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There were two jazz clubs fairly close to school - PaulРІР‚в„ўs Mall and the Jazz Workshop - I frequented quite often and my God, how I wish IРІР‚в„ўd kept a journal of all the outstanding musicians I saw play there.' 'Boston is such a great city and living there was an absolutely amazing experience. 'I sent them a tape and, much to my surprise, I was accepted,' he says.

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(Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press files) University of Manitoba yearbook pic of Paley. During his final year there, a guest instructor at a music camp heРІР‚в„ўd been invited to pulled him aside to compliment him on his skill and encourage him to apply to BostonРІР‚в„ўs Berklee College of Music, a much-heralded, private academy that has turned out the likes of Grammy Award-winning producer Quincy Jones, Steely Dan mastermind Donald Fagen and soul singer Patti Labelle. Paley studied piano at the University of Manitoba from 1967 to 1971. All I knew was, I wasnРІР‚в„ўt cut out for working nine-to-five.' 'I didnРІР‚в„ўt do it for long, but I found it so boring that I promised myself I didnРІР‚в„ўt care what I had to do, or how much effort IРІР‚в„ўd have to put in to become a musician. He chuckles, citing a menial, part-time job 'building something or another' as his primary motivation. (Supplied)Р”В«y the time he was attending Sisler High School, where he played clarinet in the school band, he had made up his mind to pursue music as a career. Paley playing the accordion around the age of 12 or 13. Before long he was fronting a unit dubbed Ron Paley and the Tempos, which performed cover versions of popular radio hits at legions, church halls and community clubs across town for $20 a pop, split five ways. Paley switched from accordion to electric bass at age 13, after he spotted a Fender Precision bass - the lone guitar he owns to this day - hanging on the wall of a local music store. (Give him a sec and heРІР‚в„ўll find a black-and-white video on his phone of himself performing Dance of the Comedians on a locally-televised talent show when he was still in grade school.) It was through his dad that he picked up the accordion, at an early age. His father was a travelling salesman who played music professionally on the side. Paley grew up in a home on Burrows Avenue, in WinnipegРІР‚в„ўs North End. Hopefully, getting the opportunity to play music for a live audience again will be my small way of helping, when this is all over.' 3, that we help others with what weРІР‚в„ўve learned. 1, that everybody gets through this safely No. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files) Ron Paley has some fun trying out the merry-go-round at the convention centre prior to his band's 2017 New Year's Eve party.

'Having said that, this is a very interesting time to be alive, with all thatРІР‚в„ўs going on in the world,' he goes on, noting that owing to COVID, he hasnРІР‚в„ўt even been able to practise with his band mates in what now feels like forever. Vital abode he shares with his wife Qiuyan and their son Philip.

'I canРІР‚в„ўt remember specifically but yes, IРІР‚в„ўm almost certain this current stretch - three years and counting - is, by far, the longest IРІР‚в„ўve ever gone without playing somewhere on New YearРІР‚в„ўs Eve, going all the way back to my university days,' he says, seated in the St. 31 on the calendar right up until 2018, which, as it turns out, was the last time the Ron Paley Big Band rang in the new year in style, for a packed dance floor at the RBC Convention Centre. Ron Paley, the longtime leader of a 22-piece jazz ensemble that carries his name, guesses he was five years old when his parents Walter and Ann first coaxed him and his two sisters to stay up with them until midnight, to sing along with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, playing on a living room radio. New YearРІР‚в„ўs Eve was always a fairly big deal in the Paley household.