The Jefferson-Grant Quintet won an Opus Award for their first recording and was nominated as Acoustic Ensemble of the Year by the National Jazz Awards. Trombonist, composer and arranger Kelsley Grant received his Bachelor of Music from McGill University and completed his graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music. Shortly after leaving New York, …
Dayramir began his professional career as a pianist and composer with former Irakere member, Oscar Valdes’ Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara at the age of 16. Since winning Havana’s JoJazz festival in 2004 and 2005, Dayramir has gone from winning three Cubadisco awards for his 2007 debut album “Dayramir & Habana enTRANCé” to becoming Berklee College …
“…one of the world’s great contemporary drummers.” – All About JazzDescribed by Rolling Stone magazine as “one of the best, robust listening experiences you’re likely to have all year” and by The Independent as “the best in jazz coming out of Ireland today”, David Lyttle is a MOBO Award nominated jazz drummer and composer. He first reached a national …
ENJOY THE OFFICIAL OPENING WEEKEND WITH : Andriy Tykhonov has become a Jazz Room favourite having performed to capacity crowds numerous times since the venue’s inception. Andriy’s enthusiasm, energy and musicianship are infectious and always leave the crowd smiling. A graduate of the Jazz Department of the Glier State Music College of Kiev in 1995, …
LEVIN BROTHERS was founded by Pete and Tony Levin in 2013, After 5 decades of glorious career playing with virtually who is who in all genres of music – jazz, fusion, rock, pop and world music, and after guesting on each other’s projects, two brothers finally decided to have their own jazz band. Levin …
Robi Botos is a Hungarian-Canadian monster of a jazz pianist of Romani descent. He really needs no introduction!! He was the winner of the TD Grand Jazz Award at the 2012 Montreal International Jazz Festival. In 2016, Botos won the Juno Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year (Solo) for his recording of Movin’ Forward. Robi …
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Sunday Night concert 8:00 PM start (Doors open at 6:30 ) Don Heckman at the Los Angeles Times says: “Welsman is that rarest of discoveries: a fully formed artist with the musicality, imagination and looks to cruise to the top of the jazz vocal genre.” Internationally acclaimed vocalist/pianist Carol Welsman is a …
“ROSS WOOLDRIDGE IS THE BEST JAZZ CLARINETIST THAT CANADA HAS EVER PRODUCED…AMEN!” – Bernie Turcotte, Executive Director of the IAJE Canada (International Association of Jazz Educators) HIDDEN GEMS & BURIED TREASURES! Swingin’ Standards and Love Songs A voyage of discovery as Ross uncovers the forgotten jewels of the lyric – THE VERSE. Often lost to the mists of …
Photo Credit: Greg Gooding Pianist and composer Stacie McGregor is a Juno Award recipient in the “World Music “category having recorded with blues guitarist Madagascar Slim in 1999. She has since recorded three jazz albums as a leader for G-THREE Records with her debut “Straight Up” charting in over 15 countries. She has been nominated …
Come on out and listen to the Top Pocket COREtet “Return to Basics”, playing standards and music they haven’t played in over 30 years! We will be doing all our favourite standards and even a couple of originals that lean towards standards. Through the years we’ve written a number of songs that were “standardesch” that …
