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Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass

Holiday Music by CCJO, Wycliffe Gordon, Judy Whitmore, Jeremy Pelt, and more

by Benjamin Boddie
December 19, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Christmas Holiday music by CCJO, Kevin Brown, Wycliffe Gordon, Deb Bowman, Judy Whitmore, Wayne Wilkinson, Jeremy Pelt, Vanessa Perea, Oivia Van Goor, Darius de Haas, Christian Wiggs, Joey DeFrancesco, Christian Sands, Ann Kittredge, Kurt Elling, Jeff Hamilton, Jazz Orchestra, James Judson, Rodney Whitaker, Bill Cunliffe, Rob McConnell And the Boss Brass, Romero Lubambo ...

Don Thompson / Rob Piltch: Bells... Now and Then

by Dave Linn
January 23, 2024

Don Thompson and Rob Piltch have taken different paths in their musical careers. Thompson was a triple threat (piano, bass, vibraphone) on the Toronto studio and club scene during the late 1960s, later becoming the bassist in Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass. He began touring with Jim Hall in 1974, later appearing on the guitarist's ...

Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass: Easy To Love

by Brian Eaton
March 3, 2023

Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass was perhaps one of the most underrated jazz big bands. This world-class band from Toronto, Canada was led by trombonist, composer, and arranger Rob McConnell and featured top-notch players including altoist Moe Koffman, guitarist Ed Bickert, flugelhornist Guido Basso, and Eugene Amaro on tenor. Released back in 1985 on their ...

Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass: Big Band Christmas

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 1998

Having recorded two recent theme–oriented albums for Concord Jazz ( Play the Jazz Classics, Even Canadians Get the Blues ) Rob McConnell and his valorous Boss Brass confront the definitive musical “theme” in a Big Band Christmas. The carols and other seasonal offerings, all expertly arranged by McConnell, are wonderfully recited by an ensemble that is ...

Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Play the Jazz Classics

By Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1997

Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass: Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Play the Jazz Classics

by Robert Spencer
November 1, 1997

Competent is the key word here. Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass have been at their labor of love of big band music for almost thirty years; here, as they Play the Jazz Classics, their long experience shows. The playing is lovely and loving, every detail is in place, and the record is thoroughly satisfying in ...