John Shifflett

John M Shifflett (March 22, 1953 – April 27, 2017) was an American jazz musician, player of the double bass, and an arranger, composer, and educator. His last teaching job was at San Jose State University.

Shifflett was born in Dubuque, Iowa, attended high school at Dubuque where he played trombone and began playing bass (see at Sing Out Dubuque, John Shifflett playing his own composition on bass, January 8th 1971), and graduated in 1976 with a BS degree from Iowa State University. While at the University of Iowa, where he was working on a master's degree, Shifflett was its big band and jazz combo bass player, appearing at festivals such as the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festivals in April 1979 and March 1980.

Shifflett moved to San Jose in 1987, as his wife Bethany was offered a tenure-track position at San Jose State University.

Shifflett played in several notable acts, including Frankie Avalon, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the American Musical Theatre of San Jose, Dinah Shore, Mel Torme, Jerry Lewis, Dionne Warwick and the Smothers Brothers.

• 2014: Flash Mob (Double bass)
• 2008: Radiant Blue (Double bass)
• 2000: The Slow Lane (Double bass)
• 1998: When Music Calls (Double bass)

• 2014: Living Room (Double bass)

• 2012: Um Renovo Musical (Double bass)

• 2013: TIME REMEMBERED: COMPOSITIONS OF BILL EVANS (Double bass)

• 2015: Basement Blues (Double bass)
• 2012: Live Beauty (Double bass)
• 2009: SHOT THROUGH WITH BEAUTY (Double bass)

• 2011: Places (Double Bass)

• 2014: Think About That (Double bass)
• 2003: Simple (Double bass)

• 2002: Fly With My Love (Double bass)

• 2012: Sojourn (Double bass)
• 2005: Intention (Double bass)

• 2005: Cape Breton (Double bass)

• 2010: American Dreams (Double Bass)
• 2013: SONGS OF SHADOW, SONGS OF LIGHT (Double bass)

• 2010: BILLY COLLINS PROJECT: ELEVEN ON TURNING TEN (Double bass)

• 2003: Live At The Jazzschool (Double bass)

• 1999: NLS Trio (Double bass)

• 2010: BICOASTAL COLLECTIVE: CHAPTER TWO (Double bass)
• 2009: BICOASTAL COLLECTIVE: CHAPTER ONE (Double bass)

• 2005: Meditation, Realization (Double bass)

• 2016: A Sweet Wind (Double bass)
• 2012: True Blue (Double bass)

• 2013: Lost Vegas (Double bass)