Born in Toronto, Canada, trombonist Russ Little was raised on the island of Jamaica for the first few years of his life before moving back to Canada to attend Malvern Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he attained
(in 1966) his honours degree in the Humanities, with special emphasis on History and English.
It was during his time at Malvern Collegiate that he was taught trombone (and inspired by) the legendary teacher-trombonist George M. McRae.
By 1968 he was touring with the Woody Herman Orchestra as lead trombone
and featured soloist and later, with the Count Basie Orchestra, he filled a similar role.
While touring with these famed jazz orchestras, he found time to become an original member of Canada's famed Rock Orchestra, "Lighthouse", a band with
which he continues to perform. For fans of classic rock, "Lighthouse" hits include such monsters as "Sunny Days", "One Fine Morning", and "Hats Off To the Stranger".
Through the early '70's, Russ Little performed in the world famous "Boss Brass", while pursuing a very successful career as conductor/composer/arranger for the CBC, CTV and Global television networks in Canada. He was also constantly busy writing and conducting for NBC, ABC, General Motors, NFL Football and the famed SCTV comedy series in which he worked closely for many years with John Candy, Eugene Levy and Martin Short.
A consistently busy session-musician throughout his career, Russ decided that after a lifetime spent performing on other people's CDs, it was time to create his own. His first solo cd 'Snapshot' was met with wide acclaim. 'Footwork', his second offering, won Russ a National Jazz Award. His latest cd 'On the shoulders of Giants' is proving to be his best work yet. Check out Russ's offical web site at: http://russlittle.com
Winner of the prestigious National Jazz Awards', "Best Trombonist of 2007".
Two-time nominee (for Best Album and Best Trombonist).
"Russ Little's --- virtuoso performance on the albums Snapshot and Footwork could not be denied."......
-J.D. Considine writing in the Toronto Globe and Mail, April, 2007.
Geoff Chapman, National Jazz Critic for the Toronto Star, has declared Russ Little's latest release, "Footwork", to be
"one of the Top 10 Best Albums of 2006".
.. Hi there Russ Little first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people you can click the link below to visit our profile which wlil provide you with more information and also give you the link to our website! I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
Hi Russ, Happy Birthday, Jazz Man! from Kenny 'The G Man' I'm playing your music on my show and all of Australia is lovin' your stuff! You are HOT HOT HOT here! Kenny
Hey ! Thanks so much for adding me to your friends, this is such a wonderful smooth sound...I think I will just sit here a while and enjoy the music:) Have a great week! Suzanne
