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Chalkers Pub & Bistro Presents Reg Schwager with Kiki Misumi Quartet on Saturday, December 20
Chalkers Pub & Bistro presents Reg Schwager with Kiki Misumi Quartet on Saturday, December 20, 6-9 p.m. for no cover charge. Reg has played with most of the top Jazz performers in Canada and beyond, has appeared on over 80 commercially released recordings and written hundreds of Jazz compositions. Last year he conducted an impressively successful ...
Oscar Short Sparks Controversy
The collision of entertainment, media and pop culture. If youre a documentarian, you know that while its a great honor to make the academys short-list for best documentary short, its almost impossible to get anyone in the media to write about your movie, since theyre almost totally obsessed with handicapping the ups and downs of the ...
Brenda Carol Master Class: Choosing Repertoire for Auditions
A JAZZ MASTER CLASS WILL BE PRESENTED BY ACCLAIMED VOCALIST BRENDA CAROL ON JANUARY 31, 2009 Jon Long of Long & McQuade and Brenda Carol Vocal Lessons along with the generous support of the Beaches Jazz Festival Youth Initiatives are pleased to present a Free jazz/rock master class with internationally acclaimed singer Brenda Carol. This master ...
Sonny Rollins Kicks Off TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival
When Sonny Rollins picks up the tenor saxophone, the world listens. On Friday, June 26, 2009, hear one of jazzs most iconic figures at the prestigious Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts as the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival kicks off its 23rd anniversary with saxophone giant Sonny Rollins. The TD Canada Trust Toronto ...
Pianist Felix Stussi Interviewed at AAJ
Felix Stussi has always been a composer in the true sense of the word. His approach is very eclectic. The result, however, is homogeneous and authentic. This is mostly due to the fact that he has studied (masters degree in ethnomusicology, University of Zurich, 1997) and incorporated the different sources of inspiration into his own playing ...
Flutist, Bill McBirnie, with James Brown!
The subject line may appear to be incredible. Nonetheless, Bill has uploaded an interesting video on YouTube playing with a classic James Brown track, “Give It Up or Turnit a Loose". Of course, those of you familiar with Bill's flute work will recognize that he also likes to swing. So, in addition, he has uploaded a ...
Felix Stussi: Delivers
by Mary Ann Lacey
Félix Stüssi performed on piano accompanied by a five piece band at the Upstairs Jazz Bar in Montreal this past August, 2008. This performance was a CD launch for his second CD, Baiji (Justin Time, 2008). Félix Stüssi, the Swiss-born Montreal-based musician, is on a roll. Last year he won the coveted GM prize at the ...
Chalkers Pub & Bistro This Week: December 4-10
Heres whats coming up at Chalkers Pub & Bistro, on the second floor at 247 Marlee Ave. No cover for any of these shows. Thursday, December 4, 8-12 Girls Night Out Jazz Jam Anchored by host and versatile singer Lisa Particelli, with famed Norman Marshall Villeneuve on drums, this event, now in ...
Tim Turvey: Autodidactic
by Brian Gall
A dazzling jazz drummer first, for sure, Tim Turvey is also an up-and-coming multi-instrumentalist and composer with an aptitude for recording his own work. In this brief four-song debut EP, the Brantford, Ontario native demonstrates sharp, thundering skills on his primary instruments as a percussionist. The piano, clarinet, bass and guitar work is all his doing ...
Spearhead Nye in Vancouver
GOOD VIBRATIONS GO NORTH! Too often Americans forget to think of our good neighbors to the north, but thankfully Michael Franti & Spearhead are doing their part to rectify this oversight over the year-changing holidays ahead. The “How ya feelin'" man and his talented cohorts will celebrate New Year's Eve at The Vogue Theater in ...
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