John Geggie

John Geggie is an Ottawa-based Canadian bassist (double bass) who performs jazz with several Ottawa-based groups and performers. As well, he is a classical bassist who has performed in the National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Ottawa-area chamber orchestras, and in chamber music concerts.

Biography Music training Geggie was born and raised in Wakefield, Quebec, in the Gatineau Valley, which is a region in Quebec's Outaouais region, to the north of Ottawa. During his university studies at the University of Ottawa, Geggie studied with David Currie, then a bassist in Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra. He did graduate studies with Larry Hurst and Bruce Bransby at Indiana University School of Music, graduating with a Master of Music degree in 1990. Geggie won a grant from the Canada Council, Canada's art granting council, which enabled him to study with bassist and solo artist Gary Peacock.

Career Geggie performs in the Ottawa-Hull region as a freelance double bass player and teacher. He is best known for running the late-night jams during the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, and for his invitational series (in its tenth year as of 2010-11) of jazz concerts which run at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage in Ottawa. In the latter series, Geggie invites jazz artists from across Canada and the world to play with him in one-time-only groups, in which they perform material written by each of the artists, as well as jazz standards. Geggie is a member of 'The Geggie Project', with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Nick Fraser. Most recently they performed at the Guelph Jazz Festival on September 11, 2009. The concert was recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and broadcast on The Signal on October 3, 2009.

He was a member of the Angstones, an Ottawa band which "mix[ed] European and American folk music with zany lyrics and a jumping beat." The group consisted of Peter Kiesewalter on reeds (sax and clarinet) and accordion, Kurt Walther on guitar, Rob Frayne on sax, Geggie on bass, and Ian Mackie on drums. The Middle Distance (North Track Records, 1995)

With Lynn Miles Unravel (True North Records, 2001) Love, Sweet Love (True North Records, 2005) Winter (2015)

With D.D. Jackson: Peace-Song (Justin Time Records, 1994) Rhythm-Dance (Justin Time Records, 1996)

As a Bandleader Geggie Project (Ambiances Magnétiques, 2010) Across The Sky (Plunge Records, 2010)