Commissions and Publications:
John writes music for his Jazz and Latin Jazz Ensembles, the AK Jazz Composers Ensemble, and for other creative projects including: movie sound tracks, travel videos, and children’s educational videos.
John writes music for his Jazz and Latin Jazz Ensembles, the AK Jazz Composers Ensemble, and for other creative projects including: movie sound tracks, travel videos, and children’s educational videos.
John’s compositions have been featured on many CDs including:
2023 Happy Dance-John Damberg Jazz Quintet
2005 Azure-JoMaLa Jazz Quintet
1998 Angie’s Samba-John Damberg Latin Jazz Quintet
1993 Human Hands: a Composers and Improvisers Ensemble
1985 Soaring
On videos including:
Cruising Alaska’s Inside Passage-AK Video Postcards
The award winning children’s video Monty the Moose-AK Video Postcards
He has many compositions and arrangements for small jazz and percussion ensembles to his credit
John’s music is regularly featured on Alaska Public Radio Stations.