Bob Day's career on the Canadian jazz scene began
in Toronto where he played with Rob McConnell and the
Boss Brass, Phil Nimmons n'Nine Plus Six and the O'Keefe
Centre Orchestra backing up singers such as Sammy Davis
Jr. and Tony Bennett. He also performed and recorded
there with jazz greats such as Moe Koffman, Guido Basso
and Ed Bickert.
His move to Vancouver in 1976 led to gigs with the Bobby
Hales Big Band, Pacific Salt, Paul Horn and his own trio
with Oliver Gannon and Torben Oxbol.
Internationally Bob traveled the US in 1970 with Paul
Anka: worked in New York city in 1986 and in 1990 toured
Sweden and Germany with Stockholm's hottest jazz band
Panta Rei under the direction of Erik Lundmark.
Since moving to Calgary in 1986 Bob has played with the
Bob Erlendson Quintet, the Eric Friedenberg Big Band,
and Bob's own quintet, which has been an outlet for his
original compositions. He has studied with legendary
valve trombonist and composer/arranger Bob Brookmeyer in
New York City off and on since 1986 and this association
has inspired Bob's writing. Bob also performed with
Brookmeyer as a soloist at the 1984 Edmonton Jazz
Festival.
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