John "Nonjohn" Tennison Calendar

Next Public Performance: 

August 2012, Marshall, Texas -- details to follow

Most Recent Public Performance:  Boogie Woogie Benefit Ball: Tribute to Omar Sharriff, held Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8 pm, in Marshall, Texas.

Performed at the Memorial Tribute Ceremony for Omar Sharriff in Marshall, Texas, Saturday, January 14, 2012

Video of January 14, 2012 memorial comments about Omar Sharriff and Boogie Woogie performance

    "The final musical number....it could only be Boogie Woogie.  And we can't think of a better person on Earth to come play the final Boogie Woogie tribute to Omar than Dr. John Tennison." -- Jack Canson, Marshall, Texas, January 14, 2012.

    "The musical tributes were some of the best I've seen this whole year, especially Dr. John Tennison playing the old boogie woogie and Wes Jeans' speech about Omar's life."  -- Terri Richardson (of the Marshall News Messenger newspaper), posted on the "Marshall Critic" FaceBook page, January 14, 2012.

    "You were amazing on that piano!!  I enjoyed hearing you play so much." -- Diane Jones, Marshall, Texas, January 14, 2012.

    "I heard these words at the funeral service, but very glad to see them here in print, as I’d hoped to see them preserved. A finer man to say them, or articulate enough to express it all, I don’t think is available. Thank you, Sir! You have done something in all these matters, to give honor where it is due to the person and legacy of Omar Sharriff, that would be hard to match. Your final tribute by playing that Boogie Woogie piece on the piano, with such fine accompaniment that also accompanied Omar, was the highlight of my day! I sure hope to hear more, if the City of Marshall might inquire of you and the others, to continue on with some public showings. This would be my wish!" -- Bill English, Marshall, Texas, January 17, 2012.  (Mr. English is reflecting upon both the re-printed comments that had been made by John Tennison Omar Sharriff's memorial tribute, as well as the Boogie Woogie performance by John Tennison and other musicians at the memorial tribute.)

Performed at Antone's in Austin, Texas on March 22, 2011 at the Tribute for Pinetop Perkins, who passed away the day before, March 21, 2011

Fireant Festival, October 9, 2010, Courthouse Square, Marshall, Texas

 Above:  New musicological research from Dr. Schmocter proves that even fireants love Boogie Woogie!

Boogie Woogie at the Blue Frog Grill, Marshall, TX, Monday, January 18th, 2010, at 6:30 pm

101 W. Austin Street, Marshall, Texas  75670-3340

Phone: 903-923-9500

Other Recent Public Performances

Skyward Jazz Lounge, Texarkana, Arkansas, October 18, 2008

3rd Annual Community Music Festival, San Antonio, Texas, October 13, 2007 (with guest drummer Kyle Keener of Small World)

2nd Annual Community Music Festival, San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, October 14, 2006

Rick Henderson (left) plays the sarod.  Nonjohn (right) plays keyboards while wearing his signature ankle bells.

5th International Boogie Woogie Festival, Lugano, Switzerland:  April 20-23, 2006

(As seen in BBC World's "Destination Music" television series)

See www.boogiefestival.com and www.boogiefestival.com/artists for details about the Festival.

A documentary about the Boogie Woogie Festival was first broadcast by BBC World in its World Music Series: Destination Music on June 2, 2006.

Luna Fine Music Club Performances, San Antonio, TX

Pictured above are Nonjohn (on piano and doumbek), Leanna Rodgers, and others performing at the Luna Fine Music Club in San Antonio, Texas, on January 5, 2005.

1st Annual Community Music Festival, San Antonio, Texas

Luna Fine Music Club (with Gerry Gibbs on drums), September 21, 2005 - San Antonio, TX

Luna Fine Music Club, September 7, 2005 - San Antonio, TX

Luna Fine Music Club (with Gerry Gibbs on drums), August 17, 2005 - San Antonio, TX

Luna Fine Music Club, March 2, 2005 - San Antonio, TX

Texarkana, TX, February 27, 2005

Luna Fine Music Club, January 5, 2005 - San Antonio, TX

Nonjohn released Boogie Woogie Album "Both Hands Like the Devil" on December 31, 2004.  (See "Products" section of the Nonjohn website for details.)

Blue Sapphire Theatre in international waters aboard "Ecstasy" superliner on December 6, 2004      "Unbelievable!" says Larry Garlutzo.  See Video Clip.

Sunday, November 7, 2004, at the "Jazz & Poetry Sunday" of the First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Antonio, Texas.  The church is located at the Intersection of IH-10 and Loop 410 in San Antonio, TX 

Friday, October 29, 2004, 7 to 9 pm at the Tejas Burger Company, 11203 West Ave., San Antonio, TX, Phone:  210-348-6781

Nonjohn tears it up at the Jazz Annex on July 28, 2004! -- Photos

San Antonio Medicine Magazine's feature article described the "prevalent sensation" of Nonjohn's Boogie Woogie as "sheer exuberance." (Page 27, July, 2004, Volume 57, Number 6).  To see the full article, contact www.bcms.org to obtain a copy of the July, 2004 issue of San Antonio Medicine.

Thanks to everyone who came to Nonjohn's "Barrelhouse" concert on June 26, 2004, in San Antonio, Texas.  Thanks to everyone who made donations for maintenance of the historic Clubhouse at Dream Hill Estates in which the Barrelhouse concert was held.

Below is an image of the "Barrelhouse" concert poster.  Copies of the poster on thick, glossy 11-by-17-inch cardboard stock are available for $10.00.  Send email to info@nonjohn.com for details.

Palestine Steam Concert Photos from May 15, 2004

Other Past Public Performances

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