Louisiana Association for Jazz Education
		John Mahoney                                             Inducted 2008    JOHN MAHONEY is a Professor and Coordinator of Jazz Studies in the College of Music and Fine Arts and directs the Loyola University Jazz Band, which won the Dr. M.E. “Gene” Hall Award for the most outstanding collegiate big band at the 2007 North Texas Jazz Festival at Addison.  He earned a BS in Music Education from the State University of New York at Potsdam and a MM degree in Jazz and Contemporary Media from the Eastman School of Music.  In addition to teaching, he remains an active performer on both trombone and piano. He appears as pianist and arranger on a CD entitled Jazznocracy with the Al Belletto Big Jazz Band and is the trombonist on Matt Lemmler’s Portrait of Wonder recording.  A CD of ten of Mahoney’s big band compositions has been released entitled In From Somewhere.  This big band continues to perform monthly in New Orleans.  Mr. Mahoney has eighteen compositions for jazz ensemble published with Walrus Music Publishing, and is a member of MENC and IAJE. He also directs the annual Loyola University Jazz Ensemble Festival and Loyola Summer Jazz Band Camp.