Results for "Canada"

Article: Live Review

François Houle 5+1: Montreal, Canada, July 3, 2012

by Sara Villa
July 22, 2012

François Houle 5+1Casa del PopoloMontréal, QuébecJuly 3, 2012Wild strawberries. This was the taste of clarinetist François Houle's 5+1 performance at Casa del Popolo, presenting his group's just-released Genera (Songlines, 2012). Why wild strawberries? Because the entire two sets had both the fresh and savory, yet also spicy and untamed flavor of ...

Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-8: June 21-23, 2012

by John Kelman
July 1, 2012

Days 1-3 | Days 4-8 TD Ottawa International Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 21-Jul 1, 2012With a total of five main venues--the main stage at Confederation Park, the Studio and Fourth Stage in the National Arts Centre, the OLG Stage tent across the street from Confederation Park at City ...

Article: Behind the Lens With...

Behind the Lens With Doug Dickin

by Doug Dickin
July 1, 2012

Meet Doug Dickin: Experience: over 30 years active in photography, studied photography at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada. Spent two years as a news photographer with the Regina Leader Post, two years with a government photo department, several years as a Mac Support Specialist.Gear: Nikon D700, iMac, Photoshop, Aperture.

News: Performance / Tour

Andy De Campos: In The Heat Of The Night In Toronto

June 28, 2012

Andy De Campos performs Top of the Jazz Season and Summer. Toronto's favourite jazz crooner Andy De Campos plus trio play in prime time at Gate 403, a venue with perfect hybrid of slightly upscale local pub and classy piano bar. Surprisingly, one of the few places in town where the piano actually sounds like a ...

News: Festival

Bass Legend Stanley Clarke Presents Invitation Concert Series At The Montreal Jazz Festival June 28 - July 1

June 28, 2012

Stanley Clarke was honored at the Montreal Jazz Festival with the 18th prestigious Miles Davis Award in 2011. This award is presented to tribute a great international jazz musician for the entire body of his or her work and for that musician’s influence in regenerating the jazz idiom. An extension of the award is the privilege ...

Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 1-3: June 21-23, 2012

by John Kelman
June 27, 2012

Days 1-3 | Days 4-8 TD Ottawa International Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 21-Jul 1, 2012After a paradigm shift in 2011--deserting its largely “pure" approach to programming for one that acknowledged how, in order for it to survive, it needed to (a) attract a larger percentage from the youth demographic, and ...

News: Book / Magazine

Former All About Jazz Contributor Martin Gladu Publishes Biographical Essay On Calvin Lampley

June 26, 2012

Pianist Teddy Wilson’s concert appearances with Benny Goodman in 1935 and Quincy Jones’ employment as a corporate executive at a major label in 1964 appear to be foremost references in the popular music literature on the integration of African Americans. Yet the pioneering accomplishments of lesser known figures are often neglected in favour of the more ...

News: Performance / Tour

Made In The UK Jazz Concerts Open With Get The Blessing In Rochester And Liane Carroll In Ottawa

June 22, 2012

2012 is the 5th year of the British jazz concert series, Made in the UK, which has brought more than 30 UK jazz groups to Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival since 2008. This year will see many of the groups performing in Canada for the first time starting tonight with the award winning singer-pianist Liane Carroll's ...

Article: Live Review

John Geggie / Lorne Lofsky / Joe Sullivan / Jim Doxas: Ottawa, Canada, May 26, 2012

by John Kelman
June 14, 2012

John Geggie / Lorne Lofsky / Joe Sullivan / Jim DoxasGeggie Concert SeriesNAC Fourth Stage, Ottawa, CanadaMay 26, 2012For his final show of the 2011/2012 Geggie Concert Series, Ottawa bassist John Geggie put together a group of Canadian musicians who are all deserving of broader international recognition. A down-the-middle mainstream jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Francois Houle 5 + 1: Genera

Read "Genera" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 13, 2012

Celebrated Canadian progressive jazz clarinetist Francois Houle enlists an all-star support system for a comprehensive album that radiates numerous slants amid ethereal backwashes, scrappy improvisation and softly explorative passages. “Albatros" highlights the sextet's manifold capabilities. Propagated by Houle's buoyantly lilting stride, the band generates a deceptively complex primary theme based on odd-metered unison phrasings, spanning free-bop ...