Jim Galloway
{{Short description|Scottish jazz clarinet and saxophone player}}
{{other uses|Jim Galloway (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jim Galloway
| image = Jim Galloway.jpg
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = James Braidie Galloway
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|7|28}}
| birth_place = Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|30 |1936|7|28 |mf=yes}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Saxophone, clarinet
| years_active = 1960s–2014
| label =
| associated_acts = Wee Big Band
}}
James Braidie Galloway (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014){{cite book |last=Miller |first=Mark |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 2 |year=2002 |publisher=Grove's Dictionaries |location=New York |isbn=1561592846 |edition=2nd |editor=Barry Kernfeld |pages=7–8 }} was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada after emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s.
Early life and education
Galloway was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jim-galloway-saxophonist-who-left-his-native-scotland-to-become-one-of-the-leading-lights-of-the-10124164.html "Jim Galloway: Saxophonist who left his native Scotland to become one of the leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene"]. The Independent, Brian Morton, 20 March 2015 He studied graphic design at the Glasgow School of Fine Arts.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2015/01/06/toronto_jazz_festival_cofounder_jim_galloway_dies_at_78.html "Toronto jazz festival co-founder Jim Galloway dies at 78"]. Toronto Star, Trish Crawford, Jan. 6, 2015 He also studied clarinet and alto saxophone, and began playing in local Glasgow venues.
Career
Galloway moved to Toronto in 1964. He worked briefly as a graphic designer, and played in local bands, including the Metro Stompers.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/musician-james-galloway-was-a-foundational-figure-in-canadian-jazz/article22692409/ "Musician James Galloway was a foundational figure in Canadian jazz"]. The Globe and Mail, JAMES CULLINGHAM, January 28, 2015 He went on tour in Europe and the United States with Buddy Tate in the mid-1970s, and soon after formed the Wee Big Band.
Galloway recorded many jazz albums, both with his own band and in collaboration with other well-known jazz musicians. His album Walking on Air was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Juno Awards of 1980.
He was a co-founder of the Toronto Jazz Festival, and served as its music director from 1987 to 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/jim-galloway-leaves-toronto-jazz-festival/article4289702/ |title=Jim Galloway leaves Toronto Jazz Festival |website=The Globe and Mail |date=22 October 2009}} In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Galloway died in palliative care in Toronto on 30 December 2014.{{cite web |url=http://jazz.fm/index.php/component/content/article/11242 |title=Jim Galloway (1936-2014) |website=JAZZ.FM91 |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=2 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306231926/http://jazz.fm/index.php/component/content/article/11242 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} A documentary film about his life, Jim Galloway: A Journey in Jazz, was aired on TV Ontario in 2018.[https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/jim-galloway-a-journey-in-jazz " Jim Galloway: A Journey in Jazz"]. TVO, Oct 05, 2018
Discography
- Bojangles (1978/79)
- Thou Swell (1981, with Jay McShann, Don Thompson and Terry Clarke),
- At The Bern Jazz Festival (1983) (with Doc Cheatham, Ian Bargh)
- The Sackville All Stars Christmas Record (1986) (with Ralph Sutton)
- A Tribute To Louis Armstrong (1988) (with Ralph Sutton)
- Jim & Jay's Christmas (1992) (with Jay McShann)
- Wee Big Band (1993)
- Live at the Green Dolphin - Cape Town, South Africa (Vol. 1 & 2) (1996)
- Pocketful of Dreams (1997) (with Ralph Sutton)
- What's New (1997) (with Bob Barnard and Henri Chaix)
- At the Ball (1998) (with Ed Polcer)
- Raisin' the Roof (1998) (with Allan Vaché)
- Music Is My Life (2001) (with Dick Wellstood and Humphrey Lyttelton)
- Live in Toronto (2010) (with Vic Dickenson - recorded 1973)
References
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External links
- [http://www.jazzcanadiana.on.ca/_GALLOWAY.htm Jazz Canadiana: Jim Galloway]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181420/http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001309 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Jim Galloway]
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jim-galloway Jim Galloway Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (1985)
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Category:Canadian jazz clarinetists
Category:People from Kilwinning
Category:Scottish emigrants to Canada
Category:Canadian jazz saxophonists
Category:British male saxophonists
Category:Canadian jazz bandleaders
Category:20th-century British saxophonists
Category:20th-century Canadian male musicians
Category:Canadian male jazz musicians