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Wonka Live

WONKA LIVE: Gunnar Backman: fretted and fretless virtual guitar, live loops Henrik Wartel: drums Anders Berg: bass GUNNAR BACKMAN 'Swimming with a hole in my body' producer, technician, composer, arranger, musician. 6,12, string fretted and fretless virtual guitar ( vg8 ex and vg88), live loops, 6,12, string acoustic guitar, banjo, synths, delays, holds, live samples, and more. gunnar says this about his own music. ”i play more and more free form music based on sounds and live loops, live samples and live delays. i have also written classical pieces, such as an organ concert that had its premiere i st

Sharp Three

Sharp Three is a fresh new blend of the Oriental and the Western. Main sources of the music are jazz, rock, Balkan rhythms, and Western classical music; however the underlying inspiration of the music comes from soundscapes and reflections of Asia. GOH KUROSAWA: The mastermind and leader of Sharp Three, Goh started the group back in 2003. While it was not called Sharp Three at the time, Goh's musical journeys was taking him towards future collaboration with his brother, Kai. Nick Terry, a friend and school mate of Goh's had performed with him on many occasion, which made him the perfect drummer to work with. Goh's interest in variety of musical styles and various musical instruments, gave Sharp Three a sense of identity from day 1. Goh describes Sharp Three as Japanese Soundspaces, which is a perfect description of the music produced by the trio, taking its influences from Japanese folk tunes, as well as various types of Jazz and world music. Currently working on his second album, expect more creative ways for the trio to flourish from this do it yourself musician, as Goh handles the booking and PR for the trio. KAI KUROSAWA: Kai has been playing extreme basses in the trio for over 7 years

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Canadian Brass

Five tremendous brass musicians--each a virtuoso in his own right--form the legendary Canadian Brass. With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass has truly earned the distinction of “the world’s most famous brass group.” Friends Chuck Daellenbach and Gene Watts first came together in 1970 to form a brass quintet--a chamber music setting not entirely new, but never before having garnered the success and storied career Canadian Brass would achieve over the next 40 years. Initially, Gene took on the role of developing new repertoire while Chuck was the moving force in marketing, publishing and managing the group

Mr. Marblesz

Tom Bio sept 27/10 Mr. Marblesz , once described as “Farfisa carnival jazz”, is a collection of revered Canadian musicians, hand-picked by composer/guitarist Tom Juhas, to perform music rooted in jazz and stretching to surf and Balkan traditions. This collection of genres can be experienced on their debut self- titled recording “Mr. Marblesz” featuring Friendly Rich, members of string quartet Feu Noire and keyboard specialist Dafydd Hughes on Farfisa organ. The Mr. Marblesz line-up includes Chris Gale on tenor saxophone (Blue Rodeo, Jeff Healey, Colin James, Ron Sexsmith, The Arkells), Sly Juhas on drums (Brandi Disterheft, Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People, Elvis Bossa Nova, Laila Biali) and Tyler Emond on bass (Matt Dusk, Nick Ali, Slutty Slutty BANG BANG). Juhas, an Oscar Peterson Prize recipient, has seized the opportunity to perform on stage with the late Michael Brecker and contemporary jazz masters Dave Holland and Dave Douglas while attending Humber College

Kadencia

Kadencia /Cadence/ noun - a word meaning a regular pattern of sound, used especially to describe the way someone's voice gets louder or softer. A band from Western Puerto Rico founded and directed by singer/songwriter Maurice Sanabria and percussionist Roberto Candelario. This ensemble of experienced musicians from some of the most well known bands in Puerto Rico truly exemplifies an avant garde Neo-Rican musical movement. They have blended traditional Afro-Rican rhythms such as Bomba and Plena with modern-day Salsa creating an audible feast. Originality is not up for discussion. Their first album "Kadencia-La voz del barrio" is a musical anthology years in the making

Electric NHIC

Electric NHIC evolved from the high energy avant-funk of Mayhem Circus Electric, a signature grouping of the New Haven Improvisers Collective. MCE's well-received CD, Lubricity, was praised by the New Haven Advocate for its tight post funk grooves and called fun and relentlessly heavy creative jazz by Cadence magazine. Gapplegate Music compared it to Electric Miles Davis with the jagged angularity of classic Captain Beefheart and an obvious sense of fun. In support of Lubricity, MCE took the music to rock clubs like Toads Place, and festivals around New England in addition to top jazz and new music venues like Firehouse12 and the Buttonwood Tree

Phronesis

JASPER HØIBY – DOUBLE BASS IVO NEAME – PIANO ANTON EGER - DRUMS 'One of the most exciting bands on the planet!' – Jazzwise With a reputation for spellbinding roller-coaster live performances, Parliamentary Jazz Award winners & twice MOBO- nominated Anglo-Scandinavian trio Phronesis have captured the hearts and minds of audiences worldwide. We Are All, the band’s eighth and newest studio album, (Edition records September 2018) offers plenty of emotional range and musical richness for committed Phronesis fans and new listeners alike. But in its title and scope, it also seeks to focus attention on an important message of togetherness and balance beyond the one they demonstrate on the bandstand. "The musicians’ exceptional technical skills are completely integrated into the fascinating twists and turns of the music, which echoes everything from Liszt to early Soft Machine via bebop while still being unique in its conviction and sheer depth of content." - BBC Music Magazine 5* (2018) Formed in 2005, they have performed widely across Europe and taken their engaging grooves, irresistible rhythmic energy and breathtaking group interplay to concert stages and festivals across the world from Morocco to Brazil and Australia to North America (where the trio returned in the summer of 2017 for a tour of seven jazz festivals.) In 2017 Phronesis released their seventh album, ‘The Behemoth’, recorded in Germany with the hr Frankfurt Radio Big Band - a special commissioned project to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary, for which composer/arranger Julian Argüelles created innovative big band arrangements of the trio’s compositions drawn from their entire back catalogue

Defekt

Defekt was formed in Gothenburg in 2008 and includes four personal and unique musicians from Finland, Iceland and Norway. The members have played together for a long time before Defekt in bands like Laser, Kauhukakara, Heart of the Machine and Mia Mee. Their own composed music is a delicate mixture of jazz, surf, pop and rock, where the saxophone and guitar sounds are expanded with the use of effects. The melodies are often simple and singable although underneath are often complicated dense rhythms and counter melodies, making the music both simple and complex at the same time. In February 2009, during the bands tour in the Nordic countries, they went into a studio in Finland

The Black Butterflies

The Black Butterflies are individuals who come together from different cultural, ethnical, and geological backgrounds, brought together by spirit to elevate the listener to a higher plain of consciousness with their music. Like the butterfly, who uses its' experience of being born and having to endure survival as a caterpillar from aerial and earth bound predators to morph into the butterfly, we have done likewise. In doing so we have become a group that bring high energy, intensity, and passion to our music that brings about healing. As the butterfly spreads its wings in flight it spreads healing and pollination all over the world as it goes from flower to flower around the world, we the Black Butterflies have morphed and spread our wings to bring about the same healing and pollination through our music. So experience the healing and spiritual force of The Black Butterflies.