Campbell Ryga was born in Edmonton Alberta Canada in 1961.  Mr. Ryga is the eldest son of the late George Ryga, the Internationally renowned Canadian Playwright who was arguably one of the most important literary voices to have come out of Canada.  

Campbell was raised in the community of Summerland British Columbia,  where he lived until moving to Vancouver to pursue private and post secondary study in 1979.  Since 1979,  Campbell has resided in Vancouver British Columbia, in Toronto Ontario and in New York City.

     Mr. Ryga was honoured to have received the Jazz Report Magazine Award of 'Canada's Alto Saxophonist of the Year 2000' presented to him at the annual Jazz Report Awards Ceremony held in Toronto in May of the year 2000.  The two former recipients of this award were Moe Koffman and PJ Perry.

Mr. Ryga has received 3 Juno Awards, with two additional nominations, a Grammy nomination,  and he appeared on Michael Buble's recording 'Crazy Love' which received a Grammy Award in 2010.  Campbell Ryga's recordings have twice received the 'Western Canadian Music Award' in the Jazz category.

Campbell Ryga has toured internationally on 26 occasions, primarily to Western Europe and to Latin America, notably to the Havana International Jazz Festival, where he has been invited to perform for six consecutive years.  

Mr. Ryga is a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Hugh Fraser Quintet, an All Star multiple Award Winning Canadian Jazz Quintet to which Campbell has had a long term association.   Campbell's affliation with Hugh Fraser and the Quintet began in 1981.

On top of his International touring schedule,  Campbell has also been involved in cross country Canadian touring on 24 separate occasions, and has performed week long engagements at the famed Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho - London, on 4 separate occasions.