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Reg Schwager
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Reg Schwager is one of Canada’s leading jazz guitarists. His reputation has led to him performing with internationally acclaimed jazz artists such as Mel Tormé, Pepper Adams, Hank Jones, Junior Mance, Jimmy McGriff and Zoot Sims, and such celebrated Canadian jazz musicians as Diana Krall, Rob McConnell, Peter Appleyard, Oliver Jones, Dave Young and Don Thompson. Recent highlights include television, concert and club performances in the US, Japan and the Bahamas with master jazz pianist George Shearing. As described in the Halifax Chronicle “Schwager has managed to become the hottest of rising Canadian musicians…Schwager’s solos sprout like vines in the jungle, tangled and tough, and winding through everything
As I Sing
By Radha Thomas
Label: SubContinental Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Summertime; Autumn Leaves; I Fall In Love Easily; It Could Happen To You; I remember Clifford; Daahoud;
Jitterburg Waltz; Just Friends; Social Call; Moon Ray.
Senza Reza
Label: Celler Live
Released: 2023
Track listing: Another Happening; Rushbrooke; 4JT; The Orient; Tender Love; Blues for Josie Rose; Black Horse; Squagels; The Cat
from Katmandu; Blues for Josie Rose (Live).
Sparkbird
Label: Empress Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Over the Rainbow;
Fais comme l’oiseau;
Skylark;
Where Will I Be?;
Little Jazz Bird;
Bird of Beauty;
Pajaros de Barro.
Ryan Oliver: Zigging With A Jazz Maestro, His Secrets and Wisdom
by Kerilie McDowall
Tenor saxophonist Ryan Oliver of Canada's The Cookers Quintet, is no stranger to the art of touring the globe. For years he was an integral part of The Shuffle Demons, an adored Toronto jazz saxophone group known for their mid-'80s hit single, “Spadina Bus," written in humorous reference to the Toronto Transit Commission's ...
The Schwager/Oliver Quintet: Senza Resa
by Jack Bowers
Even though Canada's admirable Schwager/Oliver Quintet carefully dots every “I" and crosses every “T" on Senza Resa, something else seems to be missing, and that something could be a clear sense of purpose. This is an album on which everyone plays well, the songs are by and large respectable, and yet the whole somehow adds up ...
Kait Dunton, The Pacific Jazz Group & Dee Daniels
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 812th Episode of Neon Jazz with a gem from The Pacific Jazz Group's 2023 eponymous release. Then buckle up for a full hour of tasty new jazz from Brian McCarthy's Nonet, The Harry Allen Orchestra, The Elec Set and The 14 Jazz Orchestra. There's also a new album from Kait Dunton entitled ...
The Schwager/Oliver Quintet: Senza Reza
by Edward Blanco
Canada became the first country beyond the USA to have developed its own vibrant jazz scene. What do major jazz artists like Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson, Gil Evans, Rob McConnell and Diana Krall have in common? They're all Canadians, like the players of The Schwagger/Oliver Quintet presenting their debut on Senza Resa, an Italian phrase meaning ...
Emilie-Claire Barlow At Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club
by Geoff Anderson
Emilie-Claire Barlow Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club Denver, Colorado April 5, 2023 The most prominent feature of Emilie Claire Barlow's music is its pure happiness. Disneyland bills itself as “The Happiest Place on Earth." But Barlow has the Imagineers beat and she does that without focus groups or prepackaged commercial products. ...
Bird of Beauty
Album: Sparkbird
By Emilie-Claire Barlow
Label: Empress Music
Released: 2023
Duration: 04:55
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