John Altenburgh is an American

United States

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 jazz

Jazz

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 and blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 pianist

Pianist

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, composer

Composer

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 and arranger

Arrangement

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. Altenburgh studied music at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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. He is the founder of Altenburgh Records and has recorded numerous album

Album

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s as a solo artist and with his blues group, Johnny & The Mo-Tones.

Career

Altenburgh is a producer

Record producer

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 and executive producer whose credits include works by Mike Metheny

Mike Metheny

Mike Metheny is an American jazz flugelhornist and music journalist. He is perhaps best known as the brother of jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny. Metheny studied music education at the University of Missouri and Northeast Missouri State University, then played trumpet in the Army Field Band...

, John Greiner, Rebecca Parris

Rebecca Parris

Rebecca Parris is an American jazz singer. Parris has made guest appearances with many top musicians , performed at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival in '90 & '95, North Sea Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazz Festival and of course the ever-so-hip International...

, The Kenny Hadley Big Band, Bob Kase, Gary Brunotte

Gary Brunotte

Gary Brunotte is an American post-bop jazz musician, noted as a pianist, organist, music arranger, and composer....

, Gary Sivils, Dennis Mitcheltree, Janet Planet, Otis McLennon, Chris O'Keefe, Randy Sabien, Melvin Rhyne and many others. His compositions and recordings have been used in various television and radio programs for theme songs and soundtrack

Soundtrack

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s. Many of his recordings have appeared in various jazz and blues charts. He has appeared as a sideman

Sideman

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 on numerous other recordings.

Altenburgh is known for his work with vintage Wisconsin music and has produced and archived several projects. Altenburgh has been a contributor to the Sun Studio

Sun Studio

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 Museum, in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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John Altenburgh

• Old City (1989)
• Vol. 2 (1991)
• Generations (1993)
• Heartland 95 (1995)
• Legends of Keelerville (1997)
• Christmas at Buzz's Restaurant (1998)
• A Wisconsin Christmas (2000)
• Remnants of The Twentieth Century (2003)
• The Best of (2004)
• A Wisconsin Christmas (A Return To The Grand) (2004)

Johnny & The Mo-Tones

• Two Hits For The Kitty (The Sun Studio Sessions (2005)
• Get Gone (The Muscle Shoals Sessions) (2007)
• "Nothin' To Lose" (2011)