[PorkpieHat]

I had fortune of studying with Doug Richardson in Toronto back in the day before he passed away. Many years, later having returned to the playing sax again I'm looking for another good teacher. I live west coast Canada but I'm open to other areas of Canada. Contemplating perhaps taking a school program or just a private teacher.

Any recommendations?

 

[Atratr]

Check out Luis Deniz, i don't remember exactly where he is, but Canada

 

[swperry1]

It seems you’re open to online/ distance learning...why limit yourself to Canada?

 

[altoguy]

David Rubel will do on-line lessons (http://davidrubelmusic.com).

During the pandemic I have been doing lessons on-line. It's still quite good. Not exactly like being there, but very good.

Contact him, he's really good to work with.

Cheers,

Andy

I had fortune of studying with Doug Richardson in Toronto back in the day before he passed away. Many years, later having returned to the playing sax again I'm looking for another good teacher. I live west coast Canada but I'm open to other areas of Canada. Contemplating perhaps taking a school program or just a private teacher.

Any recommendations?

 

[PorkpieHat]

It seems you're open to online/ distance learning...why limit yourself to Canada?

For the time being yeah, there are lots of great online teachers, particularly in the US. I'll probably try that out. Really though it's just not as insightful as in-person lessons. Too, I'm looking down the road. Considered perhaps going to a school, not that I care about a diploma or degree, just a consistent structured learning path and what opportunities I may find out of a particular program. But I definitely need some guidance now.

 

[HeavyWeather77]

David Rubel in Toronto is a great player and a nice guy. So is Samuel Blais in Montreal, and Sam's done some considerable work in both jazz and classical realms. He's remarkably good at both.

Vancouver has historically had a wonderful music scene but I'm not sure who the good players there are, these days. Tyler Summers is a great Vancouver-native saxophonist but he's been in Nashville for a long time now.

 

[PorkpieHat]

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm going to start with the nearest local to me teacher which is Larry Miller in Nanaimo B.C. who has started doing in person lessons. Mike Allen who teaches out of Capilano University is of interest too though I don't much think I can afford Vancouver living. I'm going to also be investigating web based lessons as well. I think inevitably I'd like to get back into a solid Jazz scene like I experienced in Toronto and Montreal in the 90's though obviously things have changed as far as Jazz scenes in various cities across Canada.

 

[HeavyWeather77]

I think inevitably I'd like to get back into a solid Jazz scene like I experienced in Toronto and Montreal in the 90's though obviously things have changed as far as Jazz scenes in various cities across Canada.

The jazz scenes in Toronto and Montreal are quite healthy these days! Montreal in particular has some of the most brilliant musicians I've heard in a long, long time (there's a keyboard player who goes by "Anomalie" who really is an anomaly, he's phenomenal). But Toronto has some really stellar folks as well. The bassist Rich Brown and drummer Larnell Lewis are always putting incredible bands together, and they're world-class musicians on their own, too. Plus they're really nice dudes! I really love the vibe of the big Canadian cities.