Bob Brough
Band leader and sideman
Jazz Saxophonist / Flautist …
- Born in 1948 in Toronto Ontario Canada, and known in Toronto Jazz circles for his facility with improvisation since the mid 1960’s, Bob is the “Senator” of Globe And Mail jazz critic Mark Miller’s book “Boogie, Pete and The Senator” published by Nightwood Editions in 1987.
- Studied woodwind performance, harmony, and arranging with Paul Brodie and Gordon Delamont in private lessons during the late 60’s. Continued with flute and piano studies until 1973. In January of 2001, he attended a short-term residency in jazz at the Banff Centre For the Arts.
- Applied for and obtained an Arts B Grant for composition, from the Canada Council, in 1990. A number of compositions that came from that period have become favourites among some patrons of local jazz venues in and around Toronto ; most notably “Sweet Jessica” a jazz waltz inspired by his then-6-year-old daughter, and “Lullabye” a jazz-folk tune. A third composition and arrangement “Night Folk” was recorded – Sony Music Entertainment – by "Free Fight The Big Band" on the CD "First Flight" in 1996.
-Participated as a sideman on many recordings including 2 Juno-nominated CD’s with "Time Warp" during the 1980’s. More recent CD’s include “Jump, Shout – Rock Da House”, by Bill King, 2002, with his band “The Saturday Night Fish Fry” …a CD illustrating the “earthier” aspects of Bob's tenor solo performance; and Michael Brown’s 2002 “The Journey”, featuring a softer approach on tenor and including flute solos. Further examples of solo and ensemble performance on tenor saxophone can be heard on Richard Underhill ’s 2003 Juno-award winning CD “tales from the blue lounge.”
-Released his own first CD “A Decade Of Favorites,” featuring various sidemen/soloists, in November of 2003. The most recent 3 tracks were recorded live at the Montreal Bistro in July of 2003. The other 7 tracks were recorded but never released over the previous decade. The best charting accomplishment of the CD's debut was a #2 on the national Canadian campus' weekly jazz chart, "ChartAttack," on Friday Feb.13'04.
2005 finds Bob prepared to release a second CD, "Like A Spring Day," featuring his own jazz compositions played by "The Bob Brough Quartet" and accompanied by lyrics sung by the very talented vocalist Carol McCartney…to be released May 10 2005 with a week of CD-release partying at The Top O' The Senator May 10-May 15.
Following soon after this vocal CD, he will be starting production of another instrumental CD.
