Ross Taggart

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Ross Taggart (born November 24, 1967 in Victoria , † January 9, 2013 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian jazz pianist and saxophonist .

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Taggart started playing the clarinet when he was around ten years old before switching to the saxophone at the age of 14. In the mid-1970s he attended the Victoria Conservatory of Music . Through an Oscar Peterson album he came into contact with jazz ; early role models were Bill Evans , Dexter Gordon , Duke Ellington and the Vancouver-born saxophonist Campbell Ryga . At the age of 23, he moved to Toronto and New York City to study on a Canada Council for the Arts grant . His teachers included George Coleman , Clifford Jordan , JR Monterose , Don Thompson, and Bernie Senesky . Taggart then worked in the jazz scene on the Canadian west coast, where he a. a. with Benny Golson , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Phil Woods , Clark Terry , Karin Plato, and Fraser MacPherson performed; he was also a member of the Hard Rubber Orchestra and the funk band Crash . Under his own name he released the two albums Thankfully (2002) and Presenting the Ross Taggart Trio (2009). He taught at Capilano University and was married to the pianist Sharon Minemoto. Taggart, who was involved in 50 recordings in the field of jazz between 1989 and 2009, died in early 2013 of complications from kidney cancer .

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  1. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Taggart, Ross
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz musician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Victoria (Canada)
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2013
Place of death Vancouver