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Metro stompers pack them in wherever they appear, and their success as traditional jazz group has been a boost for Canadian music industry. But leader(...)
Metro stompers pack them in wherever they appear, and their success as traditional jazz group has been a boost for Canadian music industry. But leader(...)

Metro stompers pack them in wherever they appear, and their success as traditional jazz group has been a boost for Canadian music industry. But leader(...)

Date8/23/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro stompers pack them in wherever they appear, and their success as traditional jazz group has been a boost for Canadian music industry. But leader Jim McHarg feels rock radio stations are trying to stuff one type of music down public's throat when there is an audience for his group's music and others as well.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101511F
Jazz musician Jim Galloway, whose Metro Stompers will be part of the two-day Molson Harbourfront Jazz Festival, at Harbourfront Aug. 1 and 2, scored 14 out of 15 on our quiz
Jazz musician Jim Galloway, whose Metro Stompers will be part of the two-day Molson Harbourfront Jazz Festival, at Harbourfront Aug. 1 and 2, scored 14 out of 15 on our quiz
7/20/1982
Jim Galloway: Leader of the Metro Stompers preserves traditions
Jim Galloway: Leader of the Metro Stompers preserves traditions
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Jim Galloway and the Metro Stompers
Jim Galloway and the Metro Stompers
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Metro Stompers' Jim Galloway and wife Rosemary whip up an oatmeal dessert in the kitchen of his mid-town home, a 130-year-old former farmhouse
Metro Stompers' Jim Galloway and wife Rosemary whip up an oatmeal dessert in the kitchen of his mid-town home, a 130-year-old former farmhouse
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Still the main man. Paolo Rossi's goal production has dropped but he's still the centre of most eyes wherever Juventus appears. He'll have a bigger gallery tonight against the Blizzard
Still the main man. Paolo Rossi's goal production has dropped but he's still the centre of most eyes wherever Juventus appears. He'll have a bigger gallery tonight against the Blizzard
8/7/1984
Emerging: It's hard to put a label on Joan Armatrading, whose music is pop but has been called everything from rock, soul, folk and jazz
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Cedric Ritchie, chairman of the Bank of Nova Scotia, says free trade has not been a boost to Canadian productivity
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Have piano, will travel: Anton Kuerti, a pianist who knows the score when it comes to Beethoven, has a tailor-made van that allows him to bring his favorite instrument wherever he's working
Have piano, will travel: Anton Kuerti, a pianist who knows the score when it comes to Beethoven, has a tailor-made van that allows him to bring his favorite instrument wherever he's working
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The Doppler Brothers are an exuberant jazz 'n' rock group well worth a listen as they begin their climb up the ladder to success
The Doppler Brothers are an exuberant jazz 'n' rock group well worth a listen as they begin their climb up the ladder to success
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Adept riflemen harass Japanese troops wherever the modern Chinese troops face them
Adept riflemen harass Japanese troops wherever the modern Chinese troops face them
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The man who started it all, Dave Nichol of Loblaws with generic products, whose success has astounded food industry
The man who started it all, Dave Nichol of Loblaws with generic products, whose success has astounded food industry
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