Country Music Awards). Banks received an ACTRA Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as an Alberta Recording Industry Award of Distinction and the 2010 SOCAN Special Achievement Award. His wife Ida and he were honorary co-chairs for Northern Alberta of the CKUA Radio Network Capital Campaign, and board members of Wellspring Edmonton. 1979 Juno Award - Best Jazz album: Jazz Canada Montreux 1978 (Tommy Banks Big Band with Guest Big Miller) References External links Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 1936 births 2018 deaths Canadian senators from Alberta Canadian people of British descent Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the Alberta Order of Excellence Officers of the Order of Canada Musicians from Calgary Musicians from Edmonton Canadian jazz pianists Politicians from Calgary Politicians from Edmonton Juno Award for Best Jazz Album winners 21st-century Canadian politicians Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Alberta