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Jamie Ruben: Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene
by Jerry D'Souza
If at first you don't succeed, travel. Guitarist Jamie Ruben did just that when he failed to get much recognition in North America. Leaving his native Toronto, Canada, he made his way to the East playing and living in several cities before settling in for a lengthy spell in Chian Mai, Thailand, recording and releasing this ...
Maikotron Unit: Ex-Voto
by Jerry D'Souza
The maïkotron is the cornerstone for the music of the Maïkotron Unit. It's an odd looking instrument with its valves and keys, but is capable of producing the microtones which are perfect for the music of this trio. Ex-Voto, its seventh album, was inspired by the paintings of drummer Michel Lambert. His art also gives the ...
Brenda Carol & ClaireVoyance's 15th Year at HotHouse Cafe June 26 - 29, 2011
SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011 TORONTO, ON CANADA: ANNOUNCING BRENDA CAROL & CLAIREVOYANCE AS PART OF THE 2011 TD CANADA TRUST JAZZ FESTIVAL LIVE AT HOTHOUSE CAFE. SUNDAY, JUNE 26, MONDAY, JUNE 27, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, & WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011 This all ages, 4 evening event features some of Canada's finest, jazz artists ...
Darcy James Argue To Tour Canada With His 18-piece Big Band Secret Society
First Canadian performances by JUNO and GRAMMY® nominated ensemble Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian-born Darcy James Argue and his 18-piece big band Secret Society will embark on a four-city tour of prominent Canadian jazz festivals during the month of June, 2011. These are the first Canadian appearances for Secret Society, an ensemble that includes four other ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville 2011
by Kurt Gottschalk
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville Victoriaville, Canada May 19-22, 2011 The 27th annual Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) was a remarkably consistent four days of concerts. It held high points, to be sure (the Ex, Zeena Parkins, Jaap Blonk), and inevitable low points as well. But there was also ...
Pascal Tremblay Jazz Faction Releases "Lueurs" (Fidelio)
Pascal Tremblay, saxophonist, composer and arranger leads a remarkable jazz quartet of reknown musicians comprised of guitarist Sylvain Provost, double bassist Frdric Alarie and drummer Jean-Francois Barbeau. For the Lueurs project, Tremblay has augmented this lineup in order to interpret his original compositions and arrangements inspired by impressionistic era melodies. Nothing less than the respected Claudel-Canimex ...
Dave Liebman Group at Café Paradiso
by John Kelman
Dave Liebman Group Café Paradiso Ottawa, Canada May 20-21, 2011 When saxophonist and recent NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman brought his longstanding group to Ottawa's Café Paradiso a little over three years ago in April, 2008, it was truly one of the hottest, most memorable shows this city has seen in ...
Jamie Ruben: Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene
by Hrayr Attarian
Canadian composer/guitarist Jamie Ruben's debut, Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene, is a very atmospheric affair, but its stylistic intricacies are not at the expense of substance. Although the opener, “AQ Giraffe," is short on improvisation, its almost Hawaiian-sounding heavy groove serves as a good introduction that sets the theme for the rest of the record. The lazy nocturnesque “Pennapa," on ...
Jazzlab: Octo Portraits
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is much more to Jazzlab's molten Octo Portraits than a sense that the ensemble is so finely attuned to each other as to create works of timbral excellence and nuanced textures. The outstanding voices of the individual instrumentalists are not hidden in this bubbling liquefaction, beaming radiantly through the crack in the door each time ...
Tania Gill: Bolger Station
by Mark Corroto
a recording that sounds uncomplicated and effortless might actually be a more difficult task than presenting an impenetrable maze of writing and arrangements. Pianist/composer Tania Gill does just that with Bolger Station, an unadorned minor classic that gets stuck in the heart, while tugging at the soul. Gill's music has an uncluttered yet sometimes ...
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