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The Government of Canada Supports Jazz Winnipeg
Residents and visitors to Winnipeg will have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of jazz performances and expand their appreciation of music, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. Steven Fletcher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Member of Parliament (Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia), on behalf of the Honourable Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian ...
The Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: The Refined Brilliance of Heart and Mind
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Egberto Gismonti and Friends break the crystal silence of an unforgettable night. An invitation was extended by the Art of Jazz: Come to the 2008 Celebration and be captivated, inspired, excited and entertained. In covering jazz festivals for over 25 years in four ...
Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: A Tale of The Sorcerer and The Storyteller
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Hermeto Pascoal and Sheila Jordan, center-stage at the Art of Jazz Celebration It was billed as “The Global Village": A place where jazz legends, lions and lovers come together to explore rhythmic intricacies and tonal colors from all over the map... where jazz ...
Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: A Legend Kick-Starts Summer Jazz in Toronto
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Celebrating Jazz Icon, John Norris Miles Davis once famously suggested that the term “legend" ought never be applied to those people still alive--artist or otherwise. But there are times when a person--artist or otherwise-- achieves so much in his lifetime that one ...
Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: The Ripple from Africa That Became an Ocean of Sound
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Ancient Future with Randy Weston at the Art of Jazz Celebration Before he even sits down to play, Randy Weston fills a room... a venue if he has to. Then he pulls back the piano stool, stretches out his arms and the ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 1 - May 15, 2008
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5Jean Derome / John Zorn Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 15, 2008Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, held in May each year in the rather unlikely location of Victoriaville, Canada, has built a ...
Dave Liebman Group, Ottawa, Canada, April 24, 2008
by John Kelman
Dave Liebman Group Cafe Paradiso Ottawa, Canada April 24, 2008 Aside from the annual TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival, it's rare that Ottawans get to experience a group that has, for many years, successfully brought together a lifetime's worth of experience into a sound encompassing all ...
John Geggie / David Mott / Andy Milne Perform in Ottawa, March 1, 2008
by Alayne McGregor
John Geggie/David Mott/Andy MilneGeggie Concert SeriesNational Arts Centre, Fourth StageOttawa, CanadaMarch 1, 2008 The defining sound of John Geggie's latest concert collaboration was David Mott's baritone saxophone. That's not to underestimate the importance of Andy Milne's piano or Geggie's acoustic bass. But Mott's sax was the ...
96 Hours in the Jazziest City on Earth: IAJE Conference in Toronto 2008
by Rick Carroll
35th Annual IAJE Conference International Association for Jazz Education Toronto, Canada January 9-12, 2008 The Jazziest City on Earth In America's attic, a surfeit of jazz filled the bill for four days this January. In three languages and often with no words at all, the gifted young bassist ...
