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Letting Go
Kid in a Candy Store

LATEST NEWS:

LESSONS! I am now accepting beginning/intermediate/advanced bass students on upright and/or electric bass as well as beginning/intermediate guitar students in the Half Moon/Pacifica area. For information contact me at: info@johnlestermusic.com

LATEST PRESS:

“His latest album ‘Jazz?’ combines his experience as a singer and songwriter with his love for open ended improvisation. His takes on rock and pop standards, with great jazz sensibility and penchant for swing, make this a wonderful and fresh approach to the canon of improvised music”. - Jim Bennet, KCSM

“Most standards began as what we now refer to as covers...the shifting tides of pop culture have washed away many of Tin Pan Alley’s masterpieces… but on his fourth release as a leader, bassist and singer John Lester has smartly updated the concept, using more contemporary hits for “Jazz?”. - JazzTimes

UPCOMING TRIO SHOWS IN BERKELEY & HALF MOON BAY
I am looking forward to two trio shows featuring Brazilian drummer/percussionist Celso Alberti and saxophonist Tony Peebles. The shows will feature tunes from my latest album "Jazz?" as well as my original material.

ACOUSTIC DOUBLE BILL MINI-TOUR w/PAUL TIERNAN
I met Paul Tiernan at the Rocheforts en Accords Festival in France in 2005. The festival promoter, Karel Beer, envisioned a collaberative where artists, rather than show up, play their set, and leave, would perform with one anothe in impromptu sessions around the town of Rochefort (about an hour north of Bordeaux). Paul and I were the first act to play and we literally met each other 30 minutes before we kicked off the festival. Our collaboration, as well as the entire festival, was a huge success. Paul and I returned to play with each other, as well as backing up artists such as Peter Rowan, Darden Smith, Kim Richey, Robyn Hitchcock, and many many more, for six more years running. Starting in 2008 Paul and I starting touring Europe as a duo and have since played France, England, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria together. Now it is my pleasure to bring him here to California for a series of intimate shows in acoustic venues and at house concerts. We kick off the tour with a show at Strings in Berkeley and will be recording the entire tour for a future live album. Please come and catch the tour and be a part of my next album!

Upcoming Shows

(all details on Shows page)

March 1 from 8pm-11pm
Jupiter, Berkeley
John Lester Trio
featuring Tony Peebles (sax)
and Celso Alberti (drums)

March 5 from 6:30-9:15
Music Box at the Moon
Half Moon Bay
John Lester Trio
featuring Tony Peebles (sax)
and Celso Alberti (drums)

California Double Bill Acoustic Shows
with Paul Tiernan:
April 2 - Strings, Berkeley
April 4 - Private House Concert, Montara
April 5 - Private House Concert - Woodside
April 6 - Private House Concert - San Francisco
April 10 - Smiley's, Bolinas
April 11 - tba
April 12 - tba
April 13 - Private House Concert - Klamath Falls, OR

May 23 from 6:30pm - 10pm
Yoshi's Lounge
San Francisco
John Lester Trio