Education

FORMAL TRAINING: 

Classical Piano (Grades 1-6): 1954-58, with Kathleen Gorman,West Vancouver.

1961: Junior High School Band andf West Vancouver Community Orchestra Dance Band
Drum Studies: 1962-65: Jim Blackley's Drum Village, Vancouver
          
JAZZ BACKGROUND:


 Club gigs and sessions with: Frank Foster, Chris Gage, Flip Nunez, Jack Wilson,

Philly Joe Jones, Don Thompson, P. J. Perry, Glenn MacDonald, Ron Proby, Brian Barley and Al Neil


Jazz Groups Seen Since 1960

1960:
Elmer Gill Trio, Harrison Hotel, Harrison Hot Springs

1961:
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, QE Playhouse, Vancouver
 
1962-1964:
Miles Davis Sextet, Inquisition Coffee House, Vancouver
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, Inquisition Coffee House, Vancouver
Stan Getz Quartet, , Inquisition Coffee House, Vancouver
Errol Garner Trio, QE Playhouse, Vancouver
Cal Tjader Quartet, Inquisition Coffee House, Vancouver
Harold Land and Hampton Hawes, Inquisition Coffee House, Vancouver
Gerry Mulligan, QE Playhouse, Vancouver
Modern Jazz Quartet, QE Playhouse, Vancouver
Oscar Peterson Trio, QE Playhouse, Vancouver
Cannonball Adderley Sextet, QE Playhouse, Vancouver
 
1965:
Harold Land Quartet with Philly Joe Jones, Freddie Redd and Monk Montgomery, UBC, Blue Horn, Vancouver
Charles Mingus, Blue Horn, Vancouver
John handy Quintet, Blue Horn, Vancouver
Philly Joe Jones Quartet, Blue Horn, Vancouver
 
1969:
Rhasaan Roland Kirk and the Vibration Society, Riverqueen, Vancouver
 
1972:
Herbie Hancock Sextet, Esquire Showbar, Montreal
Pharoah Sanders, Black Unity, Esquire Showbar, Montreal
Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Bigband, Ronnie Scott’s, London
 
1974:
Horace Silver Quintet, Lucy’s Jazz Bar, Vancouver
Elvin Jones Quartet, Lucy’s Jazz Bar, Vancouver
Joe Henderson Quartet, Lucy’s Jazz Bar, Vancouver
Keith Jarrett, (opened for him with Sunship Ensemble), Commodore, Vancouver
 
1975:
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Montreal
 
1976:
McCoy Tyner Sextet, Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver
Bobby Hutcherson Quintet, Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver
Charles Mingus Sextet, Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver
Pharoah Sanders, Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver
Cecil Taylor Sextet, Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver
Phil Woods Quartet, Sheraton Landmark, Vancouver
 
1979:
Sam Rivers Quartet, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Betty Carter, QE Theatre, Vancouver
Art Ensemble of Chicago, QE Theatre, Vancouver
Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition, Landmark Hotel, Vancouver
 
1980:
Mal Waldron, Western Front, Vancouver
Steve Lacy Sextet, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
 
1981:
Ornette Coleman, Prime Time, Commodore, Vancouver
 
1982-1984:
Red Rodney and PJ Perry, Bourbon Street, Toronto
Dexter Gordon Quartet, Bourbon Street, Toronto
Joanne Brackeen Trio with Terry Clark, Bourbon Street, Toronto
James Moody Quartet, Bourbon Street, Toronto
 
1986:
Tony Williams Quintet, Expo, Vancouver
Johnny Griffin Quartet, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Cedar Walton Trio, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
 
1987:
Sun Ra Arkestra, Victoriaville, PQ
Last Exit, Victoriaville, PQ
 
1988:
Ornette Coleman Prime Time (opened for him with Lunar Adventures), Commodore, Vancouver
Michael Brecker Band, Time (opened for him with Lunar Adventures), Commodore, Vancouver
Max Roach Quartet and with the Uptown String Quartet, Vancouver East Cultural Centre




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