Glen Strickey
Charlottetown, PE, CA
Jazz / Funk / Latin Jazz
Bio
For over 20 years, Glen Strickey has performed, arranged, composed, and recorded music of various styles all over the world. As both a sideman and band leader, Glen has had the opportunity to play with Grammy award winning musicians and legends in the field of Jazz.
Growing up on Cape Breton Island on the east coast of Canada, Glen was heavily influenced at a young age by weekly Jazz sessions, which took place at his Uncle Rudy Pace’s home. It was there that he was introduced to Jazz music a...
Press
“Continuing into tunes like Hallelujah (such a gorgeous free-flowing rendition the quartet does, with Strickey on soprano sax), Lucky 13 (a quick-stepping tune written by Dowling himself) and Mr. PC, the quartet just wowed us time and time again with its tightness, ingenuity and flare in improvisation. In a nutshell, they are all ninjas, and to watch them in improv action never fails to be a tremendous and dazzling display.”
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Status
Status:
Honored to have won Jazz Recording of the Year at the Music PEI Awards and be nominated in the same category for the ECMA's in the same week!!! Thanks
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ECMA Nominations
Jan 27, 2011 at 09:34 PM
Hey everyone,
It's been a good couple of weeks. I was lucky enough to win Jazz Recording of the Year at the Music PEI Awards last week and perform at the awards gala in front of a sold out crowd of 1100 people. I also found out last week that I was nominated for Jazz Recording of the year for the ECMA's, and for World Recording with another group ...



