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Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards

Born in Toronto, Healey was raised in the city's west end. His father was a firefighter. Healey is perhaps most notable for his blindness, and his unique style of playing guitar flat on his lap. He lost his sight when he was one year old, due to cancer of the eyes - his eyes had to be surgically removed, and he was given artificial replacements. Nevertheless he began playing guitar when he was only three, developing his unique playing style.

When he was seventeen he formed the band Blue Direction. This band was a four-piece band, primarily playing bar-band cover tunes; among the other musicians were bassist Jeremy Littler, and a schoolmate, Rob Quail on second guitar. This band played various local clubs in Toronto, including the Colonial Tavern. read more'

He went on to release three CDs of music from this true passion, traditional American jazz from the 1920s and 1930s. He was an avid record collector and amassed a collection of well over 30,000 78 rpm records and he had been sitting in with traditional jazz bands around Toronto since the beginning of his music career. Though known primarily as a guitarist, Healey also played trumpet during live performances.

On March 2, 2008 Healey died of cancer at St. Joseph's Health Centre in his home town of Toronto; he was 41.

His death came a month before the release of his new album, Mess of Blues, which was his first rock album in 8 years..

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