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Even before Claude Ranger disappeared in late 2000, his fate unknown, he had attained legendary status among Canada's jazz musicians as an extraordinary drummer who repeatedly challenged the status quo on bandstands in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Willful, uncompromising and charismatic, cigarette invariably tucked into the left corner of his mouth, Ranger cut a compelling figure alongside Canadian and American stars alike -- Lenny Breau, Jane Bunnett, Sonny Greenwich, Moe Koffman, P.J. Perry, Dewey Redman, Sonny Rollins, Don Thompson and many others.
Claude Ranger: Canadian Jazz Legend presents a sympathetic portrait of this remarkable musician and offers a perceptive overview of the Canadian jazz scene during the 35 years in which, by turns, his career flourished, faltered and flourished again.
Mark Miller
Mark Miller is Chief Strategy Officer at Team One, Publicis Groupe's premium and luxury brand agency. He is also the founder of The Legacy Lab, a research and consulting practice within Team One. With more than two decades of experience in the communications industry, Miller has earned a reputation for intersecting creativity with intelligence to help global brands drive change. His work has been awarded by the Advertising Research Foundation's David Ogilvy Awards, by the American Association of Advertising Agencies' Jay Chiat Awards, and by Effie Worldwide which recognizes marketing effectiveness. He was also named a Trendsetter and an Agency Innovator for thought leadership on global branding by The Internationalist. Miller's modern legacy is building and restoring great brands through finding more relevant ways to continue their stories.
Lucas Conley is a journalist and a contributing researcher and writer with The Legacy Lab. He began his career at The Atlantic Monthly and has written for The Boston Globe, Fast Company, ESPN: The Magazine, SPIN, and The Wall Street Journal Magazine. Conley is the author of Obsessive Branding Disorder and coauthor of The Method Method. He has been invited to speak about his work on The Colbert Report, ABC World News, CNN's BookTV, NPR, and at South by Southwest. His modern legacy is exploring the human dimension of business through journalism.
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