Blog Archive

Gilad Hekselman (Show Canceled)

When: March 6, 2014 @ 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Where: Jazz Room @ The Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J, Canada

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this show has been canceled.  Sorry for any inconvenience.  We hope to bring Gilad to The Jazz Room sometime in the future.

Mary Petrich Quintet (from Arizona)

When: January 30, 2014 @ 7:00 am – 9:30 am
Where: Jazz Room @ The Huether Hotel

Mary Petrich and band at the Jazz Room in Uptown Waterloo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 8:00 PM $15 admission/$10 students Mary Petrich, American saxophonist extraordinaire from Phoenix, Arizona is a leading jazz player in Western USA today.   She has worked with a panoply of local and national artists, including the Phoenix Symphony and singers Patti Austin, …

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Ashok’s Farewell Party

When: January 31, 2014 @ 6:30 am – 10:30 am
Where: Jazz Room @ The Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

Join in on a send-off party for Ashok as he heads for a new job in California.  Bring your flats for the swing dance floor, drop in for a set or stay for dinner.  The mic will be open for music and wise learnings for the soon-to-be-departed.  if you miss this one – you can …

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Calum Graham, Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Champion (non-GRJS show)

When: February 7, 2014 @ 7:00 am
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

Join us for a night of great fingerstyle guitar music at The Jazz Room with Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, Calum Graham and special guest, Jojo Worthington! This is not a Jazz Society presentation, but the organizers have kindly granted free admission to all GRJS pass-holders.  For more information, please contact the organizers through their website: www.calumgraham.com FOR TICKETS: please visit www.calumgraham.com – …

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Rebecca Binnendyk Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special matinee)

When: July 20, 2014 @ 11:00 am – 2:30 pm
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

Local hero Rebecca Binnendyk returns to the Jazz Room with her quartet for a special Jazz Festival Mid Day show. She promises some Pop, Rock, and  straight ahead jazz for this gig.   Rebecca showed an interest in the performing arts at a very young age and began studying and performing music at the age …

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Jason Raso Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)

When: July 19, 2014 @ 10:30 pm – July 20, 2014 @ 1:00 am
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

“With influences like Stanley Clark, Victor Wooten, Billy Sheehan and Marcus Miller, Jason has an effortless ability to morph from blistering fingerstyle passages to funky slap from one beat to the next.” –   Bass Guitar Rocks         Jason Raso has a funk heart and a jazz head. They are hard wired together by the …

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Lydia Persaud Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)

When: July 19, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

“Every note she sings is grounded in emotion and musicality” – Shannon Gunn   Consider what it would be like to hear Stevie Wonder do a jazz concert in a small club….this may  the next best thing. Lydia Persaud seems to channel Stevie and Ella into a mix  described as “beautifully soothing” by acclaimed recording engineer Peter Cooke.  Lydia’s voice …

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Robi Botos Trio (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)

When: July 18, 2014 @ 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

“Robi Botos plays the piano with love and mastery”  – Benny Green  Robi Botos is no stranger to the Jazz Room having appeared here on multiple occasions as a sideman in various bands and accompanying any number of singers. He is the “go to” pianist on the Toronto Jazz scene and he’s shared the stage …

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Fern Lindzon Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)

When: July 18, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

“Fern Lindzon is an engaging pianist and singer who brings an unassuming authority, an inquiring spirit and a natural grace to contemporary jazz.” – Mark Miller, jazz writer JUNO Award nominee Fern Lindzon is a multi-faceted pianist/vocalist/composer with a technique that The WholeNote calls “intricate, yet commanding”, and her latest CD Two Kites, “breathtakingly beautiful.” Montreal …

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David Buchbinder’s ODESSA/HAVANA ensemble (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event, featuring Hilario Duran)

When: July 17, 2014 @ 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Where: Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X2, Canada

“(Buchbinder and Duran) recalled the bravura power of Freddie Hubbard playing with Herbie Hancock” – Globe and Mail  “An evocative combination of two celebratory traditions”  – San Francisco Chronicle Award-winning trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder teams up with a crew of top Jazz and World musicians to present this exhilarating, unprecedented project of musical discovery: …

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