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Live from Level Five

The John Cain Jazz Trio

Recorded Live from Level Five. Jazzy jazz. Herein The John Cain Jazz trio offers inspired renditions of jazz classics, Santana and Mose Allison tunes. Grant Clarkson is on bass and Marly Waak is on drums.

Pianist/singer John Cain was living in South America for the past few years running his own jazz night club. He recently relocated to New

Recorded Live from Level Five. Jazzy jazz. Herein The John Cain Jazz trio offers inspired renditions of jazz classics, Santana and Mose Allison tunes. Grant Clarkson is on bass and Marly Waak is on drums.

Pianist/singer John Cain was living in South America for the past few years running his own jazz night club. He recently relocated to New Orleans. Bassist Grant Clarkson rose to the top of the huge LA musician talent pool to become one of the most sought after players not only in jazz but in orchestra and session work as well. Drummer Marly Waak is a legendary "road dog" who has played every style of music in every corner of the world. He doesn't merely play the drums, he plays music on the drums. He's a spiritual cat. The trio met while gigging in San Diego California and soon realized how much they like playing together. They decided to go to all the way to Level Five.

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Leaving It All Behind - Songs from an Expat

John Cain

All new songs composed and recorded in Cuenca Ecuador. The album will be available on CD Baby soon! Videos of some of the songs can be viewed on the "Video" page or Youtube.

All albums are also available for listening and purchase in the "Shopping" tab.

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All new songs composed and recorded in Cuenca Ecuador. The album will be available on CD Baby soon! Videos of some of the songs can be viewed on the "Video" page or Youtube.

All albums are also available for listening and purchase in the "Shopping" tab.

You can also use the drop down box on the "MUSIC" tab to select albums and listen to individual tunes.

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Recipe for Love

Katiecat & Cain

The singing duo KatieCat & Cain cook up a Recipe For Love with their debut album. Songs include Jazz, retro-pop, Latin and blues.

KatieCat-vocals. John Cain-vocals. All instruments played by John Cain.

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The John Cain Jazz Trio: Yuma

John Cain

Recorded "live" at the Yuma Jazz series. Cool and burning jazz featuring John Cain on piano and vocals, Marly Waak on drums and Grant Clarkson on bass.

Pianist, composer, author, teacher, singer, entertainer John Cain has been delighting audiences around the world with his multi-stylistic repertoire, fantastic musicianship and unique brand of

Recorded "live" at the Yuma Jazz series. Cool and burning jazz featuring John Cain on piano and vocals, Marly Waak on drums and Grant Clarkson on bass.

Pianist, composer, author, teacher, singer, entertainer John Cain has been delighting audiences around the world with his multi-stylistic repertoire, fantastic musicianship and unique brand of humor. In addition to piano, he plays guitar, bass, harmonica and is an arranger and conductor. Cain is an Artist in Residence with the SoCal Jazz Society teaching jazz history, and he is a Docent with the Advocates For Classical Music giving seminars on the symphony orchestra. He is the author of the book "Life's A Good Gig," a behind the scenes peek at the secret world of working musicians, nominated for best non-fiction book by the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild.

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The John Cain Jazz Trio (Live)[feat. Marly Waak & Grant Clarkson]

John Cain

Recorded "live" at the Life's A Good Gig Music and Arts Festival 2012. Jazz and blues from acclaimed pianist/singer/harmonica John Cain, Grant Clarkson-bass, and Marly Waak-drums.

In this latest album John Cain performs straight-ahead jazz and blues standards with virtuoso bassist Grant Clarkson and the ever-so-funky and swinging Marly Waak on

Recorded "live" at the Life's A Good Gig Music and Arts Festival 2012. Jazz and blues from acclaimed pianist/singer/harmonica John Cain, Grant Clarkson-bass, and Marly Waak-drums.

In this latest album John Cain performs straight-ahead jazz and blues standards with virtuoso bassist Grant Clarkson and the ever-so-funky and swinging Marly Waak on drums. John Cain is a musician, composer, author, teacher, entertainer, arranger and bandleader. He plays piano, guitar, bass, harmonica, accordion and sings in five languages. In addition to live performances he gives educational seminars on the history of jazz, Latin music and classical music. He is the author of the book "Life's A Good Gig," nominated for best non-fiction book in the 2008 San Diego Book & Writers Awards. He conducts and does arrangements for "The John Cain Orchestra," a big-band style swing band that performs a Frank Sinatra Tribute Show. He currently is musical director for the new musical play “A Fundamental Change” and he performs regularly at top jazz venues and tours with singer KatieCat. John Cain performed at the 2008 Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival.

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Life's A Good Gig

John Cain

Fun, philosophical and romantic. Cain takes you on a musical journey from bossa nova to blues.

Original songs and instrumentals from the acclaimed author of the book “Life’s A Good Gig-A gringo musician’s journey into the world of Latin music.” This CD, with the same title as the book, takes the listener on an international romp-a musical journey

Fun, philosophical and romantic. Cain takes you on a musical journey from bossa nova to blues.

Original songs and instrumentals from the acclaimed author of the book “Life’s A Good Gig-A gringo musician’s journey into the world of Latin music.” This CD, with the same title as the book, takes the listener on an international romp-a musical journey into the secret lives of musicians. Effortlessly straddling the worlds of American musical genres-jazz and blues-and Latin musical genres-Bossa Nova and salsa. Just as the book is a “fun read,” so this CD is a “fun listen.” For information about the book go to the website: www.lifesagoodgig.com

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