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Dennis Kwok Jazz Orchestra: Windward Bound
by Jack Bowers
Windward Bound, the debut recording by the Toronto-based Dennis Kwok Jazz Orchestra, consists of a six-part suite “for jazz orchestra and multiple woodwind soloist." It is perhaps more than coincidental that Kwok, who wrote and arranged the sequence of tone poems based in part on his teen-age memories of sailing on Lake Ontario, also plays alto, ...
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Dennis Kwok
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Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator, Dennis Kwok, exists at the intersection of bebop, contemporary classical, free improvisation, and pop music. Originally from Calgary, his interest in jazz and improvised music led him to pursue studies at Humber College, where he completed his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Saxophone. A versatile woodwind doubler, Dennis has been featured as part of the 2020 TD Toronto Jazz Festival Discovery Series, occupied musician-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in 2021, and backed JUNO-award winning artists, such as The Tenors, Jackie Richardson, and Allison Au. Dennis has also been active in musical theatre orchestras, including productions of Follies (Royal Conservatory of Music), Chicago (Stratford Festival), 1922 (Shaw Festival), Escape to Margaritaville (Theatre Calgary) and Mean Girls (Mirvish).
