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Instruments
  
Alto Saxophone

Name
  
P.J. Perry

Genres
  
Jazz

Years active
  
1978 – Present

Role
  
Saxophonist

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Born
  
December 2, 1941 (age 82) (
1941-12-02
)

Origin
  
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Albums
  
Time Flies, Worth Waiting For, Joined at the Hip, My Ideal

Awards
  
Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

Record labels
  
Justin Time Records, Royalty Records

Similar People
  
Neil Swainson, Kirk MacDonald, Pat LaBarbera, Terry Clarke, Oliver Jones

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Paul John Guloien CM (born 2 December 1941 in Calgary) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist. He has won one Juno award as a solo artist, and one for his work with the Rob McConnell Tentet.

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Perry was born to saxophonist Paul Guloien, who performed under the name Paul Perry, and Margaret Yeo. Early in life they moved around Canada between Medicine Hat, Regina, Sylvan Lake and Vancouver. He learned to play the clarinet and piano before becoming a saxophonist for his father's band when he was 14. Perry has spent most of his time in Canada.

Awards and honours

  • Best Jazz Album, Juno Award, 1993
  • Best Alto Saxophone, Critics' Choice, Jazz Report magazine, 1993–1997
  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Juno Award, with Rob McConnell Tentet, 2001
  • Saxophonist of the Year, National Jazz Awards Canada, 2003
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, City of Edmonton, 2005
  • Honorary Diploma in Music, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, 1996
  • Honorary doctorate of law, University of Alberta, 2007
  • Order of Canada with grade of member, 2016

    • Discography

  • My Ideal (Unity, 1989)
  • Worth Waiting For (Jazz Alliance, 1990 )
  • With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (Justin Time, 2000 )
  • P. J. Perry Quintet (Unity/Page, 2004)
  • Time Flies (Justin Time, 2005 )
  • Joined at the Hip (Cellar Live, 2007)
  • Nota Bene (2009)
  • Old Friends (Royalty, 2014)

    • Songs

    My Old FlameWorth Waiting For · 1998
    Namely YouWorth Waiting For · 1998
    First Song For RuthOld Friends · 2014

    References

    P. J. Perry Wikipedia
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