Doug Riley
Doug "Doc" Riley , CM , (born April 24, 1945 in Toronto as Douglas Brain Riley ; † August 27, 2007 in Calgary ) was a Canadian keyboardist , pianist, arranger , composer and record producer .
Live and act
Riley played R&B as a teenager in Toronto with The Silhouettes . After training as a pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Music , he studied composition with John Weinzweig and ethnomusicology with Mieczyslaw Kolinski at the University of Toronto from 1964 to 1967 . In his research he dealt with the music of the Iroquois . After graduating in 1967, he worked in various musical genres such as jazz , classical music , film music and ballet music . He also wrote music for about 2000 jingles , arranged music for the TV stations CTV and CBC from the late 1960s and was arranger and keyboardist on the Ray Charles album Doing His Thing in 1968 .
In the following years he worked with his pop band Doctor Music , a 16-member vocal and instrumental ensemble. Doctor Music's most successful singles were One More Mountain to Climb (1971), Sun Goes by (1972) and Long Time Comin 'Home (1972). He was also active as a jazz musician, to be heard, for example, on Dreams and a duo album with Guido Basso ( A Lazy Afternoon , 1997) and a contribution to the jazz compilation From Canada With Love in 1990, he began to perform more often live; In 1993 he formed a quartet with saxophonist Phil Dwyer . In the late 1990s he retired to Prince Edward Island for four months each year , but continued to be active as a composer and musician. Throughout his career, Riley has also worked as a musician and producer with David Clayton-Thomas , Moe Koffman , Plácido Domingo , Ringo Starr , Gordon Lightfoot , Anne Murray , Sylvia Tyson , Dan Hill and Bob Seger .
Riley composed a. a. a string trio, a concerto for piano and orchestra (1982), a concerto for string quartet and woodwinds (1983), which premiered with Moe Koffman and the Orford String Quartet, and the Baroque Suite No. 1 for chamber orchestra (1985). He performed his four-part Prince Edward Island Suite , a symphonic, jazz-influenced composition for the Toronto Sinfonietta , with the Toronto Sinfonietta and his Doug Riley Quartet in 2002 .
He died of a heart attack in August 2007 .
Prizes and awards
Riley was nominated for the 1981 Juno Award for best jazz album with his production Tommy Ambrose at Last . From 1993-2000 he was Jazz Organist of the Year at the Jazz Report Awards . In 2004 he was awarded the Order of Canada .
Discographic notes
- Doctor Music (RCI, 1977)
- Dreams (1975, with Don Thompson , Claude Ranger, Michael Stuart)
- Dr Music (EP - CTL, 1984)
- Stride (2005)
- You Can't Make Peace (2007)
Web links
- Literature by and about Doug Riley in the catalog of the German National Library
- Doug Riley ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Portrait in the canadian music scene
- Doug Riley at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doug Riley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Doug Riley at Discogs (English)
- ^ Obituary in The Star
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riley, Doug |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riley, Doc (nickname); Riley, Douglas Brain (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | Calgary |