Trudy Desmond (October 11, 1945 – 19 February 1999) was a Canadian jazz singer.

Career

After moving from New York to Toronto, she worked as an actress, interior designer, club manager, and theatrical producer. She was one of the 16 original members of the

Dr. Music Dr. Music was a Toronto jazz group founded in 1969 by producer, arranger and performer Doug Riley. The band recorded three albums and toured across Canada. The personnel of the band changed throughout its history, with Riley remaining at the cor ...

ensemble led by

Doug Riley Douglas Brian Riley, CM (April 12, 1945 – August 27, 2007) was a Canadian musician, also known as Dr. Music. He spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects ...

. She performed in concert with the Don Thompson Quartet (

Ed Bickert Edward Isaac Bickert, (November 29, 1932 – February 28, 2019) was a Canadian guitarist who played mainstream jazz and swing music. Bickert worked professionally from the mid-1950s to 2000, mainly in the Toronto area. His international reputat ...

on guitar, bassist Paul Novotny, and drummer John Sumner) during the Sound of Toronto Jazz Series at the

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on January 23, 1989.

Discography

* ''Tailor Made'' (The Jazz Alliance, 1992) * ''RSVP'' (Jazz Alliance, 1994) * ''Make Me Rainbows'' (Koch, 1995) * ''My One and Only'' (Justin Time, 1998)

References

External Links

* * 1999 deaths 1945 births 20th-century Canadian women singers Cabaret singers Canadian women jazz singers Justin Time Records artists {{Jazz-singer-stub