Upcoming Gigs April 2024

April 2, 7 pm-9pm - Pulcinella with Bob DeAngelis and friends 

April 5 8pm - Shelley Hamilton’s Queens of Jazz at the Pilot ( upstairs)

April 6 1-4pm- with Roy Green at the KW Dixieland club.

9pm-1130pm- With the Savoy Band at La Plaza Dovercourt House basement Hollywood Dance party 

April 13 1 pm- Hamilton Dixieland Allstars at the Waterdown Library 

8pm -Jazz Band at The Thornhill Pub 

April 16-18 Theatre Collingwood Burt Bacharach Show at the John Sanderson Centre

April 19-7pm at Holy Trinity Church Len Graf Big Band 

April 20 3-6pm At The Pilot with The Doug Watson Quartet 

April 27- 8pm- midnight at Hogans In king city with Michael Bilik

 Johns father was a drummer who taught him as a youth, before sending him to Humber College to study with notable great Roger Flock. Being influenced by the big band drummers of the swing era and B-Bop jazz drummers, John has played with most of Torontos prominent big band jazz ensembles. With over 30 musical theatre shows to date, John has also toured across Canada with Actress/Singer Cassie Steel from tv show Degrassi: The Next Generation, played in show bands on cruise ships and toured internationally in hotels in Asia. 

Variety is The Spice of Life!!!

Being a working musician, John Collin is called by other musicians to  play in a variety of musical styles and  situations, ranging from jazz to rock, latin, funk, music theatre , Big Band Swing,  classical orchestra, brass band and anything in between. 

The John Collin Jazz Band is available in a trio format to a large ensemble and is suitable  for events of all occasions.