John studied classical bass at San Francisco State University and Long Beach State University. In 1980, he continued his career in Los Angeles as a studio musician and a jazz artist. As a studio ...

John also worked with many visiting artists at Ronnie Scott’s club and later became ... of the most imaginatively conceived and delicately balanced contemporary chamber-jazz groups’. The trio made ...

In a 2016 interview with Jazz Times, John McLaughlin recalled the chaos of the Trio’s brief lifespan and explained how he and ...