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 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 projec ...

. 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 reputati ...

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

Ontario Science Centre The Ontario Science Centre (OSC; originally the Centennial Museum of Science and Technology) is a science museum and organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its original location opened to the public in 1969 and was located near the D ...

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 Canadian cabaret singers Canadian women jazz singers Canadian jazz singers Justin Time Records artists {{Jazz-singer-stub