Paul Brodie, (April 10, 1934 – November 19, 2007) was a Canadian

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, pupil of

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. In 1994, he was made an Officer of the

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, Canada's highest civilian honour, for having "shown true mastery of his art through his ability to reach all ages with his music". Since 1960, he performed over 3000 concerts in Canada, United States, Mexico, France, England, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Israel, Australia, China, Italy, Scotland, Russia and Argentina (1998). He is a very heavily recorded concert saxophonist - with 50 albums recorded for Golden Crest Records, CBC International Service, CBC Enterprise, Truly Fine Records, Classic Edition, Music Minus One, China Records, Dinant Records, and ROI Records (Hong Kong).

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featured his saxophone playing on the soundtrack of his Academy Award-winning film '' Heaven Can Wait''. He was also included on ''Clyde Gilmour's Favourites'', an album celebrating

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's 25 years on one of the most famous programs ever heard on CBC Radio. Brodie has appeared as a soloist with most of the leading orchestras in Canada and has often been featured on

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, CTV and

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. In 1980, he commissioned

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to write ''Suite Sephardi'' for him. He is the author of ''A Student's Guide to the Saxophone'', as well as three books of saxophone solos published by Frederick Harris Music. In 1969, Brodie co-founded with Eugene Rousseau,'' Sax,

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, & Co'',

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, H & D, 2004, p. 139. another pupil of Marcel Mule, the

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and he has been an artist/clinician for

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of the US for over 30 years.

Discography

LPs *Paul Brodie – ''A Saxophone Concert'' (RE 7090)

979 Year 979 ( CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 24 – Second Battle of Pankaleia: An Ibero-Byzantine expeditionary ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Baroque and Classical Music for Soprano Saxophone'' (RE 7041)

971 Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Clinician Series'' (CRS 1010) *Paul Brodie – ''Encores!'' (RE 7102)

982 Year 982 ( CMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Emperor Otto II (the Red) assembles an imperial expeditionary force at Tara ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Koechlin Etudes for Alto Saxophone and Piano'' (CE 16)

974 Year 974 ( CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Battle of Danevirke: Emperor Otto II defeats the rebel forces of King Harald I, who has ...

*Paul Brodie – ''More Encores!'' (RE 7103)

*Paul Brodie – ''Mr. Saxophone and the Three Bears'' (CRS 31057) *Paul Brodie – ''Music Minus One, Vol. 1'' (MMO 8021)

973 Year 973 ( CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – The Byzantine army, led by General Melias (Domestic of the Sc ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Music Minus One, Vol. 2'' (MMO 8023)

*Paul Brodie – ''Music Minus One, Vol. 3'' (MMO 8025)

*Paul Brodie – ''Music Minus One, Vol. 4'' (MMO 8027)

*Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie & Myriam Shechter'' (RE 7037) *Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie and Camerata'' (CRS 4194)

980 Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) a ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie Plays Alto and Soprano Saxophone'' (RE 7056)

*Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie Plays Sopranino and Soprano Saxophone'' (RE 7049)

972 Year 972 ( CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Emperor John I Tzimiskes divides the Bulgarian territories, recent ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie Salutes Olde-Tyme Fiddle Music'' (ATF 016) *Paul Brodie – ''Soprano Saxophone and Harp'' (TF 020)

988 Year 988 ( CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Fall – Emperor Basil II, supported by a contingent of 6,000 Varangians ...

*Paul Brodie – ''The Golden Age of the Saxophone'' (MVC 1005)

983 Year 983 ( CMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Diet of Verona: Emperor Otto II (the Red) declares war against the Byza ...

*Paul Brodie – ''The Saxophone in Concert'' ( 6066, RE 7028) 964, 1968*Paul Brodie – ''Unaccompanied Saxophone'' (RE 7071)

977 Year 977 ( CMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May – Boris II, dethroned emperor (''tsar'') of Bulgaria, and his brother Roman ma ...

*Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet – ''A Recital with the Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet'' (CRSQ 4143) *Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet – ''The Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet in Concert'' (CRSQ 4164) *Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet – ''The Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet'' (CRSQ 4131) *Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet – ''The Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet on Tour'' (CRSQ 4154) *Paul Brodie, James Campbell - ''Sonatas''

*Paul Brodie, James Campbell - ''Three for All''

*Paul Brodie, Jean-Marie Londeix – ''Duets for Saxophone'' (RE 7062)

975 Year 975 (Roman numerals, CMLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine wars#Byzantine resurgence, 863–11th century, A ...

CDs *Paul Brodie – ''Amigos: Saxophone and Guitar''

004 004, 0O4, O04, OO4 may refer to: * 004, fictional British 00 Agent * 0O4, Corning Municipal Airport (California) * O04, the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation * Abdul Haq Wasiq, Guantanamo detainee 004 * Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engine * Lauda ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Back to the ‘20s''

994 Year 994 ( CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish gener ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Bel Canto''

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*Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie and Friends''

990 Year 990 ( CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (mode ...

*Paul Brodie – ''Paul Brodie Salutes Olde-Tyme Fiddle Music''

000 Triple zero, Triple Zero, Zero Zero Zero, Triple 0, Triple-0, 000, or 0-0-0 may refer to: * 000 (emergency telephone number), the Australian emergency telephone number * "Triple Zero", a song by AFI (band), AFI from ''Shut Your Mouth and Open Your ...

*Paul Brodie – ''The Golden Age of the Saxophone''

991 Year 991 (Roman numerals, CMXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * March 1: In Rouen, Pope John XV ratifies the first Peace and Truce of God, Truce of God, between ...

*Paul Brodie – ''The Music of Srul Irving Glick''

996 Year 996 ( CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * February - Chotoku Incident: Fujiwara no Korechika and Takaie shoot an arrow at Retired Em ...

*Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet – ''The Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet, Vol. 1''

992 Year 992 ( CMXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Worldwide * Winter – A superflare from the sun causes an Aurora Borealis, with visibility as fa ...

*Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet – ''The Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet, Vol. 2''

*James Campbell (feat. Paul Brodie) - ''Crossroads''

References

External links

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Paul Brodie at Encode
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodie, Paul 1934 births 2007 deaths 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century Canadian male musicians Canadian classical musicians Classical saxophonists Canadian saxophonists Male saxophonists Musicians from Montreal Officers of the Order of Canada