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Day 2 - Ottawa International Jazz Festival, June 23, 2006
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5| Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 The first show on Day Two of the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival featured a trio of artists ranging from underexposed to near-legendary. ...
Day 1 - Ottawa International Jazz Festival, June 22, 2006
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11After an outstanding 25th anniversary celebration in 2005, the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival's 2006 lineup raised a number of ...
Marc Copland in Montreal, May 27, 2006
by John Kelman
Marc Copland Upstairs Bar and Grill Montreal, Canada May 27, 2006 Pianist Marc Copland leads a remarkably busy life, often releasing as many as four records as a leader or co-leader in a single year. Yet, despite all that activity, he's perennially underappreciated in his own country, and a far ...
"5 Shades of Geggie" Closes with Bill Carrothers and Nick Fraser
by John Kelman
John Geggie/Bill Carrothers/Nick Fraser 5 Shades of Geggie Fourth Stage, National Arts Centre Ottawa, Canada May 13, 2006 It's been a strong year for Ottawa bassist John Geggie and his 5 Shades of Geggie series of concerts, where he brings in artists from around the world to play ...
Impressions in Jazz/Black History Concerts: Ottawa: February 2006
by Alayne McGregor
Impressions in Jazz “Voices in a Strange Land": Thursday, February 23, 2006 “Suite Freedom": Saturday, February 25, 2006 Ottawa, Canada Jazz started out black. The great majority of the innovators and great musicians were black, and the roots of jazz are in early black music. The pictures, album covers and ...
Fonda/Altschul/Bang: Live At The Iron Works, Vancouver
by Nic Jones
There aren't too many violin/bass/drums trios out there, and while the live setting might not be the ideal format in which to capture the music of this particular threesome, there's enough here to provoke the hope that this isn't just a one-off venture. The moments when the trio thinks as one, notably after Altschul's four-minute solo ...
Wayne Shorter Quartet / Brad Mehldau at Massey Hall in Toronto
by Brenton Plourde
Wayne Shorter Quartet / Brad Mehdlau Massey Hall Toronto, Canada April 5, 2006 Toronto's Massey Hall has seen it all. From rock concerts to classical to typing contests and chess tournaments, Massey Hall is as diverse as any place in Canada and possibly around the world since it ...
Bell Orchestre / Clogs / Snailhouse Warm Up Montreal's Theatre Plaza
by John Kelman
Bell Orchestre / Clogs / Snailhouse Theatre Plaza, Montreal, Quebec November 10, 2005 It may have been the day that the first hints of snow were in the sky, but the atmosphere was warm and cosy at Montreal's Theatre Plaza on November 10, 2005, where Montreal-based Snailhouse and Bell Orchestre ...
The 2005 Vancouver International Jazz Festival
by AAJ Staff
By Kevin O'Connor Vancouver, Canada has just completed the Northwest's premier jazz festival, and jazz in all its forms never sounded better. The ten-day festival celebrated its twentieth year, included over 400 shows around the city, and was once again made possible by over 1000 incredible volunteers and staff from the Coastal Jazz and Blues ...
Montreal's OFF Jazz Festival 2005
by Mark Sabbatini
The Montreal Jazz Festival is billed as the world's largest, with more than 200,000 people watching 2,000 performers during 10 days. But National Post columnist Graeme Hamilton notes that while flower-shaped mangos and massage booths are everywhere, actually finding jazz can be difficult. “For every Pat Metheny there is a Paul Anka, and for every Sonny ...
