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Click the CD cover above to get details about the new album, Mélange: New Music for Trumpet and Piano, featuring Jon Ballantyne (Jazz Piano), Bonnie Nicholson (Classical Piano), and Dean Mcneill playing Trumpets and Flugel Horn. You can listen to sample tracks, view photos of the recording process, and learn about the players.

Melange New Album

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You can still get the Prairie Fire album, featuring the Large Jazz Ensemble music of Dean McNeill. You can listen to sample tracks, read reviews, and buy the album.

"...this is among the most pleasurable and rewarding contemporary big-band albums to come out of Canada—or anywhere else—in quite some time."

— Jack Bowers, All About Jazz

The album was recorded in February of 2007 by a group of Canadian musicians during a national CBC radio concert. The Prairie Fire album showcases a cross-section of Canadian talent, musicians who are too often isolated from one another due in part to our country's vast geography.

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Dean McNeill

About Dean McNeill
Head of the Department of Music at the University of Saskatchewan, Canadian trumpeter/composer Dean McNeill holds music degrees from the University of North Texas (Masters), McGill University (Undergraduate), and Grant McEwan College (Music Diploma). >> Click to read Dean's full bio

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Download Dean's bio, logo, and print resolution photos (150 dpi or higher) to use in festival programs and other materials. Click below to download the files you need.

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All The Latest News & Info

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Click to listen to the premier performance of 'Kalla', composed by Allan Gilliland for Dean McNeill and the 2009 National Youth Band of Canada.

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Dean McNeill performs with 2009 National Youth Band of Canada on their Saskatchewan tour in May of 2009

Listen to Dean McNeill in concert on CBC.ca, playing with Jack Semple, Carlo Petrovitch, and Arlan Kopp

Review: by Atlanta Audio Society
This Mélange has many colors, the album seems to breathe the air of wide open spaces and boundless possibilities

Review: by Nick Lavigne, CAJE
Prairie Fire brings together some of Canada's best musicians

Review: by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Prairie Fire is a pleasurable and rewarding contemporary big-band album

Review: by Ray Baril
Prairie Fire, musical depth and maturity evident in playing and composition

Press Release
New CD sparks creative energy for jazz composer Dean McNeill: Prairie Fire latest recording project from contemporary artist ensemble

Article by Dean McNeill
JAZZ ADVOCACY: How can we support the overall growth of jazz music in our country?

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