year to go on the road with blues guitarist <a href="http://www.alligator.com/artists/bio.cfm?ArtistID=005" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">Albert Collins</font></a>. Over the next 15 years he worked with Downtown Kenny Brown, Solomon Burke, Bobby Curtola, Buddy Knox, Lloyd Williams, the Coasters, the Platters, the Drifters, <a href="http://www.dougandtheslugs.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">Doug and the Slugs</font></a> (as well as their alter egos, Otis Spam and the Soul Crusaders) and many others.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>In 1991 Mr. Doheny returned to Vancouver and enrolled in the University of British Columbia's School of Music, eventually earning both Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degrees. From 1992 to 1996 he co-led, with bassist Jasper Clarke, the house quartet at Murphy's Pub in Vancouver. In 1996 his octet "Mingusmania" debuted at the Glass Slipper, and was featured on Bravo television. <a href="frames/quintet.htm"><font color="#0000FF">The John Doheny Quintet</font></a> was formed in 1995 and has appeared at the Dumaurier Vancouver and Maple Ridge Jazz Festivals, the Nanaimo Art Gallery concert series and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. The Quintet have been featured performers on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/hotair/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">CBC Radio's "Hot Air"</font></a> show, and their debut CD "One Up,Two Back" has been playlisted on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">CBC Radio Canada</font></a> and <a href="http://www.wwoz.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">WWOZ New Orleans</font></a>. John has also been a featured guest on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/insite/HOT_AIR_VANCOUVER/2005/10/29.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">Hot Air</font></a>. </b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?ArticleID=6243" target="_blank"><img src="images/John-Doheny-Jazz-2006.jpg" alt="John Doheny, visiting professor of music, is teaching Jazz Improv, Jazz Combo and Jazz Big Band this spring." width="248" height="360" border="0" align="right"></a>Mr. Doheny has worked as a private music instructor and English tutor, and as a substitute teacher in the public school system. In the winter of 2002-03 he was an instructor at Mount Royal College of Business and Fine Art, where he directed the Concert Band, as well as teaching and developing curriculum for courses in English Literature, Critical Thinking, Introduction to the Academic Essay, Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, and Business Communication. </b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>He currently resides in New Orleans where he is doing graduate work in Jazz History at Tulane University, and will be returning to Vancouver in the summers to perform with his quintet and pursue his other musical interests.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>UPDATE: John was one of the lucky ones who were able to evacuate New Orleans before hurricane Katrina hit on August 29th, 2005, which started a catastrophic chain of events that would result in the near destruction of the entire city. (The hurricane, that is, not John leaving - and Darlene was lucky enough to be out of town at the time.) </b></font></p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">John and his wife Darlene are temporarily relocating to Vancouver, Canada until Tulane University is ready to resume classes. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">February 2006 UPDATE: </font><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>John Doheny, visiting professor of music at Tulane University, is teaching Jazz Improv, Jazz Combo and Jazz Big Band this spring. <a href="http://www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?ArticleID=6243" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">Read more here</font></a> </FONT></FONT></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">For the latest updates, and a regular dose of John's polemic writing style, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/jdquintette/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">read his journal here </font></a></font></strong><br> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br> <img src="file:///C|/WWW/C - IslandHosting/JAZZ/WWW/images/JazzSp .gif" width="400" height="1"></b></font></p></td> </tr> </table> <table width="70%" cellpadding="20" height="250"> <tr> <td width="49%" height="244"><li> <div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="index.html" target="_top"><b>Home</b></a></font></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="JDbiography.htm" target="_top"><b>Biography</b></a></font></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="JDreviews_03.htm" target="_top">Reviews</a></b></font></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="JDalbum_01.htm" target="_top"><b>One Up, Two Back - CD</b></a></font></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="JDquintet_01.htm" target="_top"><b>Quintet</b></a></font></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><font size="2"><a href="mailto:Mail@JohnDoheny.com"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>contact  us</b></font></a> <b><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Mail@JohnDoheny.com"></a></font></b></font></div> </li> <br /> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://vancouverjazz.com/jdoheny/" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">John's Jazz Blog</font></a> </strong></li> <li><strong><font size="2"><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/jdquintette/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">John's Journal</font> </a></font></strong></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.myspace.com/johndohenyandtheprofessorsofpleasure" target="_blank">MySpace - John Doheny and the Professors of Pleasure</a></b></font></li> </ul> <td width="51%" height="244" valign="top"><div align="left"> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="JDreviews_03.htm" target="_top">Reviews</a> </b></font> <ul> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="JDreviews_01.htm" target="_top">UpBeat</a></b></font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="JDreviews_02.htm" target="_top">Planet Jazz </a></b></font></li> <li><b><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="JDreviews_03.htm">OffBeat</a></font></b></li> </ul> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></font></li> <li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="JDjournalism.htm" target="_top">Doheny As Journalist</a></b></font><br> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="JDjournalist_01.htm" target="_top">Planet Jazz</a><br> </b></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="JDjournalist_02.htm" target="_top"><b>Westender</b></a><br> . </font></li> </ul> </div> </table> <table width="70%"> <tr> <td><p align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:JDQ@johndoheny.com">Copyright © 2000 - <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">  </SCRIPT> JDQ Records </a><br> <a href="http://www.plantexplorers.com/photography/WebMaster.htm" target="_top">Site created and maintained by PlantExplorers.com</a></font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="images/JazzSp .gif" width="400" height="1"></font></b></p></td> </tr> </table></body>