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Live At Puccinis 1977

by Fraser Macpherson Trio

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1.
I Got Rhythm 04:39
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2.
All The Things You Are 05:59
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3.
Body And Soul 03:42
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4.
Goose Pimples 03:34
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5.
Someday You'll Be Sorry 05:21
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6.
Sweet Georgia Brown 02:39
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7.
Struttin With Some BBQ 05:07
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8.
Drop Me Off In Harlem 04:35
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Sophisticated Lady 04:37
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Honeysuckle Rose 03:10
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11.
Young And Foolish 03:11
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12.
Bring Home Again In Indiana 02:24
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A vintage performance by world renowned tenor saxophonist Fraser MacPherson and his working trio of Oliver Gannon on guitar and Wyatt Ruther on bass. The 12-track set was recorded at Puccini's Restaurant in Vancouver, BC in 1977

This recovered recording finds the late Canadian tenor saxophonist (1928-1993) in his best-known group with Gannon and Ruther on such famed tunes as "Sophisticated Lady", "I Got Rhythm" and "Body and Soul."

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s MacPherson was a first-call studio player in Vancouver, as well as leading the house band at the Cave supper club. He also taught briefly in the Jazz and Commercial Music department at Vancouver Community College, where his students included future Powder Blues Band baritone saxophonist Gordie Bertram and New Orleans based saxophonist and jazz educator John Doheny. Live at the Planetarium, MacPherson's first album as leader of a small jazz group, was recorded for broadcast on the French-language CBC radio network. He leased the master tapes and released them on his own independent label, West End Records. The album was re-released by Concord Records, and MacPherson went on to record several other releases for them. He also recorded for Sackville Records in Toronto and Justin Time Records in Montreal.

He played on the CBC and won a Juno Award for Best Jazz Album in 1983. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1987. In the summer of 1993, Pacific Music Industry Association (PMIA) created the Fraser MacPherson Scholarship Fund which annually awards grants of $2000 to four to eight aspiring music students. Later that year MacPherson passed in Vancouver at the age of 65.

He is a Canadian jazz music legend.

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released February 22, 2008

Line-up/Musicians

Wyatt Ruther - bass guitar
Fraser MacPherson - tenor saxophone
Oliver Gannon - guitar

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Fraser Macpherson Trio Vancouver, British Columbia

John Fraser MacPherson was a Canadian jazz saxophonist born in Manitoba and moved to BC as a child. He led his own groups and eventually took over the leadership of the Vancouver Cave supper club band. He played on the CBC, won a Juno Award for Best Jazz Album in 1983 and awarded the Order of Canada in '87. In '93 PMIA created the Fraser MacPherson Scholarship Fund annually awarding grants ... more

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