We are a 5 piece jazz group based in Vancouver, Canada who have been together since 1996. The record "Ever Thus" is our fourth independently released CD and arguably our best one to date. We have performed at various jazz festivals, most notably the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival. We also recorded a one hour television special for CBC French T.V. Clips of this show can be found at our Youtube website: https://www.youtube.com/user/ubiquity5piece5555/ Biographic information of the individual band members follows: **************************** Henry Boudin - Saxophones Henry Boudin's musical collaborations started in Montreal when he and Alan Penfold began together in the 60's. During that era he played with such luminaries as Rene Thomas, Herbie Spanier, John Orr, Nelson Symonds, Mike Gauthier, Keith and Andre White, Peter Leitch, Willie Gerard, and Joe Sealy. In the United States during the 70's and 80's Henry played with Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Mover, and Peter Einhorn. In Vancouver during the late 80's and 90's he has recorded and performed with Bruno Hubert, Andre Lachance, Miles Black, Dan Faehnle, Ron Samworth, Ross Taggart, and Hugh Fraser. Henry has performed at Vancouver, Victoria and Montreal jazz festivals and for the CBC radio programs Jazzbeat, Hot Air, and Jazz Sur Le Vif. **************************** Alan Penfold - Trumpet Originally from Montreal, Alan Penfold took his first trumpet lesson at the age of nine. Not long after this he heard Bird and Diz for the first time and discovered an immediate affinity for this music. Subsequently he studied composition and arranging with Frank Mella and trumpet with Carmine Caruso in New York City. He started playing professionally at the age of fifteen and became immersed in the Quebec music milieu, doing recordings, radio and television. His long-term jazz associations have been with the Nick Ayoub Quintet, the Bernard Primeau Jazz Group, the Vic Vogel and Al Baculis big bands. He has done world tours with Les Feux Follets and with his own jazz sextet. In 1995 he became a founding member of Eastwind. **************************** George McFetridge - Piano Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1947, George has been a professional jazz pianist for 30 years. After graduating from Berklee College in Boston, George toured the U.S. with the BUDDY RICH big band. After returning to Canada there were many jazz gigs in Edmonton, Toronto, and Vancouver with such well known artists as FRASER MacPHERSON, WOODY HERMAN, BENNY GOLSON, LEE KONITZ, KENNY WHEELER, WOODY SHAW, and many others. George's highly developed style contains many influences such as McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell, Tommy Flanagan, etc. and his original compositions have been recorded on several discs, most recently his own SOLO PIANO on Unity records. Since moving to Vancouver, B.C., Canada in 1991, George has continued to grow musically leading his Quintet STRANGE WEATHER with tours to Europe most recently with JACEK KOCHON and MARIUSZ KWIATKOWSKI. **************************** Dave Guiney - Acoustic Bass Originally from the Boston area, Dave spent the early 80’s in New York City where he had the opportunity to play with Warne Marsh, Bill Evans (saxophonist), Joe Lovano, Frank Tiberi, Conrad Herwig, Jeff Hirschfield, and other later-to-be-well-known jazz musicians. Back in New England in the mid-80’s Dave played in a house trio accompanying such established jazz stars as Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, Warren Vache, Herb Pomeroy, Al Grey, Maxine Sullivan, Tal Farlow, Ken Peplowski and others. Since moving to the Vancouver area in 1994 Dave has worked with many of the finest jazz musicians in the city and beyond, including Ernestine Anderson, Ron Johnston, D.D. Jackson, Tony Foster, Oliver Gannon, John Nolan, Ross Taggart, Jack Stafford, Al Wold, Bob Murphy, Dave Robbins, Jennifer Scott, Brad Turner, Lorne Kellet, Chris Sigerson, and Craig Scott. In Eastwind Dave’s solid, swinging style provides a pulse that, together with Tom Foster’s drums, helps to anchor the group’s melodic and harmonic excursions. **************************** Tom Foster - Drums (and webmaster) Tom Foster attended North Texas State University majoring in percussion and Jazz Education. He has appeared in many television, radio, and theatre performances and has performed on a variety of recordings including film scores (Bye Bye Blues) , albums (CD's) , and jingles. Tom toured Canada and Europe with the "EdJE", winners of the 1988 Alcan Jazz Competition , and toured Japan and mainland China in 1983 with the Tommy Banks Quintet. He has performed with a host of notable jazz musicians including Pepper Adams, Sonny Stitt, Mose Allison, Art Farmer, Nat Adderley, Kenny Wheeler,Red Holloway,Frank Foster,Gene Burtoncini, Mark Murphy and Herb Ellis. Tom is presently a member of: -Eastwind -Kate Hammett-Vaughan Band -Lisa Miller Trio His web site is: http://members.shaw.ca/thomasfoster/