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Although jazz drummer Jerry Fuller wasn’t as famous as a few of his contemporaries, he’s been heralded among the finest master keepers to ever emerge from Canada. Blessed in Calgary, Alberta on Apr 5, 1939, Fullerhailed from a musical family members, as his dad was a sax participant that served …

Nearly as well-known for his reluctance to try out for his excellent abilities, guitarist Tal Farlow didn’t take in the instrument until he had been 21, yet within a year was playing skillfully and in 1948 was with Marjorie Hyams’ band. While using the Crimson Norvo Trio (which originally included …

Among the best swing-based pianists of days gone by 25 years, Dave McKenna’s hard-driving basslines offer momentum to uptempo parts, and his vast understanding of better songs through the 1930s has led to many rewarding albums of traditional but fresh music. Although talented right away, McKenna didn’t achieve that very …

Pianist Dwike Mitchell and bassist Willie Ruff (also a talented French horn participant) initial met in the past due ’40s if they were portion within the Military and playing within a band on the Lockbourne Surroundings Force Bottom in Ohio. In 1954 these were both associates of Lionel Hampton’s Big …

Marty Morell had the differentiation of being an associate of the Costs Evans Trio longer than every other drummer: seven years. A calm and refined but regularly inventive participant, Morell went to the Manhattan College of Music. Ahead of signing up for Evans, Morell caused the Al Cohn-Zoot Sims Quintet …

Neil Swainson worked for just two years in Victoria with Paul Horn. He used Woody Shaw often within the 1980s and in addition gigged with Adam Moody, George Coleman, and Zoot Sims. An associate of Moe Koffman’s quintet during 1978-1982, Swainson obtained his greatest popularity when he began dealing with …

Jazz trumpeter Kevin Turcotte is undoubtedly a virtuoso and something of Canada’s best trumpeters from the ’90s. Delivered in Ottawa, the Canadian musician was raised in Sudbury and finally studied music on the Banff College of Great Arts with the College or university of Toronto, where he became a member …

Though it was usually a part-time venture (functioning maybe thirty days per year, counting an annual recording), Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass was among the finest big bands from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. A fantastic soloist, McConnell performed valve trombone in Toronto (both in the studios and in jazz configurations) …

Many years before Wynton Marsalis gained headlines for assisting to revive hard bop, Warren Vache (alongside Scott Hamilton) was one of the few youthful jazz musicians who have been reviving small-group swing. Vache, who usually had a lovely tone along with a chance-taking design, is the child of an excellent …

Long a very important sideman, Lynn Seaton has so far simply led one established being a leader, 1991’s Bassman’s Cellar (Timeless). He began playing classical electric guitar when he was seven but turned to bass 2 yrs later. Seaton went to the School of Oklahoma and performed locally. In Sept …