Rob McConnell Born in London, Ontario, McConnell took up the valve trombone in high school and began his performing career in the early 50’s performing with saxophonist Don Thompson Edmonton, Bobby Gimby and fellow Canadian Maynard Ferguson. He also studied arranging and composition with Gordon Delamont. In 1968, Rob formed The Boss Brass, a big band that would become his primary performing and recording unit through the 1970’s and...
Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Canada's Own!
Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - A Legendary, World-Class Big Band from Toronto, Canada
Brian Barlow (drummer, percussionist, guitarist, producer) was born in 1952 in Bellville, Ontario, Canada. He has spent mosst of his career in the Toronto recording studios and is one of Canada’s most recorded musicians. His work in the studio and on the concert stage with a widely diverse group of artists including, Ringo Starr, Alanis Morrisette, Bob Seger, K.d....
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Ed Bickert (guitarist) was born in 1932, in Hochfeld, Manitoba, and raised in the farming and fruit-growing community around Vernon, British Columbia. Universally regarded as a guitar genius, Bickert was largely self-taught, developing an intereest in jazz harmony by studying Stan Kenton recordings. In his early teens he gained experience playing onstage with his mother...
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Dave Caldwell (tenor and alto saxophones, flute, clarinet) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. At the age of 18, after playing and recording with Halifax’s finest bands, Caldwell left his home town to study formally with Joe Viola at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Completing his studies and work in the Boston area, he moved to Montreal where he began...
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Bruce Cassidy (trumpeter, EVI player, composer, arranger, producer) was born in Fredricton, N.B., schooled in Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University. Bruce first started playing trumpet in Montreal in the 1950;s with Joe Sealy snd Hubie Basso. After studying at Berklee College in Boston, he moved to Toronto where he became a fixture on the Toronto jazz scene, both in clubs...
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