Born: December 17 ,1953
Seattle Washington
Current home: Vancouver BC and New Orleans, LA

John Doheny began studying the clarinet at age 10 with John Arnott. He took up the alto saxophone at 16, switching to tenor 2 years later. He began working professionally at age 19 in Vancouver cabarets and strip clubs such as the Place Cabaret, the Wheelgrinder, the Smilin' Buddha and the legendary Rhythm and Blues room the Club New Delhi. In 1976 he enrolled in the Jazz and Commercial Music program at Vancouver Community College, along with future colleagues Colleen Savage, Alan Matheson and Don Powrie, but dropped out in the fall of 1977 to go on the road with blues guitarist Albert Collins. Over the next 15 years he toured and recorded with Downtown Kenny Brown, Solomon Burke, the Drifters, the Coasters, Bobby Curtola, Buddy Knox, Doug and the Slugs, Lloyd Williams, the Platters, and many others.

In 1991 Mr. Doheny returned to Vancouver and underwent a spiritual catharsis. He resolved long standing problems with alcohol and narcotics and determined to get serious about his life and his music. He returned to Vancouver Community College, where he studied saxophone technique with then department head David Branter. He transferred to the University of British Columbia in 1994, eventually earning both Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degrees. From 1992 to 1995 he co - led, with Bassist Jasper Clarke, the house band at Murphy's Pub in Vancouver. His octet Mingusmania, a vehicle for the investigation of the compositional legacy of the late Bassist - Composer Charles Mingus, debuted at the Glass Slipper in 1996 and was featured on Bravo Television. The John Doheny Quintet was formed in 1995 and has performed at the Vancouver International and Maple Ridge Jazz Festivals, the Vancouver East Cultural Center, the Vancouver Parks Board and Port Coquitlam Parks Board Summer Concert Series, U.B.C.'s Green College Concert Series,and the Nanaimo Art Gallery. The Quintet has been recorded for C.B.C. radio's "Hot Air" program.

Mr. Doheny is currently composing music for a second CD, and in September 2003 he will start work on a Masters Degree in Jazz History at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he has been offered a full scholarship.