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Tonight we feature jazz giant ALASTAIR KAY, 15-year featured player with Grammy- and Juno-winning ‘Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass’, internationally-acclaimed arranger, composer, and virtuoso jazz and classical trombonist. For over four decades, AL KAY has performed around the world with leading artists and entertainers including Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Aretha Franklin, Al Jareau, Diana Ross, Buddy Rich, Nelson Riddle, Lionel Hampton, Phil Woods, Burt Bacharach, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, and Andrea Bocelli; played on over 1000 commercial jingles, countless recordings,and sound tracks; first call pit-band player for major live musical theatre hits in Toronto for more than 30 years; classical performances with all of Canada’s leading symphonies, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, the National Ballet Orchestra, and numerous small chamber ensembles, most notably the ‘True North Brass’; and since 1994, Head of Brass Studies at Toronto’s prestigious Humber College...

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Tonight we feature jazz giant ALASTAIR KAY, 15-year featured player with Grammy- and Juno-winning ‘Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass’, internationally-acclaimed arranger, composer, and virtuoso jazz and classical trombonist. For over four decades, AL KAY has performed around the world with leading artists and entertainers including Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Aretha Franklin, Al Jareau, Diana Ross, Buddy Rich, Nelson Riddle, Lionel Hampton, Phil Woods, Burt Bacharach, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, and Andrea Bocelli; played on over 1000 commercial jingles, countless recordings,and sound tracks; first call pit-band player for major live musical theatre hits in Toronto for more than 30 years; classical performances with all of Canada’s leading symphonies, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, the National Ballet Orchestra, and numerous small chamber ensembles, most notably the ‘True North Brass’; and since 1994, Head of Brass Studies at Toronto’s prestigious Humber College. This evening’s all-star Trio also features jazz masters BRIAN DICKINSON on piano and MIKE DOWNES on bass, performing for your pleasure amid the up-close-and-personal ambience of The Home Smith Bar.

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