He is a Juno nominated artist and the winner of the 2009 National Jazz Awards, ‘Guitarist of the Year’.
[2][3] He is known for performing artists such as Miles Black and Jodi Proznick (as Triology),[4] Lonnie Smith,[5] Brad Turner,[6] Peter Bernstein, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ian McDougall, P. J. Perry, Sheila Jordan, Phil Dwyer, Peter Washington,[7] and Oliver Gannon.
[9] A recipient of multiple Canada Council for the Arts awards, he has studied with Jim Hall, Neil Chotem,[1] and Louis Stewart.
[2] He is a faculty member at Capilano University,[9] as well as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music.
[7] Coon is married to band leader and former trombonist Jill Townsend.