PJ PERRY QUINTET at the Yardbird Suite
Saturday, June 13, 2026
8 PM
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11 Tommy Banks Way NW
Edmonton, AB
Chris Andrew Piano
Paul Johnston Bass
Dave Laing Drums
Bob Tildesley Trumpet
PJ Perry Saxophone
NINTH AVENUE BIG BAND with PJ Perry
Calgary, Alberta
Saturday, June 27, 2026 @ 2 PM
Ironwood Stage & Grill
1229-9th Ave SE
Calgary, AB
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GUEST ARTIST:
PJ Perry Saxophone
TICKETS for Ninth Avenue Big Band with PJ Perry:
Adult: $40 | Student: $17
Call 403-269-5581 or email reservations@ironwoodstage.ca to make a reservation. Reservations are not available online and we do not accept reservations through Twitter or Facebook.
MUSICIANS FOR CANADA:
A Benefit Concert for Canadian Unity
Hawrelak Park Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Gates open: 2 PM
Music starts: 3 PM
Tickets: $57.31 Buy online
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Proceeds from this concert will be directed to the Edmonton Food Bank, The Bissell Centre, and Sanctuary of Peace.
PJ PERRY QUINTET
Chris Andrew Piano
Paul Johnston Bass
Dave Laing Drums
Bob Tildesley Trumpet
PJ Perry Saxophone
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
Mallory Chipman Vocalist
PJ PERRY QUINTET on the Patio
Thursday, September 3, 2026
7 to 9 PM | Seating: 6 PM
La Cité francophone
8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury
(91 St. NW) Edmonton, AB
$16.70 per person
[Purchase online or at the door]
PJ PERRY QUINTET
Chris Andrew Piano
Paul Johnston Bass
Dave Laing Drums
Bob Tildesley Trumpet
PJ Perry Saxophone
The Blue Chair
My Quintet enjoyed several years of Wednesday nights playing the “Chair.”
Sylvia and Lucas were great to work for. Thanks for the great times.
PJ regrets the closing of the Blue Chair Cafe.
My Quintet enjoyed several years of Wednesday nights playing the “Chair.”
Sylvia and Lucas were great to work for. Thanks for the great times.
PJ Perry
Live at George’s Jazz Room
Recorded live in Toronto on June 29th, 1991.
Features Gary Williamson on piano, Steve Wallace on bass, and Jerry Fuller on drums.
Now available for download or streaming on Spotifiy, Apple Music/iTunes and Deezer.
PJ Perry
Curriculum vitae
“a disciple of swing and improvisation…”
PJ Perry has shared the stage with countless jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Michel LeGrand, Pepper Adams, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell, Rob McConnell, Slide Hampton, Herb Spanier, Bobby Shew, Fraser McPherson, Tommy Banks, Joe LaBarbera, Clarence “Big” Miller, Red Rodney and many more talented artists, too numerous to list here. He was a featured soloist on the hit 2010 Broadway production of Come Fly Away, highlighting the songs of Frank Sinatra and the choreography of Twyla Tharpe.
In 2007 PJ was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta.
In autumn of 1999 Justin Time Records released a JUNO-nominated recording of PJ and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. PJ Perry has become recognized by critics, colleagues and listeners as being one of North America’s premier saxophonists.
Winner of a 1993 JUNO Award for Best Jazz Recording for his album My Ideal, PJ has received Jazz Report magazine’s Critic’s Choice Award for Best Alto Sax for a record-breaking seven years; from 1993 to 1999.
In 2016 PJ Perry was awarded the Order of Canada by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.