photo credit: Tia Loryssa Abbott The New Vibes Jazz Quintet had its genesis at the Boat House, Victoria Park in Kitchener as a Jazz trio in 1999. Twenty-one years later, Dan Brennan (bass), Andy Macpherson (vibes), John Zadro (piano), Jerzy Kaplanek (violin) and Jay Boehmer (drums) are very pleased to be appearing for their tenth …
Remy Le Boeuf is a composer of modern American music and an improvising saxophonist. Le Boeuf’s music is rooted in the jazz tradition and overlaps into the modern classical realm drawing on various influences from Aaron Copland to Bjork. The saxophonist and composer has worked with a range of collaborators including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton …
Toronto-born Jamaican-Canadian singer/songwriter/musician Joni NehRita has become a staple on the regional scene of KW/Guelph since relocating there a decade ago. She is known for steadily releasing great music & being an engaging performer. While her musical tastes are eclectic, she is best known as a soul/R&B artist and as a jazz vocalist. The release of …
This is the compact version of Tim’s 11 piece band, the ‘Clefs of Moher’ (Sun Life Uptown Jazz Festival 2019) who will be releasing their Celtic Jazz inspired CD at the Jazz Room on February 7, 2020. Tim Moher (composer) and Rick Hutt (arranger) have created a catalogue of Celtic Jazz originals, many of …
Please Note: Thursday night concert Doors open at 6:30 with concert at 8:00 Eric Alexander boasts a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring new musical worlds from the outset. “The people I listened to in college are still the cats that are …
“Listening to the Amos Hoffman and Noam Lemish Quartet, it’s easy to feel like you’ve been transported to a musically intoxicating Garden of Eden” – The WholeNote The Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish Quartet offers an inspired blend of jazz and Jewish folk melodies. Amos Hoffman is an internationally renowned guitar & oud …
Jason Logue is a freelance trumpet player, composer, and arranger based in Toronto. He has performed with jazz greats Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Dave Brubek, Phil Nimmons, Dave Grusin, Louis Belson, Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Guido Basso, Jim McNeeley and Rob McConnell. He is best known for his …
Trombonists Robin Jessome is currently based in Kitchener/Waterloo and performing around the Tri-Cities as well as Hamilton and Toronto, making loud and intriguing creative music. Robin like things dark, with a quirky sense-of-humour — deeply influenced by the likes of Carla Bley, Tom Waits, Kenny Wheeler and Charles Mingus. Originally from Nova Scotia, Robin received …
