Wine Country Entertainment

 Serving Napa Valley / Sonoma / Healdsburg with Musicians / DJs / Bands

JOHN SIMON

John Simon was born in Philadelphia, PA, where he has studied piano since the age of 8. He received both a Bachelors (1976) and Masters Degree (1978) in Music Composition at the Esther Boyer College of Music at Temple University in Philadelphia. John studied classical piano performance with Sophia Melvin and composition with Clifford Taylor, Robert Morgan and Paul Epstein.

John is well known as an accomplished soloist and a preferred accompanist for many vocalists and instrumentalists in the Bay Area. He has appeared with a diversity of musicians and groups, including Spirogyra, David Sanborn, The Braxton Brothers, Ray Obiedo, Little Anthony, The Coasters, Terry Bradford, Cat Austin, Linda Kosut, Bonnie Brooks, Nancy Tierney, Paula Samonte, Kelly Brandeburg, Janie Roberts, the Ukiah Symphony Orchestra, the Gene Krupa Big Band, the Blue Note Collective, the Blue Moon Dance Band and many others.

John is a “working musician,” the keyboardist for many different commercial rock, dance and jazz groups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the Northern California wine country.