John Allred (born 1962) is an American jazz trombonist. He is the son of another jazz trombonist,
Bill Allred. Immediately after graduating high school,
John Allred moved to southern California and started his professional music career with the
Jazz Minors, a six-piece Dixieland group at Disneyland in Anaheim. During this time, he became active in the Los Angeles music scene, and in 1987, accepted an invitation to join
Woody Herman & The Young Thundering Herd, performing with artists such as
Stan Getz,
Rosemary Clooney, and
Clark Terry. Later, John relocated to Orlando, Florida,…
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