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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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Allison Au
Allison Au (pronounced "ow") is JUNO award winning saxophonist, composer and arranger. Highly regarded for her distinctive and imaginative voice, Allison has been lauded as “a new jazz ambassador” for Canada.
Born to a Chinese father and Jewish mother, and raised in the multicultural metropolis of Toronto, Allison fell in love with music as a young child. Her father’s eclectic collection of vinyls and CDs exposed her to a wide array of musical styles. Struggling to find a sense of belonging in her biracial identity, the unhinged freedom of improvisation captivated Allison and quickly became her lab for self-expression and exploration.
Last Ark Out: Lift
by Neil Duggan
Not a band to let a pandemic or distance get in their way, Last Ark Out managed to collaborate with a number of guest musicians across North America during times of social distancing to produce their second album, Lift. This follows on from Wake (Multiverse Mule Records, 2017). They are a Vancouver and Montreal-based instrumental collective ...
New Releases from Betty Bryant, Ruben Caban, Juno Nominees Plus Women Who Wrote With Harold Arlen
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Betty Bryant, Sarah L King, Ruben Caban and Andrea Superstein, with nods to Juno nominees Jocelyn Gould, Allison Au Christine Jensen and Gentiane MG plus birthday shoutouts to Shirley Crabbe, Jessica Jones, Dena DeRose, Nicole Mitchell, MJ Territo, Elsa Nilsson and Harold Arlen, among others. Thanks for listening and please ...
Introducing Aretha Tillotson
Label: Bent River Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Backwards Crossovers;Tesla;Versus;Next Time;Push Start; Sphere; Flare; Eighth Street
Migrations
By Allison Au
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Choice; Prayer; The ISM; Progress; Aves Raras; Racing Across The Land; For Russel and
Rowena Jelliffe; Them (intro); Them; Keep A Few Embers From The Fire; Migration; Pecola; I
Dream A World.
Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023
by Dan McClenaghan
The top jazz recordings of the year in the order (more or less) that they came in the door. Concerning the recorded jazz offerings in in 2023, we could quote Frank Sinatra singing Ervin Drake's lyrics in the 1966 Grammy winner: “It was a very good year." It is difficult to pick a favorite. These are ...
Racing Across the Land
Album: Migrations
By Allison Au
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:03
Backwards Crossovers
Album: Introducing Aretha Tillotson
By Aretha Tillotson
Label: Bent River Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 6:14
New Music From Wiening, Jukič, Roberts, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature new releases from Mareike Wiening, Robert Jukič, Gastón de la Cruz Quartet, Mac Gollehon & the Hispanic Mechanics, Matana Roberts, Trio, Alex Norris, Tam Thi Pham with Fiona Xue Ju & Camila Nebbia, Joel Styzens, Trombone Ensemble Nabou Claerhout, Allison Au and the Migrations Ensemble, Dave Young Quartet, Rob Clearfield, John ...
Allison Au's Migration Project: Transition, Trauma, and Transcendence
by Dave Kaufman
"Human beings are both fixed and wandering, settlers and nomads. Our history is the story of the nomad giving way to the settler but when people are unsettled, they have to migrate." (Ruth Padel, On Migration, 2013) Human migration has exerted a profound and far-reaching influence on the evolution of our civilization and the ...
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