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Ted Quinlan
Ted Quinlan (guitarist, writer, educator) a Montreal-born Berklee-educated is respected as one of Canada’s most multi-faceted jazz musicians, highly skilled as a solo jazz guitarist, session player, writer, and dedicated educator. He is a sought-after sideman, frequently appearing with the “who’s who” of Canadian jazz artists on concert stages, in clubs, and in jazz festivals from coast-to-coast. Throughout his abiding career, he has performed with some of the biggest international jazz stars including Freddie Baker, Chet Baker, Eddie Harris,...
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Alastair Kay (trombonist) is widely recognized as one of Canada’s finest trombonists. Over the past three decades, he has performed with some fo the world’s best orchestras, entertainer, and jazz artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Phil Woods, Mel Torme, Renee Rosnes, diana Krall, Lionel Hampton, Slide Hampton, Bill Watrous and many others. He played lead trombone with Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass for 15 years and guested with the Rob McConnell Tentet...
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Alex Dean (saxophones, clarinet, flute, piccolo, oboe) was born in 1954. Renowned as one of Canada’s foremost jazz saxophonists, reedman Alex Dean has played and recorded with a who’s who of legendary musicians, bands, and ensembles during a stellar career as an award-winning musician, clinician, artistic director, and jazz educator. His playing credentials include work with Gil Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Mel Torme, Aretha Franklin Natalie Cole, Harry Connick Jr., Ray Charles, Pat Labarbera, Phil Nimmons and the Toronto Symphony. He...
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Bill McBirnie (flutes, piccolo) was in born in 1953, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. Widely recognized as one of the world’s best jazz and Latin flutists, McBirnie is known for his remarkable technique playing the entire family of flutes, from bass flute to piccolo. Bill McBirnie has performed, produced, and recorded with a diversified list of eminent artists and internationally-renowned groups. He holds numerous National Jazz Awards and Jazz Report Awards as “Flutist of the Year’, and won the American National Flute...
read moreIan McDougall
Ian McDougall (trombonist, arranger, composer) was born in 1938, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and grew up in victoria, British Columbia where he began his “professional” career at the age of 12 when he joined the Victoria Local (247) of the American Federation of Musicians, the youngest person ever to join that local. Ian is perhaps best known for his work as lead trombonist with Rob McConnell”s Grammy and JUNO Award-winning “The Boss Brass” for 20 years, during which time two suites composed by McDougall –...
read moreRachel Therrien
“Montreal-based trumpeter and composer Rachel Therrien’s second album, Home Inspiration is a salutary reminder of something that the American jazz scene doesn’t always seem to acknowledge—there’s a thriving, young and imaginative jazz scene up north, in Canada.” – Bruce Lindsay, All About Jazz Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, Rachel Therrien already boasts an enviable CV. Known for her very personal signature, she has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile and creative artist. Winner of the 2015 TD...
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