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Doug Riley

Doug Riley, also known as “Dr Music” is an accomplished composer, arranger, pianist, organist and record producer. Born in Toronto, Doug Riley has studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Paul de Markey in Montreal and the faculty of music at the University of Toronto. In his teens Doug played with the R & B group The Silhouettes at the Toronto nightclub the Blue Note. By the time he was 20 he was also a prolific jingle composer. He has also composed music scores for the ballet “Lies”, “Wishes And Dreams” and feature films “Foxy Lady”, “Cannonball girls”, “Shoot”, and “Dreams Of America”. In 1968 Doug was the arranger and second keyboard player for Ray Charles’s LP “Doing His Thing”

Tom Szczesniak: Waltz for Bill

by Edward Blanco
January 9, 2012

Toronto, Canada-based Tom Szczesniak is a veteran pianist, composer and arranger who has spent a portion of his professional life writing scores for over 100 films and numerous television shows. Settling in Canada in 1973 after a stint with the U.S. Air Force band in Washington, DC, Szczesniak has also worked extensively as a sideman on ...

Stride

By Doug Riley

Label: Marshmellow Records
Released: 2006

Freedom

By Doug Riley

Label: Posi-Tone
Released: 1990

Dreams

By Doug Riley

Label: Posi-Tone
Released: 1976