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Chris Andrew
Although well known as a jazz educator in Alberta, Chris is best known for his ability to play. In the jazz vein, Chris’ resume lists a veritable who’s who of jazz. Chris has performed with Joshua Redman, Sonny fortune, Bud Shank, Pete Christlieb, Joe LaBarbera, P.J. Perry, Kirk MacDonald, Paquito D’Rivera, Brad Turner, and Steve Wallace just to name some highlights. On the local scene, Chris has performed or recorded with numerous well known groups including The Jump Orchestra, Maracujah, Bomba, Kelly Allana, Tim Tamashiro, The Swinging Bovines, The Edmonton Symphony, Phatty, and The Devoties. Chris spent the first half of 2005 as the musical director for the Decidedly Jazz Danceworks show: ?BULLA!, in which the song ‘3 Corners of Emotion’ from the Hutchinson Andrew Trio was featured. Chris has recently been honoured with the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award for his virtuosic talent.
Awards
2013 Montreal International Jazz Festival TD Grand Jazz Award 2013 City of Edmonton Arts and Culture Performance Award 2011 Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 2008 National Jazz Awards Rising Star Award 2004 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Awarded to BOMBA Hutchinson Andrew Trio Prairie Modern (2013) Nominated for Best Jazz Recording (WCMA) Chris Andrew Strange Days (2011) Nominated for Best Jazz Recording (WCMA) Hutchinson Andrew Trio Music Box (2008) Nominated for Best Jazz Recording (WCMA) Hutchinson Andrew Trio Lost but not forgotten (2004) Nominated for Best Jazz Recording (WCMA)
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PJ Perry: No Hugs
by Jack Bowers
The title of Canadian alto saxophone maestro PJ Perry's album does not mean that Perry wants No Hugs, rather that the Covid pandemic that arrived in 2020 meant there would be no hugs" between Perry and his beloved grandson, Atticus, in the big brown chair" that served as their hangout until the quarantine was over. On the plus side, it gave Perry and longtime friend and colleague, bassist Neil Swainson, ample time to work together on new material, the result ...
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by Pierre Giroux
PJ Perry is a survivor. Now, in 2022, eighty-one years old, he has been playing saxophone since he was fourteen, when he joined his father's dance band as a baritone saxophonist. During the course of his lengthy career, he has lived in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and a couple of European cities, before settling in Edmonton, Alberta. As a technically accomplished and eloquent alto saxophonist, he has played with the likes of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass, Dizzy Gillespie, Slide Hampton and ...
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