Jazz Winnipeg is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2007 Manitoba Musician of the Year Award. This year’s Manitoba Musician of the Year is local jazz icon Ron Paley.
Manitoba Musician of the Year – Ron Paley
Local musicians embody musical culture in every community—especially in jazz, where live performance and improvisation is the essence of the music. In recognition of this fact the Manitoba Jazz Musician of the Year Award honours one outstanding Manitoba jazz musician each year.
Ron Paley, this year’s honoree is a Winnipeg cultural institution, with a rich and varied musical career that spans several decades. After playing bass in bands with Buddy Rich and Woody Herman, he formed the Ron Paley Big Band in 1976. His impressive career includes three recordings, countless performances and several compositions for orchestra and big band.
This year, Ron and his Big Band performed his arrangements of Rodgers and Hart songs for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of “A Cinderella Story”. Throughout his impressive career, Ron has sought ways to grow creatively and to merge jazz with other art forms.
Now in its third year, the award has been previously presented to Larry Roy (2004) and Jeff Presslaff (2005).
Ron received the award prior to his performance at the 2007 COOL Jazz Winnipeg Festival.
Jazz Winnipeg acknowledges the generous support of our title sponsor 99.1 COOL-FM; TD Canada Trust; Xerox; Great-West Life; St. John’s Music; The Winnipeg Free Press; Heineken; Shaw Cablesystems; Epic Information Solutions; The Fairmont Winnipeg; Mars Hill Group; Casinos of Winnipeg; McNally Robinson Booksellers; The Prolific Group; Maxim Transportation Services; Pattison Outdoor Advertising; Music Performance Fund; The Canada Council for the Arts; Ibex Payroll Services; The Exchange District Biz; JazzTimes Magazine; the City of Winnipeg; the Winnipeg Arts Council; Manitoba Culture, Heritage & Tourism; and Manitoba Film & Sound.
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