John Geggie is greatly in demand as a versatile musician and creative composer both in Canada and internationally. He has toured extensively with the award-winning jazz group Chelsea Bridge and the Juno-nominated DD Jackson Trio. He has also recorded or performed with a veritable who's who of creative improvised music: Seamus Blake, Jon Christensen, Andy Milne, Ben Monder, George Colligan, Craig Taborn, Sheila Jordan, David Murray, Andrew Cyrille, Donny McCaslin, Matt Brubeck, Ted Nash, Billy Hart, Marilyn Crispell, Myra Melford. Bill Carrothers, Ian Froman, Brad Turner, Cuong Vu and bassist, Mark Dresser. For the past nine years, John has programming, curated and performed in a unique series of intimate concerts at the Fourth Stage of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The artistic aesthetic involves bringing together musicians from many different creative corners and presenting concerts with a minimum of preparation time. John Kelman from All About Jazz has often commented on the high level of musicianship in Geggie's Series 'without a safety net' and stated in June that 'Geggie's season closer with (Edward) Simon and (Jim) Doxas unequivocally joins the ranks as one of his finest and most inspired projects.' Geggie has for many years hosted the Late Night Jam Sessions at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival. Previously, he has performed at various international festivals including in Rouen and Maubeuge (France), in Molde (Norway) and throughout the United States. He has also appeared as performer and composer of new music that has been premiered at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. In addition, he continues to maintain a busy concert schedule with the 13 Strings Chamber Ensemble (Ottawa) and the National Arts Centre Orchestra and he is involved in many recording projects. John is on faculty at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York (SUNY Potsdam) and has students at both Carleton University as well as the University of Ottawa.
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