What is John Shifflett?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = John Shifflett | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = John Shifflett.jpg | image_size = | caption = John Shifflett playing Double Bass at the Cafe Stritch in San Jose, California | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|3|22}} | birth_place = [[Dubuque, Iowa]] | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age |2017|4|27|1953|3|22}} | death_place = [[San Jose, California]] | genre = [[Jazz]] | occupation = Musician, arranger, educator | instrument = [[Double bass]], [[Bass guitar]] | years_active = 1970's-2017 | label = OA2 Records | associated_acts = | website = | notable_instruments = }} '''John M Shifflett''' (March 22, 1953 – April 27, 2017) was an [[United States|American]] [[Jazz]] musician, player of the [[Double bass]] and also an arranger, composer, and educator, with his last teaching job at [[San Jose State University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John Shifflett|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/music/faculty_staff/shifflet_john/|website=San Jose State University|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501004520/http://www.sjsu.edu/music/faculty_staff/shifflet_john/|url-status=dead}}</ref> John Shifflett was born in [[Dubuque, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gilbert|first1=Andrew|title=John Shifflett, popular San Jose jazz musician and teacher, dies at age 64|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/01/john-shifflett-popular-san-jose-jazz-musician-and-teacher-dies-at-age-64/|access-date=1 May 2017|publisher=The Mercury News|date=1 May 2017}}</ref> He graduated in 1976 from [[Iowa State University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iowa State Music Alumni|url=http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/alumni.html|publisher=Iowa State University}}</ref> Later, while at the University of Iowa, John was their big band and jazz combo bass player, appearing at festivals such as the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festivals in April 1979<ref>{{cite web|title=Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival