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John Lockwood

John Lockwood is an acoustic and electric bassist and educator whose work connects The Fringe, collaborative recordings, and conservatory teaching.

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Career Overview

About John Lockwood

New England Conservatory identifies Lockwood as an acoustic and electric bassist on its Jazz Studies faculty. The institutional biography documents his training, a broad ensemble career, and touring and recording with the long-running improvising trio The Fringe.[1]

Berklee’s performance archive preserves The Fringe with George Garzone and Terri Lyne Carrington, while the group’s Bandcamp and 577 Records document additional live and collaborative releases. Together they show Lockwood in durable trio, duo, and collective settings rather than as a one-program sideman.[1][2][3][4]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Bassist and co-leader

The Fringe

Lockwood’s NEC biography and Berklee’s live archive document his work in the enduring saxophone-bass-drums ensemble associated with George Garzone.[1][2]

Co-leader and bassist

The Art of Not Playing trio

This collaborative recording places Lockwood with pianist Leo Genovese and drummer Nat Mugavero in a freely developing trio session issued by 577 Records.[4]

Jazz-bass educator

New England Conservatory

NEC lists Lockwood on its Jazz Studies faculty for both acoustic and electric bass, extending his ensemble experience into conservatory instruction.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

The Raging Bulls

The Fringe co-leader and bassist

The Fringe’s artist-authorized Bandcamp edition documents Lockwood in the group’s saxophone-bass-drums language on a complete live release.[3]

Release details

The Fringe: Live at Berklee

Bassist with George Garzone and Terri Lyne Carrington

Berklee’s official performance archive captures Lockwood with Garzone and Carrington in the trio documented by his NEC faculty biography.[1][2]

Release details

2024 · 577 Records

The Art of Not Playing

Co-leader and bassist

The label edition credits Lockwood alongside Leo Genovese and Nat Mugavero in a three-way improvising session recorded as a collective trio.[4]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

The Fringe live at Berklee

Watch Lockwood, George Garzone, and Terri Lyne Carrington in Berklee’s complete performance archive.

The Art of Not Playing

Stream the complete Genovese-Lockwood-Mugavero trio release through 577 Records.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Mon, Sep 21, 10:00 PM

The Fringe

The Lilypad · Cambridge

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Mon, Sep 28, 10:00 PM

The Fringe

The Lilypad · Cambridge

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Thu, Oct 1, 7:30 PM

Laszlo Gardony Trio + Stan Strickland And Christian Artmann at David Friend Recital Hall

David Friend Recital Hall · Boston

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Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM

The Fringe at Long Live Roxbury

Long Live Roxbury · Boston

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Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Faculty biography and performance history

    New England Conservatory

  2. [2] The Fringe live performance and personnel

    Berklee College of Music

  3. [3] The Raging Bulls artist-authorized edition

    The Fringe

  4. [4] The Art of Not Playing stream and personnel

    577 Records