Tim Louis has been described as a triple-threat talent: singer, songwriter and pianist. As a performer, Tim connects with his audience through his warm and inviting personality. Born in New Jersey, Louis first studied under jazz great Kenny Barron, eventually earning a degree in Music from Rutgers before moving to the New York scene, where …
“Michael Webster’s creations are long, unfurling musical journeys chock full of content. Singable melodies come swathed in a background of advanced, modern harmonies and adventurous, challenging rhythms” – Ottawa Citizen New York based tenor saxophonist and composer Michael Webster bring his sextet Momentus to the Jazz Room on April 25. The band plays music that creeps up on the ear, like an …
In 1979, Bassist Henry Heillig and Matt Zimbel formed the legendary nine piece latinfunksalzajazz band Manteca and went on to record 10 albums, win Juno awards, and tour the world’s major festivals from Stockholm to the Hollywood Bowl. Since that time, he has been busy as musical director for the the Genie and Gemini Awards, …
Returning as a Jazz Room favourite, Andrew McAnsh Sextet is a collective of creative jazz musicians and composers cultivated from around the globe. On April 18th, this imaginative band will perform seasoned standards as well as sophisticated original music influenced by modern jazz artists such as Dave Douglas, The SF Jazz Collective, Esperanza Spalding and …
delicate jazz guitar that dances at the right moments” – cbc.ca Dave Thompson is one of Kitchener-Waterloo’s finest musicians of any musical gendre. This man can play any style with anyone and can hold his own with the best guitarists in the country. He began as a freelance guitarist in the late 1980s and currently tours …
**Special Cross-Over Concert–Jazz and Soul** Kitchener-Waterloo’ R&B/Soul singer Rufus will perform at The Jazz Room on April 11 with his quartet consisting of some the top musicians on the scene. Within his career Rufus has worked with award winning producers Markus Kane (Shania Twain, Serena Ryder), Joel Joseph (Earth Wind & Fire, Anita Baker, Rod …
“Lofsky’s imagination is fertile (and) his technique it’s match” – Toronto Globe and Mail Lorne Lofsky started as a typical teenage rock ’n roll guitar player, playing in basement bands and at high school dances. In his late teens, a friend turned him onto Miles Davis’ Classic disk “Kind of Blue” which dramatically altered his …
“Every note she sings is grounded in emotion and musicality” – Shannon Gunn The Lydia Persaud Group has the pleasure of debuting their first live show on April 4th at the Waterloo Jazz Room. They will be playing arrangements of songs from such artists as Gretchen Parlato, Robert Glasper, paying homage to musical greats such as …
Juno nominee and Humber College grad Alison Au visits the Jazz Room on March 29 with her strong, cohesive quartet made up of some of the best young players on the scene. While at Humber, Allison studied with Pat Labarbera, Hilario Duran, Kelly Jefferson among others. She is the recipient of the Duke Ellington Scholarship …
David Wiffen is one of the favourite jazz players in the local music scene–though his musical reach extends far beyond Waterloo Region. In addition to being on faculty at WLU’s music school, he has toured with the Tommy Dorsey Big Band, and the Peter Appleyard Orchestra, also sharing the stage with Aretha Franklin and Nathalie …
