Results for "Kelly Jefferson"

Kelly Jefferson

Toronto-based saxophonist, composer and educator Kelly Jefferson has a Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University in Montreal and a Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Kelly has performed with the The National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Maria Schneider, Bill Holman, Ray Anderson, Kenny Werner, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Al Jarreau, Michel LeGrand, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade, as well as Ray Brown, Sonny Fortune, Randy Brecker, Renee Rosnes, Johnny Mathis, Russell Malone, Joey DeFrancesco, and Dee Dee Bridgewater, among others. Kelly has toured extensively in Canada, the United States, Japan, Thailand, Europe, South Korea and China, including a nine-month tour in 2000 as the tenor saxophonist with legendary trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. The Kelly Jefferson Quartet release Next Exit, was nominated for a 2011 Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

October Songs

By Brian Dickinson

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Autumn Glow; October Songs, Part 1; October Songs, Part 2; October Songs, Part 3; Spring Sprung In; Touch Her Soft Lips and Part.

Brian Dickinson & the Penderecki String Quartet: October Songs

by Jack Bowers
May 14, 2026

Contemporary jazz meets classical chamber music (with rather mixed results) on October Songs, the 2026 recording by Canadian pianist and composer Brian Dickinson and his trio who share center stage with the Ontario-based Penderecki String Quartet. There are at least two ways to appraise this meticulously planned and well-meaning partnership. On the one hand, ...

Are You Really Real

By Shuffle Demons

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: X Marks The Spot; Out To Sea; Are You Really Real; Bottom Dollar; Ride The Wave; Good Mourning; Money Is My Only Religion; Scala Rosa; Sunny Side Up; Prism; In The Air; Nice Signal; Run The World.

Neige (Live)

By Emilie-Claire Barlow

Label: Empress Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Santa Baby (Live); Neige (Live); Please Come Home for Christmas; Marie-Noël (Live); Angels' Lullaby; What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?; My Dear Acquaintance; Sleigh Ride (Live).

Shuffle Demons: They Are for Real... Really

by Dean Nardi
October 13, 2025

On the Shuffle Demons' Are You Really Real (Alma Records 2025), the uncategorizable Toronto band knits together traditional jazz, modern funk playfulness, blues, rap and the sensuality of Prince. For an ensemble that has been a going concern for 40 years, they maintain an optimistic, let's-go-for-something-new outlook, reflected in their flamboyant retro clothing that resembles that ...

Chris Tarry: Rest Of The Story

by Mike Jacobs
September 27, 2025

Canadian bassist Chris Tarry released his last album, Rest of the Story (Nineteen Eight, 2011) as a CD / book hybrid before effectively exiting music to become a full-time writer. As the title track shows, he is an uncommonly talented composer as well as a fine bassist. Hopefully it won't be the last musical endeavor heard ...

Shuffle Demons: Are You Really Real

by La-Faithia White
July 12, 2025

The Shuffle Demons are a Canadian jazz fusion band from Toronto. The band features a powerhouse ensemble of saxophonists Kelly Jefferson, Richard Underhill and Matt Lagan, anchored by the deep pocket of acoustic bassist Mike Downes and drummer Stich Wynston. The title track “X Marks The Spot" opens with an intriguing dialogue between bass ...

Shuffle Demons: Are You Really Real

by Anastasia Bogomolets
June 2, 2025

Celebrating four decades of genre-blending jazz, the Shuffle Demons return with Are You Really Real, a studio album that fuses funk, post-bop, theatrical satire and spiritual jazz. Influences ranging from Eric Dolphy and Alice Coltrane to the Red Hot Chili Peppers shape the band's eclectic high-energy aesthetic. The opening track, “X Marks the Spot," ...

Shuffle Demons: Are You Really Real

by Pierre Giroux
May 27, 2025

There is a unique brand of musical madness that only the Shuffle Demons can conjure--a whirlwind of saxophones, humour, groove and a palpable sense of daring. With Are You Really Real, this storied Canadian outfit delivers a recording that captures the very essence of what made them both a cult favourite and respected presence on the ...