TRUDY DESMOND

Born: October 11, 1945, Brooklyn, New York, United States Died: February 19, 1999, Toronto, Canada Trudy Desmond was a Canadian jazz singer who moved from New York to Toronto around 1970, and over the following years, while working as an actress, an interior designer, club manager, and theatrical producer, she rose to prominence as one of Canada’s outstanding jazz vocalists. She performed as a vocalist with both small and large ensembles (she was one of the 16 original members of Doug Riley’s famed Dr. Music ensemble), working in a variety of settings from small clubs to festivals throughout North America, Desmond began recording on her own in the ‘80s, releasing four albums over the years prior to her death, each on a different label – RSVP (Concord Jazz), Tailor Made (Jazz Alliance), Make Me Rainbows (Koch Jazz), and finally, My One and Only (1998, Justin Time). All four albums are represented in a compilation read more...