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.
Blog Archive
Gilad Hekselman (Show Canceled)
Mary Petrich Quintet (from Arizona)
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, …
Ashok’s Farewell Party
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 …
Calum Graham, Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Champion (non-GRJS show)
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 – …
Rebecca Binnendyk Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special matinee)
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 …
Jason Raso Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)
“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 …
Lydia Persaud Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)
“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 …
Robi Botos Trio (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)
“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 …
Fern Lindzon Quartet (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event)
“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 …
David Buchbinder’s ODESSA/HAVANA ensemble (JAZZ FESTIVAL special event, featuring Hilario Duran)
“(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: …