ROB MCCONNELL

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Although it was usually a part-time venture (working maybe 30 days a year, counting an annual recording), Rob McConnell's Boss Brass was one of the finest big bands of the '70s, '80s, and '90s. An excellent soloist, McConnell played valve trombone in Toronto (both in the studios and in jazz settings) for a long time. During 1965-1969, he was in Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six (led by Phil Nimmons) and in 1968 formed Boss Brass. Originally, the group was comprised entirely of brass instruments, plus a rhythm section, and emphasized pop music. Although it added a saxophone section in 1971, Boss Brass did not record much jazz until 1976. Comprised of many of Toronto's top musicians (including Sam Noto, Guido Basso, Ian McDougall, Moe Koffman, Eugene Amaro, Rick Wilkins, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, and Terry Clarke, among others), the orchestra mostly plays McConnell's swinging but surprising charts. For a period read more...
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ROB MCCONNELL Boss Brass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boss Brass
Big Band 1968
ROB MCCONNELL Boss Brass Two album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boss Brass Two
Big Band 1969
ROB MCCONNELL The Sound Of The Boss Brass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sound Of The Boss Brass
Big Band 1970
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass : On A Cool Day album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass : On A Cool Day
Big Band 1971
ROB MCCONNELL Rob : Rob McConnell's Boss Brass 4 (aka Odds And Ends ) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob : Rob McConnell's Boss Brass 4 (aka Odds And Ends )
Big Band 1972
ROB MCCONNELL The Best Damn Band In The Land album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best Damn Band In The Land
Big Band 1974
ROB MCCONNELL The Jazz Album album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Jazz Album
Big Band 1976
ROB MCCONNELL Big Band Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Big Band Jazz
Big Band 1977
ROB MCCONNELL Again! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Again!
Big Band 1978
ROB MCCONNELL Nobody Does It Better album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nobody Does It Better
Big Band 1978
ROB MCCONNELL Are Ya Dancin' Disco album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Are Ya Dancin' Disco
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1979
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Present Perfect
Big Band 1980
ROB MCCONNELL Tribute album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tribute
Big Band 1981
ROB MCCONNELL All In Good Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All In Good Time
Big Band 1983
ROB MCCONNELL The Rob McConnell Sextet ‎: Old Friends/New Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Rob McConnell Sextet ‎: Old Friends/New Music
Hard Bop 1984
ROB MCCONNELL Boss Brass & Woods album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boss Brass & Woods
Big Band 1985
ROB MCCONNELL Atras Da Porta album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Atras Da Porta
Big Band 1985
ROB MCCONNELL The Boss Of The Boss Brass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Boss Of The Boss Brass
Big Band 1988
ROB MCCONNELL The Rob McConnell Jive 5 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Rob McConnell Jive 5
Hard Bop 1990
ROB MCCONNELL The Brass Is Back album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Brass Is Back
Big Band 1991
ROB MCCONNELL Brassy & Sassy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brassy & Sassy
Big Band 1992
ROB MCCONNELL Our 25th Year album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Our 25th Year
Big Band 1993
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Trio Sketches
Hard Bop 1994
ROB MCCONNELL Overtime album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Overtime
Big Band 1994
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass : Don't Get Around Much Anymore album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass : Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Big Band 1995
ROB MCCONNELL Even Canadians Get The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Even Canadians Get The Blues
Big Band 1996
ROB MCCONNELL Play The Jazz Classics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Play The Jazz Classics
Big Band 1997
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson : Three For The Road album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell, Ed Bickert, Don Thompson : Three For The Road
Hard Bop 1997
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass : Big Band Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass : Big Band Christmas
Big Band 1998
ROB MCCONNELL The Rob McConnell Tentet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Rob McConnell Tentet
Big Band 2000
ROB MCCONNELL Thank You Ted album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Thank You Ted
Big Band 2002
ROB MCCONNELL Music of the Twenties album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Music of the Twenties
Big Band 2003
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell And The SWR Big Band : So Very Rob (Boss Brass Revisited) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell And The SWR Big Band : So Very Rob (Boss Brass Revisited)
Big Band 2003

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Live In Digital
Big Band 1981
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell & Big Band Brass ‎: Live With The Boss album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell & Big Band Brass ‎: Live With The Boss
Big Band 2001

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ROB MCCONNELL Again, Vol.1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Again, Vol.1
Big Band 1983
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Again! Volume 2
Big Band 1983
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Two Originals
Big Band 1998
ROB MCCONNELL Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass - The Concord Jazz Heritage Series album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass - The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Big Band 1998
ROB MCCONNELL Riffs I Have Known album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Riffs I Have Known
Big Band 2000

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