John Nugent

Originally from Newfoundland, tenor saxophonist John Nugent burnished his jazz skills through the early to mid-’80s at Sir Francis Xavier University, the Banff School of Good Arts, and North Texas State University. He shortly racked up many years of touring knowledge with the main one O’Clock Lab Music group and Woody Herman, furthermore to executing with everyone Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme to Bob Wish as well as the Temptations. Being a single artist, Nugent continues to be keeping firm with top-notch jazz music artists like Bruce Barth, Doug Weiss, David Liebman, and Billy Hart. In 1994 he founded his very own record label/administration firm, NY Jam. The label released Western world of Flatbush in 1998 and Rhythmicity in 2000. Nugent’s initiatives on other brands consist of 1996’s self-titled John Nugent and 1999’s Taurus People.