Jim Galloway

{{Short description|Scottish jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (1936–2014)}} {{other people}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Jim Galloway | image = Jim Galloway.jpg | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = James Braidie Galloway | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|7|28}} | birth_place = Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|30 |1936|7|28 |mf=yes}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Saxophone, clarinet | years_active = 1960s–2014 | label = }}

'''James Braidie Galloway''' (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014)<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Mark |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 2 |year=2002 |publisher=Grove's Dictionaries |location=New York |isbn=1561592846 |edition=2nd |editor=Barry Kernfeld |pages=7–8 }}</ref> was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada after emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s.

==Early life and education== Galloway was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.<ref name=morton>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jim-galloway-saxophonist-who-left-his-native-scotland-to-become-one-of-the-leading-lights-of-the-10124164.html "Jim Galloway: Saxophonist who left his native Scotland to become one of the leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene"]. ''The Independent'', Brian Morton, 20 March 2015</ref> He studied graphic design at the Glasgow School of Fine Arts.<ref name=crawford>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2015/01/06/toronto_jazz_festival_cofounder_jim_galloway_dies_at_78.html "Toronto jazz festival co-founder Jim Galloway dies at 78"]. ''Toronto Star'', Trish Crawford, Jan. 6, 2015</ref> He also studied clarinet and alto saxophone, and began playing in local Glasgow venues.<ref name=morton />

==Career== Galloway moved to Toronto in 1964.<ref name=crawford /> He worked briefly as a graphic designer, and played in local bands, including the Metro Stompers.<ref name=cullingham>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/musician-james-galloway-was-a-foundational-figure-in-canadian-jazz/article22692409/ "Musician James Galloway was a foundational figure in Canadian jazz"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', JAMES CULLINGHAM, January 28, 2015</ref> He went on tour in Europe and the United States with Buddy Tate in the mid-1970s,<ref name=cullingham /> and soon after formed the Wee Big Band.

Galloway recorded many jazz albums, both with his own band and in collaboration with other well-known jazz musicians.<ref name=morton /> His album ''Walking on Air'' was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Juno Awards of 1980.

He was a co-founder of the Toronto Jazz Festival, and served as its music director from 1987 to 2009.<ref name="Globe&Mail">{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/jim-galloway-leaves-toronto-jazz-festival/article4289702/ |title=Jim Galloway leaves Toronto Jazz Festival |website=The Globe and Mail |date=22 October 2009}}</ref> In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.<ref name=morton />

Galloway died in palliative care in Toronto on 30 December 2014.<ref name="JAZZFM91">{{cite web |url=http://jazz.fm/index.php/component/content/article/11242 |title=Jim Galloway (1936-2014) |website=JAZZ.FM91 |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=2 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306231926/http://jazz.fm/index.php/component/content/article/11242 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A documentary film about his life, '' Jim Galloway: A Journey in Jazz'', was aired on TV Ontario in 2018.<ref>[https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/jim-galloway-a-journey-in-jazz " Jim Galloway: A Journey in Jazz"]. ''TVO'', Oct 05, 2018</ref>

==Discography== * ''Bojangles'' (1978/79) * ''Thou Swell'' (1981, with Jay McShann, Don Thompson and Terry Clarke), * ''At The Bern Jazz Festival'' (1983) (with Doc Cheatham, Ian Bargh) * ''The Sackville All Stars Christmas Record'' (1986) (with Ralph Sutton) * ''A Tribute To Louis Armstrong'' (1988) (with Ralph Sutton) * ''Jim & Jay's Christmas'' (1992) (with Jay McShann) * ''Wee Big Band'' (1993) * ''Live at the Green Dolphin - Cape Town, South Africa'' (Vol. 1 & 2) (1996) * ''Pocketful of Dreams'' (1997) (with Ralph Sutton) * ''What's New'' (1997) (with Bob Barnard and Henri Chaix) * ''At the Ball'' (1998) (with Ed Polcer) * ''Raisin' the Roof'' (1998) (with Allan Vaché) * ''Music Is My Life'' (2001) (with Dick Wellstood and Humphrey Lyttelton) * ''Live in Toronto'' (2010) (with Vic Dickenson - recorded 1973)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.jazzcanadiana.on.ca/_GALLOWAY.htm Jazz Canadiana: Jim Galloway] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181420/http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001309 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Jim Galloway] *[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jim-galloway Jim Galloway Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (1985)

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