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Molly Johnson - TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival

by Brenton Plourde
August 16, 2006

Molly Johnson, TD Canada Trust Toronto International Jazz Festival, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada June 23, 2006 The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival kicked off on June 23 with singer Molly Johnson on the main stage at Nathan Phillips Square. It was a packed house, along with ...

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Gregg Simpson: Avant-Garde from Vancouver

by Taran Singh
August 15, 2006

I came across Gregg Simpson's website while surfing the web for free jazz in Canada. It's amazing how the avant-garde scene in Canada is seldom talked about. Prior to getting acquainted with Gregg Simpson, the thought of free jazz in the 60s and 70s brought to mind New York, Paris, Berlin. Now it also makes me ...

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Euro-Jazz Scores at Toronto Jazz Festival

by Jerry D'Souza
July 27, 2006

In it's 20th year, the jazz festival in Toronto shed the word “downtown and so gave itself a wider parameter, and deservingly so. To be sure, almost all of the action of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz festival was confined to the downtown core, but that is where the festival finds its larger audience. The ...

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Toronto Jazz Festival 2006

by Alain Londes
July 27, 2006

Toronto just celebrated the 20th edition of its main jazz festival. Just a few months ago, this festival won the “Jazz Festival of the year award at Canada's National Jazz Awards. Part of the reason has to be the ability of organizers to attract key artists for a jazz festival as opposed to a music festival ...

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The TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2006

by Larry Appelbaum
July 16, 2006

The TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz FestivalJune 23-July 2, 2006 Why do so many musicians rave about playing the Vancouver International Jazz Festival? It seems to start with a knowledgeable local audience that supports creative music, and it's reinforced by the festival's aesthetic vision, balancing big-name mainstream acts with more adventurous improvising artists. ...

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Day 12 - Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, July 9, 2006

by John Kelman
July 11, 2006

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 With the exception of Calexico, a curious blend of country, post-rock and mariachi music performing as a ticketed event at Metropolis, and a small ...

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Day 11 - Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, July 8, 2006

by John Kelman
July 10, 2006

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 As the 27th edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival heads for the home stretch, two unique and diverse performances showed why it is one ...

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Day 10 - Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, July 7, 2006

by John Kelman
July 9, 2006

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 As the Montreal Jazz Festival has continued to grow in size, one of the problems it has faced is finding enough suitable indoor venues ...

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Day 9 - Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, July 6, 2006

by John Kelman
July 8, 2006

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 The biggest problem with Montreal's jazz festival is that there are simply too many choices available, and day nine was no less challenging ...

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Day 8 - Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, July 5, 2006

by John Kelman
July 7, 2006

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 Perhaps one of the most intriguing things about Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is the opportunity to hear the unexpected. Sure, there are ...