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Jazz aficionados will be able to listen to and talk about their favourite form of music when the Ian McDougall Quartet presents "A Performance and Discussion of Jazz Styles and Improvisation" on Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. This Provost's UVic Faculty Series presentation is free and open to the public. McDougall, a trombone player and faculty member with the School of Music since 1989, has been playing with pianist Ron Johnston and guitarist Oliver Gannon for 30 years. Bass player André Lachance joined the quartet a year ago. With the exception of McDougall, all live in Vancouver which means they don't play together "often enough" says McDougall although "we're prepared to play anytime." |
Last year the quartet travelled to Cork, Ireland to perform at the renowned Guinness Jazz Festival, following up with a series of concerts and workshops in the United Kingdom. This summer their busy itinerary included the Montreal Jazz Festival. The quartet's current CD "The Warmth of the Horn" (on Concord Jazz) continues to be praised by music critics from coast to coast.
Born in Calgary, but raised in Victoria, McDougall left the West Coast when he was 20 to perform jazz throughout Canada and the United Kingdom. He returned to Victoria 30 years later to teach a new generation of jazz players about the enduring form of music that retains a loyal following in face of the juggernaut of the pop music industry.
