DonThompson(musician)

Donald Winston Thompson, OC (born January 18, 1940) is a Canadian jazz musician who plays double bass, piano, and vibes. Thompson's career as a performer, recording artist, producer, session musician, and music educator has lasted for over 50 years. One of his best-known musical associations was his membership in Paul Desmond's "Toronto Quartet" from 1974 to 1976, alongside Ed Bickert and Jerry Fuller. He also worked for several years in the 1970s and 1980s with guitarist Jim Hall and was a member of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass for more than two decades starting in the late 1960s. Since 2005, Thompson has arranged and performed on all of singer Diana Panton's albums. He has been a fixture on the Toronto jazz scene since the late 1960s after moving from British Columbia.