John Loughran (Saxophone). John started playing tenor saxophone in college as a business student, and during his stay played B flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and baritone horn in various groups at Central Connecticut State University including Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Pep band, and the Blue Devils Marching Band.

He has played in the pit orchestra for “Merrily We Roll Along” as well as other musicals, and has continued playing in various community bands over the years, last year joining the Plainville Jazz band and Wind Ensemble. He has been a member since 1999 of the Capitol Symphonic Winds which is affiliated with the Hartt School of Music playing B flat clarinet, and baritone saxophone for the last three years.

He began branching out last year playing his B flat bass saxophone at a local traditional and Dixieland jazz camp and performed at the Connecticut Jazz Festival with the other adult campers on opening day. John began studying improvisational jazz and music theory this year with Tom Savage of the Savage Brothers Band and has had the privilege to fill in on tenor and baritone saxophone with the Flamingos big band and the United Technologies Screaming Eagles Jazz Band.