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In 2007 PJ was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta.
In autumn of 1999 Justin Time Records released a JUNO-nominated recording of PJ and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. PJ Perry has become recognized by critics, colleagues and listeners as being one of North America’s premier saxophonists.
Winner of a 1993 JUNO Award for Best Jazz Recording for his album My Ideal, PJ has received Jazz Report magazine’s Critic’s Choice Award for Best Alto Sax for a record-breaking seven years; from 1993 to 1999.
In 2016 PJ Perry was awarded the Order of Canada by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.
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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 ...
Continue ReadingPJ Perry: No Hugs
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 ...
Continue ReadingThe Saskatchewan All Star Big Band: Saskatchewan Suite
by Jack Bowers
On Saskatchewan Suite, composer/arranger Fred Stride and the twenty-member Saskatchewan All Star Big Band have combined to paint a luminous and colorful portrait of that western Canadian province, canvassing 150 years of its history in eight picturesque movements that describe in musical terms the land itself, its indigenous peoples, newcomers from Europe and elsewhere, its recognition in 1905 as a province, the importance of various sports to Saskatchewan's inhabitants, and the legacy of jazz as an essential part of its ...
Continue ReadingCharlie Parker & Sonny Rollins
by Joe Dimino
From a big name in the world of Canadian jazz, we go up north to begin episode 613 with the great PJ Perry presenting material off his new album The Quiet Room. From there, we pay respects to the great Charlie Parker in Kansas City during the Bird Celebration during August for what would have been his 99th year on earth. We hear from the past and present cats to celebrate his honor and those in the world of Kansas ...
Continue ReadingP.J. Perry Quartet: Alto Gusto
by Jack Bowers
Scanning an album that bears the name Alto Gusto, a prospective listener may be forgiven for assuming that it consists of a series of upbeat themes designed to cause toes to tap, fingers to snap and the heart rate to soar. And once it becomes clear that that is not what Canadian alto saxophonist P.J. Perry's quartet had in mind, it would be quite plausible for him or her to wonder what had happened. The answer to ...
Continue ReadingP.J. Perry: Time Flies
by Jim Santella
Recorded live at The Cellar in Vancouver, British Columbia, Time Flies features fired-up bebop from a quintet of veteran artists who've never lost track of the designs that were given to us by pioneers such as Bird, Diz, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, and Art Blakey.
Alto saxophonist P.J. Perry drives with the spirit of Charlie Parker on both up-tempo romps and sensual ballads. His interpretations of “Tenderly" and “Warm Valley" come with heartfelt charm, while most of the ...
Continue ReadingP.J. Perry & Doug Riley: Come Sunday: Songs of Spirituality
by John Kelman
It's a simple fact without some kind of emotional resonance, music has little purpose. Now certainly, depending on the style of music, how broadly it resonates is up for grabs. But it would be a reasonable statement that the simpler the music, the more overtly emotive it has to be, because when you strip music down to its barest essentials, if there is little of rhythmic, harmonic or melodic complexity to generate interest, then all one is left with is ...
Continue ReadingGuitarist Tone Masseve To Release Debut Album Amp L'étude Feat. Jethro Tull Drum Legend Doane Perry
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
The singing sustain of multiple razor edged electric guitars, the monster rock backbeat of Jethro Tull drummer Doane Perry and The Moonlight Sonata? Yes, This mash-up is the concept behind Tone Masseve's album Amp L'étude. Classical pieces? Yes, but these are not the dry, conventional versions we've all heard before. The album vividly brings these compositions to life with a new and powerful sound. Tone said, “In my childhood I was exposed to many different musical styles and genres. Although ...
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Remembering John Perry Barlow - Grateful Dead Lyricist, Tech Futurist
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HypeBot
It's inadequate to call John Perry Barlow a product of the 1960's since he did so much to help shape it and the decades that followed. If being a lyricist for the Grateful Dead weren't enough, his “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace", published 22 years ago this week, and his work as a founding member of both the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Freedom of the Press Foundation, cemented his status as an influential thinker. By Mike Masnick of techdirt I ...
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Guitarist Matt Panayides Releasing 2nd Album With Rich Perry
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Matt Panayides
Celebrated NYC Jazz Guitarist Launches Second Studio Album on Kickstarter New York—Jazz musician and composer Matt Panayides announces the launch of his group’s second album which is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. “I’m excited about this release because the band has had an opportunity to perform this music live and is excited to channel that energy into a recording,” said Matt Panayides, guitarist and group lead. “We’ve put in countless hours to make this album a joy to listen to ...
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BJURecords Proudly Releases Guitarist/Composer Perry Smith's New Recording Perry Smith Quartet - Street Sense
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Featuring Perry Smith (guitar, compositions), Dayna Stephens (saxophone), Sam Minaie (bass), Ross Pederson (drums) Available October 29, 2013 Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records proudly announces the release of the Perry Smith Quartet - Street Sense, the new recording from guitarist/composer Perry Smith. Street Sense, from the California-born, Brooklyn-based artist, was inspired and influenced by simplicity, repetition, melody, spontaneous interaction, and space. Smith explains, “to highlight these concepts I brought on board Dayna Stephens (saxophone), Sam Minaie (bass) and Ross Pederson (drums). ...
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Phil Perry Performs Despite Pacemaker Operation
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Dee Dee McNeil
Phil Perry performed Saturday, May 25th at the San Diego Jazz Festival with the Kim Waters band. It's questionable if anyone in the crowd had the faintest idea that Phil Perry had gone into the hospital just three days prior to the festival and had his heart Pacemaker replaced and a new one installed along with a Defibulator. Perry sang with the same exuberance and high tenor musicality that his fans expected. Later, in his hotel room, he shyly displayed ...
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Singer Phil Perry Says Yes With New Album On March 12 Via Shanachie Entertainment
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1888 Media
Soulful Mix of Originals And Inspired Reinterpretations Of Classic Songs By Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Michael McDonald & Carly Simon And Sam Cooke Featuring Special Guests Chanté Moore And Najee New York, NY: A great vocalist has a way of inhabiting a song, living it and making it their own. It takes especially great powers of interpretation for a singer to take a song definitively recorded by a legendary artist and give it new life with a fresh interpretation. Phil ...
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This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe, Dresser, Stillman, Davis, Perry And More!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
THIS JULY THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE CELEBRATES ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY The Cornelia Street Café is a true New York City landmark, an epicurean destination, an artist's café that cultivates and inspires, and one of the few remaining Greenwich Village bastions for creative music, spoken word, art, theatre, cabaret and much more. This Week at The Cafe, May 14-21: Monday, May 14, 8:30 PM CLASSICAL AT THE CORNELIA: “CORNELIA SUITE" Kayo Hiraki, piano; Kat Georges, flute, composition ...
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Rob Perry, the Face of Jazz Alley, Soon to Retire
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Seattle Jazz Scene
“Rob is a jewel," says longtime Seattle jazz patron David Marriott Sr. of Rob Perry, the svelte, silver-haired manager of Dimitriou's Jazz Alley for the past 27 years. “After you come down those stairs, you know you've got a good friend there. He's going to take care of you. He sets the tone." Perry, 60, the public face of Seattle's signature jazz institution (the 32-year-old club is owned by John Dimitriou) is retiring at the end of July. For two ...
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Who Knows? (richie Nagan, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage) with Special Guests Badal Roy & Muruga Booker at Witches Brew Sunday August 7th
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Mark Whitecage
WHO KNOWS? featuring RICHIE NAGAN—guitar, vocals PERRY ROBINSON—clarinets MARK WHITECAGE—alto sax
with special guests BADAL ROY—tablas MURUGA BOOKER—drums, percussion
Witches Brew Coffee House 311 Hempstead Turnpike West Hempstead, NY 11552 (516) 489-9482 SHOWTIME: 5:00-8:00 PM ADMISSION: Admission is free and they will pass the hat to raise funds for “100 years in paint 100 yards of canvas," — Master tabla player Badal ...
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Ivory Perry Park to Present Free Summer Concert Series
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Once again this summer, Union Avenue Christian Church and the city of St. Louis will present a series of free concerts at Ivory Perry Park, 800 Belt (at Cabanne) in west St. Louis. While past series have offered jazz headliners including Hamiet Bluiett and Denise Thimes, this year's musical menu is less jazz-centric. The reggae group TrenchTown Rock will open the 2001 series with a performance at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, followed by pop/R&B singer Charles Glenn on ...
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September 1905
From: Saskatchewan SuiteBy PJ Perry
