By request, Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon ‎– Three from Canada, 1976

Here we are with the 1st of 2 from this 3-some.  Basically we have Johnston on piano and electric keys, Gannon on guitars, and McDougall on trombone.  From the blurb on the back:

Ian Ollie and Ron enjoy making music together.  In fact, Ron and Ollie traveled the 3000 miles from Vancouver to Toronto in order to make this album with Ian.  It is a Canadian album from the inside out with all the tunes written by the performers.  There's a bit of jazz, a bit of rock (-where? Editor), some bossa, some ballads, and a lot more you can't label.  Mostly it feels good and sounds good.

To give you an idea, the track called Patricia opens with an electric key intro that blows me away:





For a much more atmospheric sound recalling actually some of the killer intellectual prog out of France, consider Last Summer:





Obviously, that silky smooth and pure tone of the trombone which sounds like a wise old monk talking peace into you, adds so so much.