About Me
Jon Herington is a noted guitarist, singer/songwriter and producer from New York City. His debut album on Pioneer's Glass House records,"The Complete Rhyming Dictionary," was released in 1992 and features eight of his own compositions as well as the brilliant playing of keyboardist Jim Beard, bassist Victor Bailey, drummer Peter Erskine, and percussionist Arto Tuncboyacian.The latest CD from Jon Herington is called "Like So," (available on itunes, at jonherington.com or cdbaby.com/jonherington). It features Jon on guitar, naturally, but the big surprises here are Jon's vocals, the songwriting, and the sound of a band that recalls the good old days of 60's rock yet manages to sound fresh and varied in its support of each of these 13 great original songs. Great support is supplied by a no-nonsense, take-care-of-business band including Dennis Espantman on bass, Rob Morsberger on keyboards, Frank Pagano and Abe Speller on drums.Since late 1999, Jon has been the guitarist of choice with Steely Dan for both recording and touring. Jon has also toured with Donald Fagen, Boz Scaggs, Bette Midler, the Jim Beard group, The Blue Nile, Phoebe Snow, Madeleine Peyroux, saxophonist Bill Evans, the contemporary jazz superband Chroma, Lucy Kaplansky (of Cry, Cry, Cry), and jazz/blues organ great Jack McDuff.Some of Jon's recording highlights aside from "Like So" and "The Complete Rhyming Dictionary" are the newest Donald Fagen release, "Morph the Cat;" the Steely Dan albums "Two Against Nature" (Grammy Award Winner) and "Everything Must Go;" Jim Beard's four recordings (co-produced by Jon); two Bill Evans records, "Escape" and "Starfish and the Moon;" Michael "Patches" Stewart's "Penetration;" Bob Berg's "Riddles" and "Virtual Reality;" Lucy Kaplansky's "10 Year Night;" Michael Brecker's "Now You See It...(Now You Don't); " Randy Brecker's "Toe to Toe;" Victor Bailey's "Bottoms Up;" Chroma's "Music on the Edge" (with Mike Stern and others); Rob Morsberger's "Waiting for Wood," "Relativity [Blues]," and "A Periodic Rush of Waves;" and Lynne Robyn's "Red Bird in Snow," one of Jon's production efforts.Jon can also be seen on Steely Dan's live video and DVD and is featured on the "Making of Aja" video/dvd, from the brilliant Classic Albums series.Jon's current work remains a combination of free-lancing as a guitarist and producer in New York, song-writing and band-leading work with his own group, and world-wide touring in support of some of the world's most renowned musical artists.
