Present Perfect (Remastered) Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

• 1 You Took Advantage of Me 05:48
• 2 Everything Happens to Me 07:40
• 3 Twist of the Wrist 09:11
• 4 The Waltz I Blew for You 09:43
• 5 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 06:38
• 6 Start With Mrs. Beanhart 07:14
• Total Runtime 46:14

Info for Present Perfect (Remastered)

“An excellent arranger with a real affection for hard-swinging, contemporary big band jazz” is how Great Britain’s Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz characterizes Canadian Rob McConnell. Born near Toronto in 1935, McConnell played valve trombone in a number of local bands before joining his fellow Canadian Maynard Ferguson in New York where the famous highnote trumpeter had been playing with his big band since 1956.

In 1968 McConnell returned to Toronto and founded a 15 piece brass band with rhythm section. He named it Boss Brass, keeping the name when he added a 5 piece reed section to the band in 1971. At first, McConnell arranged pop hits for Boss Brass, but as time went on the repertoire became more and more jazzy. Through their recordings, the band won international acclaim. However, they had never toured outside of Canada, so this 1979 MPS production took place in a studio in Toronto and was later mixed at MPS’s studio in Villingen, Germany.

McConnell is lauded as a bandleader and arranger; on “Present Perfect” he shows himself to be a superb trombonist. On “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, he plays an adventurously off-kilter lead-in to the melody, and then delivers a brilliant valve trombone solo. In 1988, after 20 years with Boss Brass, he accepted a teaching job in California, but returned to Toronto a year later and re-formed the band.

Jerry Toth, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Moe Koffman, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute
Dave Caldwell, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute
Brad Warnaar, French Horn
George Stimpson, French Horn
Ed Bickert, Guitar
Don Thompson, Bass
Terry Clarke, Drums
Marty Morell, Percussion
James Dale, Piano, Electric Piano
Rick Wilkins, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Eugene Amaro, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Dave McMurdo, Trombone
Ron Hughes, Trombone
Bob Livingston, Trombone
Ian McDougall, Trombone
Erich Traugott, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Arnie Chycoski, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Dave Woods, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Guido Basso, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Sam Noto, Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Recorded at Sound Stage Studio, Toronto, Oct. 29, 30, 31, 1979.
Mixed at MPS Studio, Villingen, Jan. 14, 15, 16, 1980.
Engineered by David Greene Produced by Rob McConnell and Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer

Digitally remastered

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