About Me
Allistair Elliott was born just outside Belfast, Northern Ireland. Excelling at the classical side of the trumpet, he performed in London, England and also Vienna, Austria by the age of seventeen. Elliott moved to England where he received his music degree from Leeds College of Music, the same school that produced the recent Grammy nominee, Corrine Bailey Rae.
His performing credits include The Drifters, The Temptations, R&B legend, Lou Pride, England’s jazz giant, John Dankworth, and The Supremes, just to name a few. He has opened for sax great, Joshua Redman, toured with the internationally renowned Decidely Jazz Danceworks and shared the stage with Saturday Night Lives’ Lenny Pickett, and rock legends, Honeymoon Suite. He has toured Europe, Australia and Brazil and now resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Locally he has been involved performing with or recording for Tim Tamishiro, Livin’ In Swing, Steve Pineo, Amos Garrett, The Prime Time Big Band, The Big Beat Band, as well as fronting his own group. He has also recorded numerous tv and radio jingles such as working.com and the National Post. Allistair’s writing credits include the movie, Friend of the Family, where he also appeared in the film performing two original tunes.
Allistair second cd,Urban Nights released on Chronograph Records is receiving country wide airplay. In March 08 he was awarded Canadian Smooth Jazz Wind Instrumentalint of the Year.
