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John Roney

Pianist John Roney is one of the most active and visible artists on the Canadian music scene. His versatility as a jazz pianist, classical pianist and composer is unrivalled, demonstrating a mastery of an astonishingly vast range of artistic abilities and sensibilities. Obtaining his baccalaureate in jazz piano, classical piano, and composition from University of Toronto in 2000, he went on to complete his Master’s degree at McGill University in jazz performance. Since settling in Montreal, he has captured the attention of the local jazz scene, and performs frequently with local and international artists

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2020

by Mark Sullivan
July 14, 2020

2020 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Various Venues Montréal, Canada June 27-30, 2020 Above all else the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is a spectacular ten-day event: with around 2 million visitors and 500 concerts on 20 stages, it is ranked as the world's largest jazz ...

Festival International De Jazz De Montréal  reveals All-Star Line Up For The Special All Digital Edition

June 24, 2020

The Festival  International de Jazz de Montréal  presented by  TD Bank Group  in collaboration with  Rio Tinto and with the support of our public partners is thrilled to announce an exciting and varied line up of artists who will perform unique sets that fans can watch from the comfort of their homes. From June 27th to ...

Preludes

By John Roney

Label: Effendi Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Das wohltemperierte Klavier I: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847 Johann Sebastian Bach; Prelude No. 1, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso George Gershwin; Prelude No. 2, Andante con moto e poco rubato George Gershwin; Prelude No. 3, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso George Gershwin; Préludes, Book 2, L. 123: No. 5, Bruyères Claude Debussy; Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: Claude Debussy; Prelude to a Kiss Duke Ellington; 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor Frédéric Chopin; No. 4 in E Minor Frédéric Chopin; 5 Preludes, Op. 16 No. 3 in G-Flat Major Alexander Scriabin; 7 Preludes, Op. 17: No. 6 in B-Flat Major Alexander Scriabin; Das wohltemperierte Klavier I: Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851 Johann Sebastian Bach

John Roney: Preludes

by C. Michael Bailey
May 29, 2015

Intelligent programming in a jazz release provides its own reward in seasoning the recital contained therein with a thoughtful foundation. Canadian pianist John Roney entitles his recording Preludes and proceeds to populate the disc with exactly that, “Preludes," those brief, often standalone keyboard compositions from the Romantic era. Preludes most often feature a limited number of ...

Octo Portraits

By JazzLab Orchestra

Label: Effendi Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Ouverture; December Hymn; Tracing The Chain; Humor de la Noche; Trois récits de voyage; Phil's Spirit; Tibou; Mrs BB.

Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Habitat

by John Kelman
April 11, 2014

It may have been the title of her last album--Treelines, Christine Jensen's first large ensemble recording--but there was no song of that name on the 2010 Justin Time release. Instead, it's the lead-off to Habitat, Jensen's second album with her Jazz Orchestra, a commissioned work for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Orchestra, its director, Dr. Paul ...

Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Habitat

by Jack Bowers
April 10, 2014

Christine Jensen is one of the new breed of composer / arrangers who write for large ensembles on a grand scale, favoring themes that paint well-drawn pictures and tell evocative stories, most of which are based on personal experiences or particular sights or sounds that have lingered in their mind and led them to put pen ...

World Colors: A New Album by John Roney and Jazzlab Orchestra

October 21, 2013

The music on this album is inspired by the travels of pianist and composer John Roney as a professional musician and the many musical worlds he has found. He has been fortunate to enjoy a wide range of musical cultures from across the globe, both as a listener and as a performer, and to experience these ...

Jonathan Orland Debuts with "Homes"

September 11, 2012

Born and raised in Paris, Jonathan Orland started playing music during his childhood, starting with piano and clarinet. He got interested in Jazz in his early teenage years, and started learning by himself the saxophone before taking lessons with Thomas Savy, Tom Buckner and André Villégier and Antoine Daurès. Then he passed his music studies diploma ...