John Guerin

John Payne Guerin (October 31, 1939 – January 5, 2004) was an American percussionist. He was a proponent of the jazz-rock style.

Biography

Guerin was born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego. As a young drummer he began performing with Buddy DeFranco in 1960. In the late 1960s he moved to Los Angeles where his drum work was utilized by artists including Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, George Harrison, Frank Zappa, The Animals, Joni Mitchell, Them, Thelonious Monk, Lou Rawls, Ray Conniff, George Shearing, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson Riddle and countless others.

From July 1972 to January 1973 he was the drummer for The Byrds, and joined the L.A. Express later that year. The band served as Joni Mitchell's back-up band on tour during the mid- to late-1970s; Guerin had a brief relationship with Mitchell during that time. She later wrote the song ''Hejira'' about leaving him.

Guerin was an exponent of the jazz-rock style and played in many different genres, including for film and television. Among his contributions to motion picture and television scores, Guerin worked on the soundtrack to the 1988 film homage to Charlie Parker, ''Bird'' by Clint Eastwood. Those are also his drums on the theme song during the opening credits for the television series ''Hawaii Five-O''.

In later years, Guerin worked with Oscar Peterson, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Heath, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins, Justin Morell, Andreas Pettersson, David Basse, David Garfield, Gary Lemel, and Mike Melvoin.

Guerin died of heart failure on January 5, 2004, in West Hills, California.

Selected discography

As sideman

With Gene Ammons
* '' Brasswind'' (Prestige, 1974)

With Eric Andersen
* ''Be True To You'' (Arista, 1975)

With Hoyt Axton
* '' Southbound'' (A&M Records, 1975)

With Joan Baez
* ''Diamonds & Rust'' (A&M Records, 1975)

With Stephen Bishop
* '' Careless'' (ABC Records, 1976)

With Blue Mitchell
* '' Blues' Blues'' (Mainstream, 1972)

With Elkie Brooks
* ''Rich Man's Woman'' (A&M Records, 1975)

With Toni Brown
* ''Toni Brown'' (Fantasy, 1979)

With The Byrds
* '' Banjoman - The Original Soundtrack'' (recorded 1972, released Sire, 1977) (Various Artists, 2 live tracks by The Byrds)

With Keith Carradine
* '' I'm Easy'' (Asylum, 1976)

With Natalie Cole
* '' Stardust'' (Elektra Records, 1996)

With Sheena Easton
* ''No Strings'' (MCA Records, 1993)

With Cass Elliot
* '' Cass Elliot'' (RCA, 1972)

With Don Ellis
* ''Haiku'' (MPS, 1974)

With José Feliciano
* ''Como Tú Quieres'' (RCA Victor, 1984)

With Michael Franks
* '' The Art of Tea'' (Reprise Records, 1976)
* '' Sleeping Gypsy'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
* '' Blue Pacific'' (Reprise Records, 1990)

With Art Garfunkel
* '' Breakaway'' (Columbia Records, 1975)

With Terry Garthwaite
* ''Terry'' (Arista, 1975)
* ''Hand in Glove'' (Fantasy, 1978)

With Cyndi Grecco
* ''Making Our Dreams Come True'' (Private Stock Records, 1976)

With George Harrison
* ''Dark Horse'' (Apple Records, 1974)

With Monk Higgins
* '' Extra Soul Perception'' (Solid State, 1968)

With Elton John
* ''Duets'' (Rocket, 1993)

With Jack Jones
* ''Harbour'' (RCA Victor, 1974)
* ''What I Did For Love'' (RCA Victor, 1975)

With John Klemmer
* ''Touch'' (ABC, 1975)

With Leah Kunkel
* ''I Run With Trouble'' (Columbia, 1980)

With Patti LaBelle
* '' This Christmas'' (MCA, 1990)

With Peggy Lee
* '' Pass Me By'' (Capitol Records, 1965)
* ''Mirrors'' (A&M Records, 1975)
* '' Close Enough for Love'' (DRG, 1979)

With Barry Mann
* ''Barry Mann'' (Casablanca Records, 1980)

With Bobby McFerrin
* ''Bobby McFerrin'' (Elektra, 1982)

With Roger McGuinn
* ''Roger McGuinn'' (Columbia, 1973)

With Melanie'' (Atlantic, 1976)
* ''Seventh Wave'' (Neighbourhood Records, 1983)

With Liza Minnelli
* '' Gently'' (Angel Records, 1996)

With Joni Mitchell
* ''Court and Spark'' (Asylum Records, 1974)
* ''The Hissing of Summer Lawns'' (Asylum Records, 1975)
* '' Hejira'' (Asylum Records, 1976)
* ''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'' (Asylum Records, 1977)
* ''Wild Things Run Fast'' (Geffen, 1982)

With Walter Murphy
* ''Rhapsody in Blue'' (Private Stock, 1977)

With Anne Murray
* ''Together'' (Capitol, 1975)

With Oliver Nelson
* ''Black, Brown and Beautiful'' (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
* ''Zig Zag'' (Original Motion Picture Score) (MGM, 1970)

With Aaron Neville
* ''The Grand Tour'' (A&M Records, 1993)
* ''Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas'' (A&M Records, 1993)

With Tom Pacheco
* ''The Outsider'' (RCA, 1976)
* ''Swallowed Up in the Great American Heartland'' (RCA Victor, 1976)

With Gram Parsons
* '' GP'' (Reprise Records, 1973)

With Bonnie Raitt
* '' The Glow'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)

With Helen Reddy
* ''Helen Reddy'' (Capitol Records, 1971)

With Howard Roberts
* ''Spinning Wheel'' (Capitol Records, 1969)
* '' Antelope Freeway'' (Impulse!, 1971)

With Kenny Rogers
* ''Timepiece'' (Atlantic Records, 1994)

With Linda Ronstadt
* ''What's New'' (Asylum Records, 1983)
* '' Lush Life'' (Asylum Records, 1984)
* '' For Sentimental Reasons'' (Asylum Records, 1986)
* '' A Merry Little Christmas'' (Elektra Records, 2000)

With Diane Schuur
* ''Love Walked In'' (GRP, 1996)
* ''Music Is My Life'' (Atlantic, 1999)

With Tom Scott
* '' Rural Still Life'' (Impulse!, 1968)

With Seals and Crofts
* '' Diamond Girl (We May Never Pass this way Again)'' (Warner Bros, 1973)

With Bud Shank
* ''Magical Mystery'' (World Pacific, 1967)
* ''Let It Be'' (Pacific Jazz, 1970)

With J. D. Souther
* ''Black Rose'' (Asylum Records, 1976)

With Barbra Streisand
* ''Butterfly'' (Columbia Records, 1974)

With Gábor Szabó
* ''Light My Fire'' with Bob Thiele (Impulse!, 1967)

With Sarah Vaughan
* '' Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand'' (Mainstream Records, 1973)

With Patrick Williams
* ''Wind, Sky and Diamonds'' (Impulse!, 1967)
* '' Threshold'' (Capitol Records, 1973)

With Frank Zappa
* ''Lumpy Gravy'' (Capitol, 1967)
* '' Hot Rats'' (Bizarre/Reprise, 1969)
* ''Chunga's Revenge'' (Bizarre/Reprise, 1970)
* '' Apostrophe (')'' (DiscReet, 1974)
* ''The Lost Episodes'' (Rykodisc, 1996)

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