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The Dan Bodanis Band
Bob Brough - Sax/Flute/Clarinet
"Active in several musical genres, Saxophonist/Flautist/Clarinetist"
Born in 1948, in Toronto Ontario, Canada, Bob learned to amuse himself with a harmonica from the time he was 9, and later, to enjoy a fascination with cars and with drawing the various models of the day. At 14, entry into technical school found him mistakenly placed in a music class instead of the art class he had applied for, and hoped for, as an embellishment to his chosen auto mechanics course.
- Was assigned to a baritone saxophone for the year. In spite of his initial disappointment and protests about the error, he became curious about the saxophone and took to practicing fingering techniques on a broomstick at home. He was permitted to take the instrument home and keep it over the summer holidays. He's never really looked back...
- Has been known in Canadian Jazz circles for facility with improvisation on tenor saxophone since the mid 1960's. He is the "Senator" of Globe and mail jazz critic Mark Miller's book "Boogie, Pete and The Senator", published by Nightwood Editions in 1987.
- Studied woodwind performance, harmony, and arranging with Paul Brodie and Gordon Delemont in private lessons for several years during the late 60's. Continued with flute and piano studies until 1973. In January of 2001, he attended a short-term residency in jazz at the Banff Centre For the Arts.
- Applied for and obtained an Arts B Grant from the Canada Council in 1990, for composition. A number of compositions that came from that period have become favorites among patrons of local jazz venues in and around Toronto; most notably "Sweet Jessica" a jazz waltz inspired by his then 6 year old daughter, and "Lullabye" a jazz-folk tune. A third composition and arrangement "Night Folk" was recorded - Sony Music Entertainment - by Free Fight The Big Band, on the CD First Flight in 1996.
- Recorded as a sideman/soloist on 20 recordings including 2 Juno-nominated CD's during the 80's. More recent CD's include "Jump, Shout - Rock Da House", by Bill King, 2002, with his band "The Saturday Night Fish Fry", a CD that illustrates the "earthier" aspects of tenor solo performance; Michael Brown's 2002, "The Journey", that features a softer approach on tenor and includes flute solos. Further examples of solo and ensemble performance on tenor saxophone can be heard on Richard Underhill's 2003 Juno-award winning CD, "tales from the blue lounge", recorded in 2002.
In November 2003, Bob released his CD "A Decade Of Favorites". He recorded the most recent 3 tracks live, at the Montreal Bistro, in July of 2003. The other 7 tracks, featuring various sidemen/soloists, were recorded but never released over the previous decade.
PS: Bob did the drawing of the tenor saxophone that appears in mirrored silver on his CD...
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