Trudy Desmond
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Trudy Desmond was a Canadian jazz singer who moved from New York to Toronto around 1970, and over the following years, while working as an actress, an interior designer, club manager, and theatrical producer, she rose to prominence as one of Canada’s outstanding jazz vocalists.
She performed as a vocalist with both small and large ensembles (she was one of the 16 original members of Doug Riley
’s famed Dr. Music
ensemble), working in a variety of settings from small clubs to festivals throughout North America,
Desmond began recording on her own in the ‘80s, releasing four albums over the years prior to her death, each on a different label – RSVP (Concord Jazz), Tailor Made (Jazz Alliance), Make Me Rainbows (Koch Jazz), and finally, My One and Only (1998, Justin Time). All four albums are represented in a compilation released by Justin Time in 2005: A Dream Come True: The Best of Trudy Desmond.
Trudy Desmond performed in concert with the Don Thompson
Quartet (Ed Bickert
on guitar, bassist Paul Novotny, and drummer John Sumner) during the “Sound of Toronto Jazz” Series at the Ontario Science Centre
on January 23, 1989.
Trudy Desmond was an original member of the Canadian sixteen piece ensemble Dr. Music, led by Doug Riley. She is listed as one of the singers on the group's first album, Sun Goes By (1972, AGEK-2550).
She performed as a vocalist with both small and large ensembles (she was one of the 16 original members of Doug Riley
Doug Riley
Doug Riley, CM was a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Ontario and informally referred to as "Doctor Music", he spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects in various genres...
’s famed Dr. Music
Dr. Music
Dr. Music was a Toronto jazz group founded in 1969 by producer, arranger and performer Doug Riley. The band recorded three albums and toured across Canada. The personnel of the band changed throughout its history, with Doug Riley remaining at the core of the group.- History :In 1969, Doug Riley...
ensemble), working in a variety of settings from small clubs to festivals throughout North America,
Desmond began recording on her own in the ‘80s, releasing four albums over the years prior to her death, each on a different label – RSVP (Concord Jazz), Tailor Made (Jazz Alliance), Make Me Rainbows (Koch Jazz), and finally, My One and Only (1998, Justin Time). All four albums are represented in a compilation released by Justin Time in 2005: A Dream Come True: The Best of Trudy Desmond.
Trudy Desmond performed in concert with the Don Thompson
Don Thompson (musician)
Donald Winston Thompson, OC is a Canadian jazz musician who plays bass, piano, and vibes. Thompson formed part of the Toronto Quartet of Paul Desmond during the mid seventies, and that effort produced two stellar albums. Other personnel on those dates, mostly at Bourbon Street in Toronto, were...
Quartet (Ed Bickert
Ed Bickert
Edward Isaac "Ed" Bickert, CM is a Canadian jazz guitarist.-Early life:Second youngest of his family, Bickert was born in Hochfeld, Manitoba; his family moved shortly after he was born to Vernon, British Columbia...
on guitar, bassist Paul Novotny, and drummer John Sumner) during the “Sound of Toronto Jazz” Series at the Ontario Science Centre
Ontario Science Centre
Ontario Science Centre is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the Don Valley Parkway about northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eglinton Avenue East...
on January 23, 1989.
Trudy Desmond was an original member of the Canadian sixteen piece ensemble Dr. Music, led by Doug Riley. She is listed as one of the singers on the group's first album, Sun Goes By (1972, AGEK-2550).