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Don Thompson (musician)

January 01, 1970

For other people with the same name, see Don Thompson (disambiguation).

Donald Winston Thompson, OC[1] (born 18 January 1940) is a Canadian jazz musician who plays double bass, piano, and vibes.[2] Thompson's career as a performer, recording artist, producer, session musician, and music educator has lasted for more than 50 years.

Don Thompson
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Thompson in 1989
Photo courtesy of the Fraser MacPherson estate
Background information
Birth nameDonald Winston Thompson
Born (1940-01-18) 18 January 1940 (age 84)
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Double bass, piano, vibraphone
Years active1960s–present
LabelsConcord, Jazz Alliance, Justin Time, Sackville, Brunswick, CBC

One of Thompson's best-known musical associations was his membership in Paul Desmond's "Toronto Quartet" from 1974 to 1976, along with Ed Bickert and Jerry Fuller. Thompson also worked for several years in the 1970s and 1980s with guitarist Jim Hall. Thompson was also a member of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass for more than two decades starting in the late 1960s.

From 2005 to the present, Thompson arranged and performed on all of singer Diana Panton's albums. Thompson first met Panton in the 1990s when he heard her sing as a high-school student, and he encouraged Panton to study at the Banff Centre, where he was one of her faculty instructors.

Thompson has been a fixture on the Toronto jazz scene since the late 1960s when he moved there from British Columbia. As a backing musician in studio and live performance, Thompson has appeared on more than 200 records, including releases by George Shearing, Buddy Tate, Jay McShann, Junior Mance, John Handy, Ed Bickert, John Abercrombie, Moe Koffman, Anne Murray, Mel Tormé, Ruby Braff, Lenny Breau, and others.

Biography edit

Thompson was born 18 January 1940 Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.

He lived in Vancouver from 1960 to 1965, working as a freelance musician primarily on bass. He has appeared with jazz troupes led by Vancouver musicians such as Dave Robbins, Chris Gage and Fraser MacPherson, as well as leading his own musical groups. In addition to appearing regularly on CBC radio, he was also on television as a featured artist. From 1965 to 1966, Thompson worked with saxophonist John Handy, who was based in San Francisco, and he appeared with Handy at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, a performance which was recorded and released on Columbia Records.

He returned to Canada in 1967 and has been a resident of Toronto since 1969. In that year he joined Rob McConnell's Boss Brass as a percussionist, switching to bass in 1971 and later to piano (1987–1993). He was also a member of Moe Koffman's group from 1970 to 1979 as pianist or bassist, contributing arrangements and compositions and working as co-producer with Koffman on two albums, Museum Pieces and Looking Up. He also worked extensively with guitarists Ed Bickert, Lenny Breau and Sonny Greenwich (whom he'd played with in the John Handy Quintet in the mid-60's) while keeping busy with his own various projects.

Thompson was, along with Ed Bickert and drummers Terry Clarke and Jerry Fuller, a member of the "house rhythm section" at Toronto's Bourbon Street Jazz Club. There he worked with Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, Milt Jackson, Art Farmer, James Moody, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, Frank Rosolino, Slide Hampton, Lee Konitz and Abbey Lincoln. Thompson appeared at other venues with Sarah Vaughan, Red Rodney, Joe Henderson, Dewey Redman, Red Mitchell, Sheila Jordan and Kenny Wheeler. Thompson also served as a recording engineer for several of the Bourbon Street performances, including the 1975 Paul Desmond performances that resulted in the albums Live and Paul Desmond, plus a box set released in 2020. Thompson's 1975 recordings of Jim Hall's trio (featuring himself and Terry Clarke) at Bourbon Street resulted in the album Jim Hall Live! and a later box set of the same performances. Likewise, Rosolino's "Thinking About You" album was also taken from performances Thompson recorded live at Bourbon Street, where he, Bickert and drummer Terry Clarke were backing the trombonist. Recordings Thompson made of the Thompson/Bickert/Clarke rhythm section at George's Spaghetti House, another Toronto club, resulted in Ed Bickert, the guitarist's 1976 debut album.

Thompson became a member of guitarist Jim Hall's trio in 1974, and performed and recorded with Hall in Europe, Japan, the United States and Canada until the early 1980s. In 1982 he joined pianist George Shearing and stayed for a five-year period during which he appeared at many major jazz clubs and festivals in the United States, Great Britain, and Brazil.

In 1996 he was artist in residence at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England, and performed in a concert of all-Canadian music with fellow Canadians Kenny Wheeler and Hugh Fraser. He taught regularly at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts along with other major international musicians.

Awards edit

Discography edit

As leader/co-leader edit

  • Country Place (PM, 1976)
  • Bells with Rob Piltch (Umbrella Records, 1982)
  • Beautiful Friendship (Concord, 1984)
  • Music from the Movies (1989)
  • Witchcraft with John Abercrombie (Justin Time, 1991)
  • Winter Mist (Jazz Alliance, 1991)
  • Opus D'Amour with Don Friedman (Sackville, 1992)
  • Celebration (Jazz Focus, 1998)
  • At the Garden Party with Ed Bickert (Sackville, 2004)
  • Ask Me Later (CBC, 2007)
  • Forgotten Memories (Roadhouse, 2007)
  • One Take with Reg Schwager (Alma, 2007)
  • For Kenny Wheeler (Sackville, 2008)
  • Trio (2009)
  • George Shearing at Home with George Shearing (2013)
  • Look for the Silver Lining with Phil Dwyer (2013)
  • Some Other Spring (2014)[4]

As sideman edit

With Paul Desmond

With Sonny Greenwich

  • The Old Man and the Child (Sackville)
  • Sun Song (CBC)
  • Evol-lution Love's Reverse (PM)

With Jim Hall

  • Jim Hall Live! (A&M/Horizon, 1975)
  • Commitment (A&M/Horizon, 1976)
  • Jazz Impressions of Japan (A&M)
  • Live in Tokyo (Paddlewheel)
  • Circles (Concord)
  • Live at Town Hall (Musicmasters)

With John Handy

With Bill King

  • The Jazz Report All Stars (Radioland)

With Moe Koffman

  • Solar Explorations (GRT)
  • Museum Pieces (GRT)
  • Master Sessions (GRT)
  • Live at George's (GRT)

With Pat LaBarbera

  • Pass it On (PM)
  • Necessary Evil (CBC)

With Dave Liebman

  • Sweet Fury (BeBop to Now)

With Rob McConnell

  • Big Band Jazz (Umbrella)
  • Again (Umbrella)
  • Present Perfect (MPD)
  • Tribute (Pausa)
  • Live in Digital (SeaBreeze)
  • The Brass is Back (Concord)
  • Brassy and Sassy (Concord)
  • Our 25th Year (Concord)
  • Three for the Road (Concord)

With Jay McShann

  • Man from Muskogee (Sackville)
  • Tuxedo Junction (Sackville)
  • Just a Lucky So and So (Sackville)
  • Swingmatism (Sackville)

With Diana Panton

  • ...Yesterday Perhaps (2005)
  • If The Moon Turns Green (2007)
  • Pink (2009)
  • To Brazil With Love (2011)
  • Christmas Kiss (2012)
  • Red (2013)
  • I Believe in Little Things (2015)
  • Solstice / Equinox (2017)
  • Cheerful Little Earful (2019)
  • blue (2022)

With Emily Remler

  • Take Two (Concord)

With Frank Rosolino

  • Thinking of You (Sackville, 2014)

With George Shearing

With George Shearing and Mel Tormé

With Buddy Tate

  • The Ballad Artistry (Sackville)
  • Saturday Night Function (Sackville)

With Ed Bickert

  • At the Garden Party (Sackville, 1979)

With His West Coast Friends

  • Days Gone By (Atlas,1982)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Donald Winston Thompson, O.C." Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. ^ Cross, Dan. "Don Thompson". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Search Awards". The Juno Awards. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Don Thompson | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

January 01, 1970
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For other people with the same name see Don Thompson disambiguation Donald Winston Thompson OC 1 born 18 January 1940 is a Canadian jazz musician who plays double bass piano and vibes 2 Thompson s career as a performer recording artist producer session musician and music educator has lasted for more than 50 years Don ThompsonOCThompson in 1989 Photo courtesy of the Fraser MacPherson estateBackground informationBirth nameDonald Winston ThompsonBorn 1940 01 18 18 January 1940 age 84 Powell River British Columbia CanadaOriginToronto Ontario CanadaGenresJazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Double bass piano vibraphoneYears active1960s presentLabelsConcord Jazz Alliance Justin Time Sackville Brunswick CBC One of Thompson s best known musical associations was his membership in Paul Desmond s Toronto Quartet from 1974 to 1976 along with Ed Bickert and Jerry Fuller Thompson also worked for several years in the 1970s and 1980s with guitarist Jim Hall Thompson was also a member of Rob McConnell s Boss Brass for more than two decades starting in the late 1960s From 2005 to the present Thompson arranged and performed on all of singer Diana Panton s albums Thompson first met Panton in the 1990s when he heard her sing as a high school student and he encouraged Panton to study at the Banff Centre where he was one of her faculty instructors Thompson has been a fixture on the Toronto jazz scene since the late 1960s when he moved there from British Columbia As a backing musician in studio and live performance Thompson has appeared on more than 200 records including releases by George Shearing Buddy Tate Jay McShann Junior Mance John Handy Ed Bickert John Abercrombie Moe Koffman Anne Murray Mel Torme Ruby Braff Lenny Breau and others Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Discography 3 1 As leader co leader 3 2 As sideman 4 ReferencesBiography editThompson was born 18 January 1940 Powell River British Columbia Canada He lived in Vancouver from 1960 to 1965 working as a freelance musician primarily on bass He has appeared with jazz troupes led by Vancouver musicians such as Dave Robbins Chris Gage and Fraser MacPherson as well as leading his own musical groups In addition to appearing regularly on CBC radio he was also on television as a featured artist From 1965 to 1966 Thompson worked with saxophonist John Handy who was based in San Francisco and he appeared with Handy at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival a performance which was recorded and released on Columbia Records He returned to Canada in 1967 and has been a resident of Toronto since 1969 In that year he joined Rob McConnell s Boss Brass as a percussionist switching to bass in 1971 and later to piano 1987 1993 He was also a member of Moe Koffman s group from 1970 to 1979 as pianist or bassist contributing arrangements and compositions and working as co producer with Koffman on two albums Museum Pieces and Looking Up He also worked extensively with guitarists Ed Bickert Lenny Breau and Sonny Greenwich whom he d played with in the John Handy Quintet in the mid 60 s while keeping busy with his own various projects Thompson was along with Ed Bickert and drummers Terry Clarke and Jerry Fuller a member of the house rhythm section at Toronto s Bourbon Street Jazz Club There he worked with Paul Desmond Jim Hall Milt Jackson Art Farmer James Moody Zoot Sims Clark Terry Harry Edison Frank Rosolino Slide Hampton Lee Konitz and Abbey Lincoln Thompson appeared at other venues with Sarah Vaughan Red Rodney Joe Henderson Dewey Redman Red Mitchell Sheila Jordan and Kenny Wheeler Thompson also served as a recording engineer for several of the Bourbon Street performances including the 1975 Paul Desmond performances that resulted in the albums Live and Paul Desmond plus a box set released in 2020 Thompson s 1975 recordings of Jim Hall s trio featuring himself and Terry Clarke at Bourbon Street resulted in the album Jim Hall Live and a later box set of the same performances Likewise Rosolino s Thinking About You album was also taken from performances Thompson recorded live at Bourbon Street where he Bickert and drummer Terry Clarke were backing the trombonist Recordings Thompson made of the Thompson Bickert Clarke rhythm section at George s Spaghetti House another Toronto club resulted in Ed Bickert the guitarist s 1976 debut album Thompson became a member of guitarist Jim Hall s trio in 1974 and performed and recorded with Hall in Europe Japan the United States and Canada until the early 1980s In 1982 he joined pianist George Shearing and stayed for a five year period during which he appeared at many major jazz clubs and festivals in the United States Great Britain and Brazil In 1996 he was artist in residence at the Royal Academy of Music London England and performed in a concert of all Canadian music with fellow Canadians Kenny Wheeler and Hugh Fraser He taught regularly at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts along with other major international musicians Awards editJuno Award Best Jazz Recording Sackville 4005 1980 3 Juno Award Best Jazz Album A Beautiful Friendship 1985 3 Vibraphonist of the Year Jazz Report 1993 1997 Composer of the Year Jazz Report 1994 Original Jazz Composition Socan 1994 Juno Award Best Traditional Jazz Album Ask Me Later 2006 3 Order of Canada Officer 2009 1 Discography editAs leader co leader edit Country Place PM 1976 Bells with Rob Piltch Umbrella Records 1982 Beautiful Friendship Concord 1984 Music from the Movies 1989 Witchcraft with John Abercrombie Justin Time 1991 Winter Mist Jazz Alliance 1991 Opus D Amour with Don Friedman Sackville 1992 Celebration Jazz Focus 1998 At the Garden Party with Ed Bickert Sackville 2004 Ask Me Later CBC 2007 Forgotten Memories Roadhouse 2007 One Take with Reg Schwager Alma 2007 For Kenny Wheeler Sackville 2008 Trio 2009 George Shearing at Home with George Shearing 2013 Look for the Silver Lining with Phil Dwyer 2013 Some Other Spring 2014 4 As sideman edit With Paul Desmond Like Someone in Love Telarc 1975 1992 Live A amp M Horizon 1976 Paul Desmond Artists House 1978 With Sonny Greenwich The Old Man and the Child Sackville Sun Song CBC Evol lution Love s Reverse PM With Jim Hall Jim Hall Live A amp M Horizon 1975 Commitment A amp M Horizon 1976 Jazz Impressions of Japan A amp M Live in Tokyo Paddlewheel Circles Concord Live at Town Hall Musicmasters With John Handy Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival Columbia 1966 The Second Album Columbia Live at Yoshi s Nightspot Boulevard With Bill King The Jazz Report All Stars Radioland With Moe Koffman Solar Explorations GRT Museum Pieces GRT Master Sessions GRT Live at George s GRT With Pat LaBarbera Pass it On PM Necessary Evil CBC With Dave Liebman Sweet Fury BeBop to Now With Rob McConnell Big Band Jazz Umbrella Again Umbrella Present Perfect MPD Tribute Pausa Live in Digital SeaBreeze The Brass is Back Concord Brassy and Sassy Concord Our 25th Year Concord Three for the Road Concord With Jay McShann Man from Muskogee Sackville Tuxedo Junction Sackville Just a Lucky So and So Sackville Swingmatism Sackville With Diana Panton Yesterday Perhaps 2005 If The Moon Turns Green 2007 Pink 2009 To Brazil With Love 2011 Christmas Kiss 2012 Red 2013 I Believe in Little Things 2015 Solstice Equinox 2017 Cheerful Little Earful 2019 blue 2022 With Emily Remler Take Two Concord With Frank Rosolino Thinking of You Sackville 2014 With George Shearing Live at the Cafe Carlyle Concord 1984 George Shearing amp Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter Concord 1986 With George Shearing and Mel Torme Top Drawer Concord 1983 An Evening at Charlie s Concord 1983 With Buddy Tate The Ballad Artistry Sackville Saturday Night Function Sackville With Ed Bickert At the Garden Party Sackville 1979 With His West Coast Friends Days Gone By Atlas 1982 References edit a b Donald Winston Thompson O C Governor General of Canada Retrieved 30 December 2010 Cross Dan Don Thompson AllMusic Retrieved 21 September 2018 a b c Search Awards The Juno Awards Retrieved 21 September 2018 Don Thompson Album Discography AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 21 September 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Thompson musician amp oldid 1174773941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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