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Myriad3

Myriad3 was an accident. Chris Donnelly, Daniel Fortin, and Ernesto Cervini had never played together until a few substitutions and a twist of fate put them on stage together for the first time in late 2010. Since then, the trio has been making music in every jazz club in the Greater Toronto Area. The band is a true collective. Each member acts simultaneously as a leader and a sideman. They play mostly original music that features different aspects of jazz improvisation, ensemble playing and contemporary composition. Myriad3 is modern jazz, meets classical, meets pop, meets Oscar Peterson. In November 2012, Myriad3 released their debut album, Tell on Universal/Alma Records. FRENCH TRANSLATION: Myriad3 n’était pas fait exprès

Derek Gray

Born: October 24, 1989

At 22 years-old, Derek Gray has established himself as an up-and-coming drummer and percussionist on the Canadian music scene. In the spring of 2011, Derek completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Music Degree at Humber College where he studied with Mark Kelso. In addition, Derek played drums in the school’s flagship ensemble, the Humber Studio Jazz Ensemble, directed by Denny Christianson. As a member of this ensemble, Derek performed with legendary bassist Dave Holland in March 2011. In Toronto, Derek works extensively as a bandleader, composer, and sideman performing regularly with a variety of projects, including Tesseract, Gray Matter (a quintet that he co-leads with his brother, bass player Justin Gray), and Monsoon (an Indo- Jazz ensemble). In 2008, Derek founded the Hand Drumming in the Schools program in which he voluntarily travels to schools in the greater Toronto area and facilitates hand-drumming workshops for students of all ages

Sound Convincer

Born: February 19, 1968

Laura Marks

Laura Marks sings with the same quiet intensity and sensuality that informs her paintings. Her cool, restrained style draws the listener into a shared intimacy. Coming from an artistic family, she has been singing all her life and was exposed to classical music, jazz, folk, rock and blues at a very early age. Over the last few years Laura has performed jazz and Latin music at various clubs around Toronto including The Rex, The Reservoir Lounge, Hugh’s Room, Lula Lounge, The Trane Studio, 120 Diner, Jazz Bistro, Music In The Atrium, The Kingston House, Free Times Café, Mandy's Bistro, Ten Feet Tall and the Emmet Ray

Melissa Lauren

Born: July 24, 1980

Melissa Lauren is an accomplished young singer and songwriter making her mark in the Toronto music scene. With a strong influence in jazz and blues, Melissa has developed an original style of her own melting together old school sounds with modern flare. Melissa’s latest album, “The Other Side”, will be released in March and is a collection of original compositions and standards. A tribute to the jazz and swing sounds that shaped her musical style, the album offers a variety of classic sounds, mixed with modern pop sensibilities. The singer’s love for swing and jazz music started when she started performing with the Toronto All-Star Big Band; she continued singing with them until 2004

Andrew Boniwell

Born: January 28, 1955

Andrew has been a professional piano player on the Toronto jazz scene since 1980. A frequent participant in the Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival he has also appeared at the Distillery Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Guelph Jazz Festival and the Barrie Jazz Festival. Andrew has performed with the Juno award-winning contemporary jazz orchestra NOJO, and plays with many of Toronto's finest jazz musicians including Richard Underhill (JUNO winner 2003), Mike Murley (multiple JUNO winner), Kevin Turcotte, Michael Occhipinti (NOJO), Barry Romberg and Quinsin Nachoff (now based in NYC). Andrew newest project is his quintet, Andrew Boniwell and The Uncertainty Principle

Laura Fernandez

Lightsweetcrude

The ragas of North India are the musical 'fossil fuel' for this cutting edge Toronto-based instrumental project. This ancient fuel has been injected into the modern 'engine' of psychedelic laptop rock, and the group's extended improvisations and ambient excursions are constantly pushing the music's miles-per-gallon potential. This blend of Indian Classical music with modern sounds and production certainly evokes the experimental spirit of '60s and '70s psychedelic culture, as do the oil-based liquid light projections that frame the band's performances.... lightsweetcrude's Listen To The Colour began as a studio project helmed by Toronto producer/engineer Jason Steidman (Canadian Brass, Sarah Slean, Brubeck and Braid), whose first significant encounter with Indian music began a journey and quest for knowledge that has lasted many years, and is ongoing

The Battle of Santiago

(Toronto, On) - The Battle of Santiago is a performance battle between strong Latin rhythms and deeply cultured Canadian influences, pushed into an improvisational post-Afro-Cuban- rock theatre. The members of The Battle of Santiago have backed up a diverse array of artists - from Oscar Peterson and Tito Puente to I Mother Earth, and have schooled at the top jazz schools in Canada along with being in-demand producers. These guys know music. The Battle of Santiago began in Spring 2010, and it was apparent from the start that this was not going to be your usual band. By combining bass, saxophone, flute and percussion, the band’s philosophy is to capture each musicians own personal sound and style; with complete freedom to express themselves through individual and improvisational creativity allowing an organic growth and natural arrangement of each composition. The seeds of The Battle of Santiago were planted in the early 2000’s, when Michael Owen (bass), Michael Butler (saxophone) and Daniel Mansilla (lead percussion), performed, in different combinations with Avenue One and All I See Is Red

Hennie Bekker

HENNIE BEKKER ~ A LIFELONG JOURNEY OF TIMELESS MUSICAL EXPRESSION The musical genius of Hennie Bekker deeply reflects the diverse facets of New Age Music with the release of his newest album entitled Spectrum - An Anthology of Relaxing Instrumental Music. Spectrum encompasses some of Bekker’s most significant instrumental works, embodying a melodic array of various musical genres. This epic compilation truly showcases Bekker’s strength as a multi- genre artist, featuring fourteen soothing tracks from eleven of his memorable New Age inspired albums. From echoing soundscapes of the mystical African jungle, to romantic piano and modern ambient sounds, Spectrum shines as a colorful celebration of Bekker’s lifelong journey of timeless musical expression. Hennie Bekker is an award-winning, multi-platinum-selling musician, master composer and arranger whose international career spans decades, cultures, generations and genres