RealTracks Artist Bio: Ron Thompson

Guitarist Ron Thompson has been a fixture of the Vancouver, BC jazz scene for thirty years. He has played in an eclectic variety of bands including The Romaniacs, The Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation, Gypsalero, String Fever, Olam, and The World Jive Big Band, and as a sideman for top Jazz artists including Rosemary Clooney, Frank Foster, Joe Henderson, Fraser MacPherson, Della Reese and Don Thompson. His style ranges from Jazz standards to Gypsy Jazz, Klezmir, African World Beat, Latin, and Tango. He is also an accomplished Dixieland and Bluegrass banjo player.

He currently plays guitar and banjo with the Dal Richards Orchestra, Stringfever, and the Scott Robertson Trio, and can be heard on recent recordings by Michael Bublé, Raffi, Ray Condo and His Ricochets, Zubot and Dawson, Ellen Kennedy, The Vancouver Men's Chorus, Amandah Jantzen, Tom Arntzen, and The Swing Sisters.

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