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Rossland Old Fire Hall Jazz Festival - September 23-27
1 Heritage Fire Hall 5 Nights of Incredible Jazz 25 World-class Musicians 100 Lucky People For five incredible nights - September 23rd to 27th, the Old Fire Hall in Rossland will be transformed into a portal of World-class Jazz set in the warm acoustics of one of Rossland's most treasured ...
Jets Overhead 'Heading for Nowhere' Video Premiere on Spinner
Victoria, B.C. quintet Jets Overhead announces the world premiere of their video Heading for Nowhere on Thursday, September 3 via AOL's Spinner. The video will also be added to rotation on Canada's MuchMoreMusic video channel this weekend. Heading for Nowhere is the second video supporting the band's current Vapor Records album, No Nations. Known for their ...
A Camera's Eye View: Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2009
by Bill King
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-12, 2009 There is something truly empowering situated behind the lens of a camera waiting with expectation for the moment when the soul, mind and body of an artist strike bare wires and something electric unexpectedly happens. Privately, ownership ...
Jake Langley: Here and Now
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Like all musicians who inhabit a groove, Jake Langley may very likely get mired in the Hammond B3 and drums trio; that is, record after record could start to sound familiar. But Here and Now gives ample evidence that the guitarist has seized the day and broken free from the blues-laden, Wes Montgomery style that he ...
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic to Facilitate Grassroots Advocacy
The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) of the University of Ottawa, has launched a new website aimed at facilitating digital advocacy. DigitalAgenda.ca is CIPPIC's response to the government's recent commitment to develop and pursue a strategy for Canada to regain its leadership role in the global digital economy. The focus of DigitalAgenda.ca will ...
2009 Quebec City Summer Festival
by Bill King
Québec City Summer Festival Québec City, Québec, Canada July 9-19, 2009 The 42nd summer edition has been an endurance test of sight, sound and leg work. With three large outdoor venues--the Bell Stage on the Plains of Abraham featuring mainline artists Pink Martini, Sean Paul, Loreena McKennitt, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Styx, French ...
Toronto Jazz '09 Festival Journal: 'Round About Midday to 'Round About Midnight
by Raul d'Gama Rose
T.D. Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26-July 5, 2009 To begin at the beginning: close encounters in a war against the abolition of free will by methodical conditioning and the servitude made acceptable by regular doses of chemically-induced progress and happiness from: canned food, ...
Sylvain Provost: Desirs Demodes
by Robert J. Lewis
Sylvain Provost Désirs Démodés Effendi Records 2009 If you've been among the very best in your chosen field (of jazz piano) over a long career, there will inevitably come a time when what you say carries as much weight as what you play. So when pianist Oliver Jones, ...
Take Five With Curtis Andrews
by AAJ Staff
Meet Curtis Andrews: Drummer/percussionist/composer Curtis Andrews strives to create, assemble, mix and discover. Schooled in the jazz tradition, he prefers to take his music beyond that and has studied intensely, the music of Ghana and India. As a result, his debut album The Offering of Curtis Andrews is unlike anything you may have heard.Instrument(s): ...
Wrap-up of the 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal a Musical Dream... Come True
The 30th anniversary of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal enters the history books-and wasn't that a party! For 13 days and nights-two more than usual, a bonus for everyone, including our local hotels!-Montreal reveled in the best of jazz and its related musical genres in a historic and successful turning point for the Festival. ...
