He has toured with the big bands of Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey and the New Xavier Cugat Orchestra. John has been heard in the Broadway orchestras of "Crazy for You", "Catskills on Broadway", "Will Rogers Follies", and "Starlight Express".
He has played lead trumpet for Cher, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Mel Torme, Tony Bennet, Ray Charles and many others.
John was principal trumpet of the New Jersey Pops Orchestra since 1992 and lead trumpet with the Richie Cecere Big Band.
His Boulevard Big Bandsm recently released it’s live debut album, "A Night on the Boulevard".