Photo collection captures transitional years for musicians such as Mike Murley, Lorne Lofsky, Neil Swainson, Rich Brown, Emilie-Claire Barlow and Dave Restivo.
New Music Monday for January 4, 2021
Four-time Juno Award winner
Neil Swainson was born and raised in the province of British Columbia, moving to his home base of Toronto in the late ‘70s. Over his career he’s recorded on albums with George Shearing, Jay McShann and Woody Shaw and performed with Diana Krall, Nancy Wilson, Mel Torme, James Moody, Lee Konitz and many others. Initially released in 1988, the bassist’s only album as a leader, “49
th Parallel,” has now been made available again. It features a quintet with jazz legends Joe Henderson on tenor and trumpeter Woody Shaw, drummer Jerry Fuller and Gary Williamson on piano.