John Bruce Wallace is a composer, improvisational guitarist,[1] painter, and philosopher. He has a philosophy degree from the University of Southern Maine.
He is a free jazz solo performer. He has recorded and released seven albums of extended sound statements. Tours have included festivals in Russia and Lithuania, where he was awarded fourth place at the Vilnius Jazz Festival. His music was invited for performance consideration at the American Pavilion during the 1991 São Paulo Art Biennial, in São Paulo, Brazil. "He invented a new technique of playing while continuously changing the pitch of his electric guitar" (Svetlana Korel'skaya, ARKHANGEL'SK, Arkhangel'sk, Russia). "[A] composer working to create a new voice for the electric guitar...creating a new approach to the instrument" (Tim Brady, Opus Novus, Bradyworks, Codes d'Acces, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
He has exhibited figurative oil paintings in several shows in New York City and Washington, DC, as-well-as, shows in Chicago, Minneapolis, Missouri, Maryland, Maine.
He has published a monograph in Philosophy on Solipsism and Consciousness.
The JAZZ Discography - by Tom Lord http://www.lordisco.com/musicians/W2.html Vilnius Jazz Festival http://www.vilniusjazz.lt/history/91.htm Praesentation zeitgenoessischer Spielarten improvisierter Musik ... http://www.vilniusjazz.lt/press/9201jp.htm Статьи « ЖУРНАЛ НЕЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКОЙ МУЗЫКИ "РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ-ONLINE"» http://rezultat.atknet.ru/articles/?26 Link to Philosophy Monograph on Consciousness and Solipsism titled: Genesis: Involvement: Generation