John Francis Picard (born 17 May 1934 in Tottenham, London, England)[1] is an English jazz trombonist.
Picard starting learning music in 1941 by taking lessons on the piano when aged seven years old.
[2] From 1962 to the early 1970s, he worked with Tony Coe as well as co-leading a quintet with Kathy Stobart in the late 1960s.
From 1975 to 1973, he was a member of the London Jazz Big Band, led by Stan Greig.
[3] During the early 1980s, with his friends Ian Stewart, Colin Smith and Dick Morrissey, he was a founding member of Rocket 88,[1] and later went on to join the Charlie Watts Big Band.