John Jasnoch: guitar, mandolin, oud, uke, (born 1953, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK) started out playing bluegrass and country music. In 1979 he moved to Sheffield becoming part of the Sheffield improvised music community. From this evolved a number of regular - including those with Martin Archer - and ad hoc groups. He played Derek Bailey’s Company Week in 1988 and was a member of Sonny Simmons’ UK Quartet + Linda Sharrock's ensembles.
He went on to play many concerts in UK, mainland Europe and North America both as a soloist and with various ad hoc ensembles (with, for example, LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Paul Lytton, Louis Moholo, Jeffrey Morgan, Erhard Hirt).
