Honours and Awards

  • Presiding Citizenship Official
    2018
  • Order of Canada
    Inducted by His Excellency The Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada
    2016
  • Honorary Doctor of Laws  |  University of Alberta
    2007
  • Lifetime Achievement Award  |  City of Edmonton
    2005
  • Best Alto Sax National Jazz Award
    2003, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993
  • Certificate and recognition of receipt of 2003 National Jazz Award
    Presented by Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith
    Edmonton, AB
    2003
  • JUNO Award for Best Traditional Jazz Album ─ Instrumental  |  Tentet
    Performed with Rob McConnell Tentet
    2001
  • Honourary Diploma in Music  |  Grant McEwan Community College
    1996
  • City of Edmonton Achievement Award
    In recognition of Significant Contribution in the area of Culture
    1994
  • JUNO Award  |  My Ideal
    Best Jazz Recording of the Year
    With Mulgrew Miller, piano; Neil Swainson, bass; Victor Lewis, drums
    1992
  • JUNO Award  |  Jazz Canada Montreux 1978
    Best Jazz Album
    With Tommy Banks; Big Miller
    1979