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John Doheny brings
his R & B performance background together with a passion for Jazz.
Active on the local Jazz scene as tenor & alto saxophonist, John's
background includes directing the VCC Continuing Education and North
Vancouver's Alumni Jazz Bands. He has performed and recorded with such
artists as Phil Woods, Doug & The Slugs, Bobby Curtola, The Platters,
The Coasters, Montreal guitarist Greg Clayton and local jazz luminaries
Bill Clark, Mike
Rud and Alan Matheson. |
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Vancouver based trumpeter/fluglehornist Norm Quinn was born and raised in Vancouver. After studies at Douglas College he went on to study privately in Toronto with jazz great Freddie stone and trumpet guru Don Johnson. Since his return in 1986 he has worked with many different projects. From intimate jazz trio and quartet settings, section and solo work in various local R&B bands, traditional jazz with the Fraser River Rats, and Razzamajazz as a leader and soloist on the Starlight Dinner Train, as an integral member of the John Doheny Jazz Quintet and as a featured soloist in several big bands. Recordings include CD's with Mike Shau and Hwy 61, the John Doheny Quintet, a live date with vocalist Melonai Brisdon, two with the Douglas College alumni "Night Band", and one under his own name. His latest projects include a new CD with the John Doheny Quintet - One up, two back, another with saxophonist Dave Davies, and his own, soon to be recorded, 2nd CD - with his newly formed quartet - Q4 - featuring drummer Stan Taylor, Roy Sluyter on piano and bassist Glen Riley. He can be heard live with the John Doheny Jazz Quintet, on concert performances with the Douglas College alumni band, with his own quartet on the Starlight Dinner Train, on R&B gigs with the Fat Boogie Orchestra, Doctor Dave and the Soul Demons, traditional settings with Razzamajazz and the Fraser River Rats, and with his new jazz quartet. |
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Pianist/composer Ridley Vinson has been establishing herself on the local music scene for several years, with a background of classical, rock, and jazz. She has toured all over Canada, from the Maritimes, to B.C., as well as parts of the U.S., with various artists. She has participated in many music festivals like the Atlantic Du Maurier Jazz Festival, the Toronto WOMAD Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival, and the Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues Festival. She has appeared with such noted musicians as L.A. drummer Joey Heredia, Nova Scotia saxophonist Don Palmer, and Seattle trombonist Julian Priester, as well as local musicians like Mark Hasselbach, Sybel Thrasher, Michael Buble, and Brad Turner with Hugh Fraser¹s Jazz Orchestra Workshop. As well as being a long-time member of the John Doheny Quintet, Ridley currently leads her jazz group in Vancouver, and performs and records regularly with many players in private and public functions. CD credits include Michael Buble, Armi Grano, and John Doheny. Her video and television credits include an original documentary soundtrack for Nova Scotia artist Jack Vander Wal, CBC¹s Tom Stone, and Wolf Lake. Her own jazz quartet has recently been heard on CBC¹s Hot Air radio program, with Paul Grant. |
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I'm a bassist and composer living here in Vancouver, BC. I've been playing jazz around town since the early eighties. Now, I'm also known as a specialist in latin music, especially Afro-Cuban Jazz and Salsa, which I've been studying with a passion for about twenty years. My main creative project right now is Grupo Jazz Tumbao which I founded with trombonist/composer Brian Harding in 1997. Grupo Jazz Tumbao is a septet dedicated to the performance of our original Latin Jazz, 'bebop con clave', and classic compositions from the masters of Cuban and Nuyorican Jazz. For the past few years, we've been playing to enthusiastic audiences at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, where we opened last year (2000) for Cuba's Orquesta Aragón. In October, we had the pleasure to open for Eliades Ochoa, of "Buena Vista Social Club" fame. In 1999, we released our first CD, "¿Qué Bolá?" which has been receiving great reviews, most recently in the French "Jazz Magazine" (Paris, January 2001) and in the November - December 2000 issue of Coda Magazine. It's received radio airplay in NY (WBGO), Miami (WDNA), San Juan, Puerto Rico (WIPR), and on Radio Havana Cuba, to name just a few... |
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Ubiquitous Vancouver drummer Stan Taylor is well known for his long and intense involvement in the local avante garde improvised music scene. His percussive skills have graced the bands of Vinny Golia, Baler Freeman, and Glen Spearman. He was a founding member of John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra and was co-leader, along with Bari-Saxist Daniel Miles Kane, of the Kane-Taylor Explosion. He has performed in New York City with the Kokoro Dance Company, at the Montreal Jazz Festival (in 1988 with the Bill Clarke Sextet and in 2000 with alto saxophonist Saul Berson's quartet), with trombonist Ray Anderson and former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern, and his appearances with various ensembles at the DuMaurier Vancouver Jazz Festival, in every year since it's inception, are far too numerous to list here. Mr. Taylor is also much in demand as a "straight-ahead" and "swing" style player. He has worked with Juno Award-winning tenor-saxophonist Fraser Macpherson, pianist Linton Garner, post-boppers Pat LaBarbera ,Hugh Fraser and Phil Dwyer, vocalist Kate Hammett-Vaughn, and since 1995 has held down the drum chair with the John Doheny Quintet. |
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