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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival 2009

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TD Canada Trust Toronto International Jazz Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26-July 5, 2009 The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival enjoyed its 23rd edition this year with a structure similar to that of recent years. The Mainstage concerts in front of City Hall were a nightly focal point as well ...

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Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 1-3 July 1-3, 2009

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Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009 It's the 30th Anniversary for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) and, based on the stellar line-up, it promises to surpass its 25th Anniversary celebration from ...

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Ottawa Jazz Festival 2009: Days 4-6, June 28-30, 2009

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Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 Amina Claudine Myers / Gary Burton Quartet Revisited John Roney Silverbirch Project / Julian Lage / Enrico Rava-Stefano Bollani DuoAndy Milne/Benoît Delbecq Crystal Magnets / Sylvain Kassap QuartetTD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 25-27, 2009 ...

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The Jazz-Rock Cuts

Label: Owl Records
Released: 2008

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Conversations

Label: Norac Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: No Pick; Ivoire; Questions; Blue Screen; Val C; X Tensions; Solitude; Strings of Spring; Confirmation; Scrapper; Baby Step; Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song).

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Alain Caron: Conversations

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Canadian bassist Alain Caron is best-known as the former member of collaborative 1980s fusion group UZEB and his own projects as a leader since that time, including the house beats-meets-ambient electronica-meets-contemporary fusion of 5 (BHM, 2005) and the concert DVD Alain Caron Live: Cabaret de Montréal (Norac, 2006). Still, digging into his past it becomes clear ...

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Alain Caron Live: Cabaret de Montreal

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Alain Caron Live: Cabaret de Montréal Norac Records 2006 Since the break-up of Canadian fusion group UZEB in the early 1990s, the only member to continue evolving in the direction set by the group has been bassist Alain Caron. Outside of his short-lived horn and percussion-centric ...

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UZEB: The Last Concert

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UZEB The Last Concert Norac Records 2006 In its twelve-year run, Canadian fusion group UZEB never cracked the US market, though they were immensely popular at home and in Europe. Between 1981 and 1990 the group released ten records documenting its remarkable growth and maturity. Initially a quartet, ...

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Live: Cabaret De Montréal

Label: Owl Records
Released: 2006

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Alain Caron: 5

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Ever since Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke and Jeff Berlin redefined the role of electric bass in the 1970s, there's been a multitude of players aiming to expand its reach. But despite its potential as a melodic equal, it's still important for bassists to create a rhythmic foundation--even if this sometimes seems a contradiction in purpose. Few ...


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