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ROSS TAGGART, saxophone and piano
Ross Taggart has been an important part of the Vancouver jazz scene since 1985. He has played the piano and tenor saxophone for audiences in Canada, the United States, Cuba, Columbia, Brazil, Panama, Guatemala, England, Ireland, Australia, Holland and China. Ross spent two years studying in New York City with saxophone legends the with assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. Ross has been a member of the Juno Award winning Hugh Fraser Quintet since 1988, and has also performed with the Ian McDougall Sextet, the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI), the Jill Townsend Big Band, Fred Stride’s Westcoast Jazz Orchestra, the Bill Coon Quartet, the Sharon Minemoto Quintet, and his own groups. He has worked with the Arts Club Theatre’s in production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra, The Temptations, Jay Leno, Michael Buble, and Gladys Knight. Ross has been a faculty member in the Jazz Studies Department at Capilano College since 1998. He also teaches at Jazz workshops, festivals and symposiums in Canada, the United States, Brazil, China and Australia. He has recorded for both English and French CBC radio and television, and with many of the jazz greats in North America. Ross’ debut recording, “Ross Taggart & Co.” was nominated for best jazz album for the West Coast Music Awards in 1999.