Articles by Mary Ann Lacey
Felix Stussi: Delivers
by Mary Ann Lacey
Félix Stüssi performed on piano accompanied by a five piece band at the Upstairs Jazz Bar in Montreal this past August, 2008. This performance was a CD launch for his second CD, Baiji (Justin Time, 2008). Félix Stüssi, the Swiss-born Montreal-based musician, is on a roll. Last year he won the coveted GM prize at the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival with his first CD, Give Me Five (LOCAL/Outside Music, 2007). Now, just a year later with his new CD, Baiji, ...
read moreSusie Arioli: Brushing with Strings
by Mary Ann Lacey
This summer, AAJ contributor Mary Ann Lacey interviewed Susie Arioli before and after her closing concert for the 2007 Montreal International Jazz Festival. Arioli and her partner, Jordan Officer, make up the core of the Susie Arioli Band, whose gentle jazz and swing ballads have enraptured audiences across the country and abroad since their start in 1997. Arioli sings in a soft but clear voice while playing brushes on the snare drum. Her repertoire includes jazz tunes like “Pennies from ...
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