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A
native of Toronto, Doug Riley has been an integral part
of the Canadian music community, as a composer, arranger
and performer. He has performed with some of the most
prolific artists in the classical, jazz and commercial
music genres. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of
Music with Oscar Peterson’s teacher, Paul De Marky,
and graduated from the University of Toronto.
Doug
Riley has received innumerable international awards
for recording and performance. As a composer and arranger,
Mr. Riley has worked with Placido Domingo, Ofra Harnoy,
the National Ballet and Michael Burgess. As a performer,
he has worked on recordings with, to name a few: Ray
Charles, David Clayton Thomas, The Brecker Brothers,
Bob Seger, Ringo Starr, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray
and Moe Koffman.
Doug
Riley won Jazz Organist of the Year continuously from
1993 to 2000 at the annual Jazz Report Awards. He will
be awarded the Order of Canada in the fall of 2004.
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