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| "Vancouver's Newest & Swingin'est Big Band" |
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| Dave McLean |
| Sax: Tenor Sax |
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| Dave's passion for music began at the early age of ten when he started
playing clarinet in the North Vancouver School's Concert Band under Arthur
Smith. By age fourteen Dave was playing alto sax, performing throughout the
lower mainland with a 13 piece dance band called The Ambassadors.
At age 19 Dave went to Europe. There he caught the travel bug which would
see him start at Canadian Pacific Airlines (later to become Canadian
Airlines International) when he finished school. Although the love of music
didn't leave him, a commitment to an orchestra was not possible during his
years with the airline. After 32 years Dave retired - albeit for a weekend -
to start working in the helicopter business.
Dave immediately bought a tenor sax and began practicing for hours and
hours - at first with play-along CDs, but then with the Port Moody Concert
Band (in 1998) and the Inlet Big Band, a local jazz band that plays numerous
gigs in the Tri-City area. For Dave, it was actually 34 years between
performances. While with the Inlet Big Band, Dave played as a 'sub' a number
of times with the Bruce James Orchestra, and in February of 2001 Bruce
called to ask Dave about playing full-time with the band. It took Dave less
than a second to say yes.
Dave's love of music has always been supported by his wife, Joan and their
two wonderful sons, Paul and Michael. |
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