Saturday, February 16, 2019

CANADA, Prince Edward Island: Grahame Rhodes-Giant Steps (2018)



 CD launch party at The Pourhouse in Charlottetown on Sunday, Feb. 17.

Any discipline must evolve or die and such is the case for jazz trombone. Grahame Rhodes believes the only limits are those of the imagination. In this fourth CD Grahame has tried to extend the possibilities of jazz trombone and invites you to be the judge. With Don Thompson piano, Neil Swainson bass and Terry Clarke drums. 

Grahame Rhodes is a veteran jazz improviser, having performed with Duke Ellington, Toshiko Akioshi, Hubert Laws, Rob McConnell, IanMcDougall, Terry Clarke, Jane Bunnett, Ed Bickard, Bruce Cassidy, Doug Riley, Paul Horn, Jay McShann, and many more. 

The Grahame Rhodes Jazz Experience has performed at jazz festivals all over the world - Newport, Montreaux, Amsterdam, Boston, and Toronto