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Birth name | Ronald William Collier |
Born | Coleman, Alberta, Canada | July 3, 1930
Died | October 22, 2003 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 73)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger |
Instrument(s) | Trombone |
Ron Collier, OC (July 3, 1930 – October 22, 2003) was a Canadian jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. [1] [2] He performed in and led a number of jazz groups, and created orchestrations for and recorded with Duke Ellington.
A native of Coleman, Alberta, Collier began his musical training in Vancouver. He was a member of the Kitsilano Boys' Band. [3] He studied music privately in Toronto with Gordon Delamont. [4] The first jazz musician to receive a Canada Council grant, he studied orchestration in New York in 1961 and 1962. [1]
Collier formed the Ron Collier Jazz Quartet, which performed in the 1950s at the Stratford Festival [5] and on CBC's Tabloid with Portia White, [6] and in 1963 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. [7] [8]
Duke Ellington performed with the Ron Collier Orchestra on the 1969 album North of the Border in Canada. [9] [10] The album included compositions by several Canadian composers, including Collier. [11] Collier created orchestrations for a number of Ellington's concerts and recordings. [4] [12]
Collier composed the scores to the films Face-Off (1971), A Fan's Notes (1972), and Paperback Hero (1973). In the 1970s, he began directing a student orchestra at Toronto's Humber College. [13] His band won the big Band Open Class at the Canadian Stage Band Festival in 1982 . [14]
In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [15] He died in October that year in Toronto, aged 73. [1]
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Ron Collier | |
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Birth name | Ronald William Collier |
Born | Coleman, Alberta, Canada | July 3, 1930
Died | October 22, 2003 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 73)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger |
Instrument(s) | Trombone |
Ron Collier, OC (July 3, 1930 – October 22, 2003) was a Canadian jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. [1] [2] He performed in and led a number of jazz groups, and created orchestrations for and recorded with Duke Ellington.
A native of Coleman, Alberta, Collier began his musical training in Vancouver. He was a member of the Kitsilano Boys' Band. [3] He studied music privately in Toronto with Gordon Delamont. [4] The first jazz musician to receive a Canada Council grant, he studied orchestration in New York in 1961 and 1962. [1]
Collier formed the Ron Collier Jazz Quartet, which performed in the 1950s at the Stratford Festival [5] and on CBC's Tabloid with Portia White, [6] and in 1963 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. [7] [8]
Duke Ellington performed with the Ron Collier Orchestra on the 1969 album North of the Border in Canada. [9] [10] The album included compositions by several Canadian composers, including Collier. [11] Collier created orchestrations for a number of Ellington's concerts and recordings. [4] [12]
Collier composed the scores to the films Face-Off (1971), A Fan's Notes (1972), and Paperback Hero (1973). In the 1970s, he began directing a student orchestra at Toronto's Humber College. [13] His band won the big Band Open Class at the Canadian Stage Band Festival in 1982 . [14]
In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [15] He died in October that year in Toronto, aged 73. [1]
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