When:
April 12, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Photo Credit: Nick Moreland “Named as one of the top 200 living guitarists by All About Jazz Magazine” Charlie Ballantine is acclaimed as …
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Selena Evangeline“ A Journey Through Sound & Soul” (special Thursday concert)
When:
April 17, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Join Selena Evangeline for an intimate evening where music meets memories and Soul. This performance is a celebration of the songs and sounds that have shaped her journey—blending smooth, soulful jazz, pop and R&B vibes with timeless melodies. Along with fresh takes on well-loved classics, Selena will also share some of her original songs, each inspired by …
Rob Fekete Quintet
When:
April 18, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Robert Fekete is a Canadian Jazz pianist who has been performing throughout the province of Ontario with various artists for the past 36 years. He is a graduate of the Master of Music degree from the University of Toronto. Robert is a composer with two self-titled releases: “Ternary”, and “Transition”, and has composed for television …
Freddie’s Freeloaders
When:
April 25, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Kitchener’s homie, Fred Smith and his old pals from the hood, “The Freeloaders” come to The Jazz Room. Sharing the stage with Paul Stouffer – Keys, Tom Nagy – Bass and Donnie McDougall – Drums, he’ll bring a variety of flavourful jazz tunes. Come on out and enjoy some originals, standard swing, bop and some funkin’ …
Ralf Buschmeyer
When:
April 26, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Guitar Player Magazine calls guitarist Ralf Buschmeyer ‘as smooth and sophisticated as James Bond taking a holiday in Monte Carlo’ and Blues Review Magazine hails him as an ‘inventive musician’. Ralf has been playing professionally since the 1980’s where he grew up playing clubs in Southern Ontario. Jazz studies with Lorne Lofsky at Hamilton’s …
Lorne Lofsky Trio (special Sunday Matinee)
When:
April 27, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
“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 …
Michael Sarian Acoustic Quartet
When:
May 2, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Michael Sarian is a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his unique voice in contemporary jazz. Praised for his “endlessly renewable strain of lyric improvisation” (Peter Margasak, DownBeat), his playing “literally speaks” (Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz), engaging listeners with a deeply emotional and expressive sound. Born in Toronto and raised in Buenos Aires, Sarian …
Waleed Abdul-Hamid’s Afro-Kush
When:
May 3, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The Waleed Kush Afro-Jazz ensemble combines ancient rhythms from Africa with modern jazz harmonies. These two worlds – from different places and eras – meet in our creative expression. Like Toronto, our meeting place, this music is a meeting place. The ensemble was first established in 2002, formerly known as Radio Nomad which …
Anthony D’Alessandro featuring Summer Camargo (Saturday Night Live House Band NYC) Special SUNDAY Night Concert Doors at 6:00PM
When:
May 4, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
“Summer Camargo is truly a talented trumpeter whose sound is rooted in the tradition of jazz trumpet, yet is reaching forward and carving out a new sonic identity within her generation” — Ulysses Owens Jr. Summer Camargo, 23, is a native of Hollywood, Florida. She is a Jerome Greene Fellowship recipient at The Juilliard …
Caleb Khuu
When:
May 9, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
photo is credited to Alex Kelly Caleb Khuu is thrilled to present a night of jazz with a funky edge, featuring a powerhouse quintet of exceptional talent. With a genre-bending setlist that moves fluidly …