 During the following two years he performed at Condon's club (1952-1953) and eventually went on to perform alongside George Wettling and Jack Teagarden in 1954 as well as Barbara Lea from 1995 through 1957.Windhurst accompanied vocalists like Lea while in 1956 he took a stage role with actor Conrad Janis in an off-broadway musical titled, "Joy Ride".Windhurst only made one recording with his swing quartet, the "John Windhurst Quartet" in which Buell Neidlinger was a sideman, a record called "Jazz at Columbus Avenue", recorded for the Transition label in 1956.