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John Thomas Betsch (né le 8 octobre 1945) est un batteur de jazz américain. John Betsch est né à Jacksonville, (Floride) dans une famille musicale. Sa mère est organiste et pianiste dans une église et sa sœur aînée deviendra soprano lyrique. Il commence la batterie à l'âge de neuf ans, et débute professionnellement en 1963 à Nashville, aux côtés de l'organiste Bob Holmes et du trompettiste Louis Smith. De 1965 à 1967, il étudie à la Berklee School of Music de Boston, Massachusetts, puis à l'Université du Massachusetts à Amherst, sous la direction d'Archie Shepp et de Max Roach. John Betsch devient ensuite à son tour enseignant à l'Université d'Amherst, et prend part à des programmes éducatifs pour les détenus des prisons de ce même État. En 1974, il se produit au Newport Jazz Festival aux côtés de Max Roach. Il s'installe à New York en 1975, enregistre et se produit avec, entre autres, Jeanne Lee, Abbey Lincoln, Dewey Redman (tournée en 1979), Archie Shepp, Abdullah Ibrahim et Mal Waldron.

About Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island.

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