Time: 49:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front
01. Airmail Special (5:35)
02. Honeysuckle Rose (4:24)
03. Memories Of You (5:28)
04. Slipped Disc (3:32)
05. Running Wild (3:07)
06. Avalon (3:23)
07. After You've Gone (3:43)
08. Bernie's Tune (3:23)
09. Moonglow (3:27)
10. Flying Home (4:48)
11. Liza (3:19)
12. Goodbye (5:33)
Ross Wooldridge was born 1962 in Hamilton Ontario. He showed early musical ability, and was taking piano lessons by age four. He was self-taught on clarinet at age 13, and took saxophone at Ancaster High and Vocational School.Ross Wooldridge
While attending Mohawk College and Humber College (where he also picked up the flute), he honed his skills as a multi instrumentalist, arranger and composer. After finishing his education, he added to his portfolio of skills the titles of producer, conductor, transcription specialist and teacher.
He enjoys co-leading an excellent traditional jazz band known as the Dixie Demons with trombonist Dan Douglas, as well as a busy career of playing and recording with Jeff Healey and the Jazz Wizards, Alex Pangman and her Alley Cats, Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra, Alfie Zappacosta, Terra Hazelton and her Easy Answers, and many other local artists. Ross has produced CD’s for the Dixie Demons and Alex Pangman, both of which have garnered rave reviews and continually receive airplay on JazzFm and other radio stations across North America.
Additionally, Ross is the leader/musical director of Toronto’s Galaxy All Star Orchestra, a big band specializing in the swing music of the 1930’s through the 1950’s. He has written many of the arrangements the band plays, and produced their CD “Tribute to the Kings of Swing” which is played regularly on JazzFm and other radio stations across North America. Their latest show is “Benny Meets Artie – A Tribute to the Big Bands of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman”.
Another of Ross’s notable achievements is his critically acclaimed Tribute to Benny Goodman Sextet. This group was featured at a sold out concert presented by JazzFM and The Sound of Toronto Jazz Series in 2005, and they have been in demand ever since. They have released to excellent reviews a new CD for 2012, recorded at a concert performance.
As well as his extensive local resume, Ross has performed with and arranged music for a number of international stars, among them Ben E. King, the Drifters.Ross Woolridge Tribute to Benny Goodman Sextet
Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute.
National Jazz Awards, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
While attending Mohawk College and Humber College (where he also picked up the flute), he honed his skills as a multi instrumentalist, arranger and composer. After finishing his education, he added to his portfolio of skills the titles of producer, conductor, transcription specialist and teacher.
He enjoys co-leading an excellent traditional jazz band known as the Dixie Demons with trombonist Dan Douglas, as well as a busy career of playing and recording with Jeff Healey and the Jazz Wizards, Alex Pangman and her Alley Cats, Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra, Alfie Zappacosta, Terra Hazelton and her Easy Answers, and many other local artists. Ross has produced CD’s for the Dixie Demons and Alex Pangman, both of which have garnered rave reviews and continually receive airplay on JazzFm and other radio stations across North America.
Additionally, Ross is the leader/musical director of Toronto’s Galaxy All Star Orchestra, a big band specializing in the swing music of the 1930’s through the 1950’s. He has written many of the arrangements the band plays, and produced their CD “Tribute to the Kings of Swing” which is played regularly on JazzFm and other radio stations across North America. Their latest show is “Benny Meets Artie – A Tribute to the Big Bands of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman”.
Another of Ross’s notable achievements is his critically acclaimed Tribute to Benny Goodman Sextet. This group was featured at a sold out concert presented by JazzFM and The Sound of Toronto Jazz Series in 2005, and they have been in demand ever since. They have released to excellent reviews a new CD for 2012, recorded at a concert performance.
As well as his extensive local resume, Ross has performed with and arranged music for a number of international stars, among them Ben E. King, the Drifters.Ross Woolridge Tribute to Benny Goodman Sextet
Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute.
National Jazz Awards, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Ross Wooldridge & His Tribute To The Benny Goodman Sextet
Thank you so much for finding this for me. I had asked in hope rather than expectation for this little known release but you have pulled it out of the hat yet again!
ReplyDeleteI had listened to a couple of Alex Pangman and her Alley Cats sessions and being a fan of the clarinet was blown away with the Alley Cats' clarinetist . I look him up on Google to discover he had made on CD in his own name - hence my request!
Many thanks Mai Neime ( you are a gentleman through and through!)