Rob Mcconnell

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The Duke 12:14 Tools
The Christmas Waltz 04:59 Tools
What Am I Here For? 05:17 Tools
Autumn In New York 07:11 Tools
O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy To The World 07:11 Tools
My Favorite Things 07:11 Tools
Have Yourself A Merry LIttle Christmas / I'll Be Home For Christmas 07:11 Tools
Pensativa 06:56 Tools
4 B.C. 07:47 Tools
Broadway 06:52 Tools
Imagination 07:00 Tools
My Bells 05:23 Tools
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 05:23 Tools
The Christmas Song 05:23 Tools
Invitation 09:09 Tools
Strollin' 07:06 Tools
White Christmas / Let It Snow, Let It Snow / Winter Wonderland 05:23 Tools
Just Tell Me Yes Or No 04:41 Tools
Flying Home 02:54 Tools
Li'l Darlin' (Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me) 05:28 Tools
Day Dream 05:40 Tools
A Child Is Born / Our Waltz 05:23 Tools
Peace / Blue Silver 09:16 Tools
The Waltz I Blew for You 07:49 Tools
Riffs I Have Known 07:36 Tools
Nightfall 02:43 Tools
A Sleepin' Bee 06:30 Tools
Santa Claus Blues 03:45 Tools
Christmas Love Song - Instrumental 02:43 Tools
Sophisticated Lady 08:47 Tools
T.O.2 08:47 Tools
Blue Hodge 08:06 Tools
Medley: Two For the Road-Royal Blue-Dreamsville 11:56 Tools
The Shuffle Boogie Swamp Groove Blue 11:56 Tools
In the Blue of Evening 08:06 Tools
Sixth Sense 06:25 Tools
Last Night When We Were Young/Young and Foolish 07:57 Tools
Confirmation 06:05 Tools
Dream a Little Dream of Me 05:54 Tools
Snow White 05:29 Tools
Jive at Five 08:11 Tools
Them There Eyes 08:14 Tools
All the Things You Are 11:03 Tools
Slow Grind 07:30 Tools
I'm Thru With Love/Seems Like Old Times 06:48 Tools
Winter In Winnipeg 07:21 Tools
Love Of My Life 07:12 Tools
Stella by Starlight 07:49 Tools
Do You Mean It 07:21 Tools
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 06:00 Tools
The Touch Of Your Lips 08:48 Tools
I Have Dreamed 07:49 Tools
Start With Mrs. Beanhart 00:00 Tools
The Countless Blues 07:49 Tools
My Ideal 07:49 Tools
Baubles, Bangles And Beads 05:18 Tools
Don't Get Around Much Anymore 06:21 Tools
You Took Advantage Of Me 00:00 Tools
Long Ago And Far Away 04:32 Tools
Days Gone By 06:22 Tools
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas/I'll Be Home For Christmas - Instrumental 06:21 Tools
Away In A Manger - Instrumental 09:38 Tools
Everything Happens To Me 00:00 Tools
This May Be Your Lucky Day 06:44 Tools
What Am I Here For 06:00 Tools
The 4,679,385th Blues in Bd 05:05 Tools
Who Asked 09:38 Tools
Street of Dreams 07:01 Tools
Ornithardy 05:16 Tools
Our Waltz 07:01 Tools
'Deed I Do 07:01 Tools
White Christmas/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow/Winter Wonderland 05:16 Tools
Twist Of The Wrist 00:00 Tools
Silver Bells/In the Bleak Mid-Winter 05:18 Tools
Wait and See 00:30 Tools
The Folks Who Live On The Hill 03:07 Tools
Can't We Be Friends 08:30 Tools
Change Partners 03:30 Tools
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas/I'll Be Home for Christmas 07:01 Tools
So very Rob 06:00 Tools
White Christmas/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow/Winter Wonderland - Instrumental 06:00 Tools
Theme for Jobim 06:00 Tools
Christmas Waltz - Instrumental 06:00 Tools
O Little Town Of Bethlehem/Joy To The World - Instrumental 06:00 Tools
Tangerine 04:11 Tools
Silver Bells/In The Bleak Midwinter - Instrumental 04:11 Tools
For All We Know 00:30 Tools
Blue Daniel 00:30 Tools
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 05:05 Tools
Crazy Rhythm 00:00 Tools
A Tribute to Art Fern 05:15 Tools
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Silent Night - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Pieces Of Dreams 00:00 Tools
White Christmas Medley 00:00 Tools
Things Are Getting Better 00:30 Tools
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
The Christmas Song - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Things Ain\'t What They Used To Be 00:00 Tools
Runaway Hormones 05:05 Tools
Overtime 03:07 Tools
For The Wiener And Bunny 00:30 Tools
It's Hard to Find One 06:51 Tools
Just Friends 06:14 Tools
I Got Rhythm 06:51 Tools
Rockin' In Rhythm 00:30 Tools
The Back Beat 06:51 Tools
After You 07:14 Tools
I Wish I Knew 00:00 Tools
You Didn't Tell Me It Was Wrong 00:30 Tools
Bossa Nova Ova 08:23 Tools
Away in a Manger 00:30 Tools
I Rest My Case 00:30 Tools
You Are My Sunshine 00:30 Tools
Orinthardy 03:07 Tools
A Christmas Love Song 06:51 Tools
As Time Goes By 00:00 Tools
Body and Soul 05:22 Tools
Portrait of Jenny 00:30 Tools
O Canada 06:51 Tools
Memories Of You 05:00 Tools
Autumn in New York (arr. R. McConnell) 07:15 Tools
Scrapple From The Apple 05:00 Tools
T. O. 2 00:00 Tools
Dirty Man 07:14 Tools
Medley (This Love Of Mine, This Is Always) 00:30 Tools
Dream 00:00 Tools
You've Changed 00:00 Tools
What am I here for (arr. R. McConnell) 05:00 Tools
My Favorite Things - Instrumental 05:00 Tools
Clarinet Is Black And Blue 07:15 Tools
I\'m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 05:00 Tools
Keep Me In Your Heart 05:00 Tools
Strike up the Band 05:00 Tools
Silver Bells / In the Bleak Mid-Winter 05:22 Tools
Everytime We Say Goodbye 05:22 Tools
Stereo Blue 05:22 Tools
Back Beat 05:22 Tools
Things Ain´t What They Used To Be 07:14 Tools
Alone Together 07:14 Tools
The Waltz You Knew Was Blue 07:14 Tools
Medley Mancini: Two for the Road / Royal Blue / Dreamsville 07:14 Tools
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 00:00 Tools
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Robert Murray Gordon (Rob) McConnell (born February 14, 1935, London, Ontario) is a Canadian jazz valve trombonist, composer, arranger, music educator and recording artist. Rob McConnell took up the slide trombone in high school, and began his performing career in the early 1950s, performing and studying with Don Thompson, Bobby Gimby, and later, with fellow Canadian Maynard Ferguson. In 1968 he formed The Boss Brass, a big band that would become his primary performing and recording unit through the 1970s and 1980s. In 1988, McConnell took a teaching position at the Dick Grove School of Music in California, but gave up his position and returned to Canada a year later. In 1997, McConnell was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and in 1998 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Since that time he has remained active, touring internationally both as a performer and educator, running clinics around the world and performing as both a leader and a guest artist. The newly formed Rob McConnell tentet has been quite successful, producing three major records, The Rob McConnell Tentet (2000), Thank You, Ted (2002), and Music of the Twenties (2003). (2) Although it was usually a part-time venture (working maybe 30 days a year, counting an annual recording), Rob McConnell's Boss Brass was one of the finest big bands of the '70s, '80s, and '90s. An excellent soloist, McConnell played valve trombone in Toronto (both in the studios and in jazz settings) for a long time. During 1965-1969, he was in Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six (led by Phil Nimmons) and in 1968 formed Boss Brass. Originally, the group was comprised entirely of brass instruments, plus a rhythm section, and emphasized pop music. Although it added a saxophone section in 1971, Boss Brass did not record much jazz until 1976. Comprised of many of Toronto's top musicians (including Sam Noto, Guido Basso, Ian McDougall, Moe Koffman, Eugene Amaro, Rick Wilkins, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, and Terry Clarke, among others), the orchestra mostly plays McConnell's swinging but surprising charts. For a period in the late '80s, McConnell moved to Los Angeles and the group broke up, but by 1991, it was back together again. Rob McConnell, who also cut a few small-group dates for Concord, recorded with his Boss Brass for Pausa, MPS, Dark Orchid, Innovation, and Concord. He died of cancer in Toronto on May 1, 2010. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.