Rob Frayne and his Dream Combo play Ottawa’s Fourth Stage Dec. 2.

This all-star octet features:

Julie Michels (voice), Mark Ferguson (trombone), Roddy Ellias (guitar), Petr Cancura/ Rob Frayne (saxophones), Mike Essoudry (drums), Don Cummings (Hammond B-3 organ), Alvaro de Minaya (perc)

Compositions by Rob Frayne, Alan Toussaint, Lennon&McCartney

A brand new, hip arrangement of Somewhere over the Rainbow & a surprise trio of Christmas tunes.

Rob Frayne (tenor sax, b. cl. keys) now is practicing and writing for the Rob Frayne Dreamband and its many dreamy formats. Rob was the leader of Chelsea Bridge and has played with the Angstones. A highlight of each year is the JazzworksCamp near Ottawa Past concerts/recordings include with: the Shuffle Demons, Mary-Margaret O-Hara, Mary Ann Price (Dan Hicks, Kinks), the Cuban Fence Climbers, Gil Evans Orchestra, Time Warp, Claude Ranger, Fred Stone, Kenny Wheeler, Hemispheres, Rodger and the Ramjets and many others.