Rob McConnell From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Fraser MacPherson and Rob McConnell in 1989. Photo courtesy of the Fraser MacPherson estate Robert Murray Gordon (Rob) McConnell (born February 14, 1935, London, Ontario) is a Canadian jazz valve trombonist, composer, arranger, music educator and recording artist. Rob McConnell took up the valve trombone in high school, and began his performing career in the early 1950s Read more on Last.fm