Two shows for the price of One! Photo credit Simon Willms The Venuti String Quartet is made up of some of the most sought after freelance musicians in Toronto. Their members frequently perform with many of the major orchestral ensembles in Toronto, including The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Canadian Opera Company, The National …
a Please note: This is an afternoon concert with doors opening at 3:00 PM Multi-instrumentalists Louis Simão and Carlos Bernardo have come together to form VELHA GUARDA, a new group that features their own compositions which draw heavily upon the sounds of Brazilian music and jazz, while also presenting new arrangements of Portuguese folk songs collected by …
Join Argentinian pianist, composer, and Billboard Magazine Emerging Artist Gabriel Palatchi for an eclectic and explosive musical journey with an original blend of cultures that features latin jazz, tango, funk, middle east and more! He spent his formative years in Buenos Aires studying classical piano, and being mentored by some of the great maestros …
Jillian McKenna is a Canadian bassist and composer from Hamilton, Ontario. Regardless of style, Jillian’s impactful sound on the bass resonates through whatever music she is a part of. No stranger to versatility, she can be found playing in jazz combos, big bands, pit bands, bluegrass groups, alongside singer-songwriters, and performing a variety of new …
Alison Young is a JUNO nominated saxophonist, vocalist, and composer. Born in Ottawa, she moved to Toronto in the early 2000s to study music at the University of Toronto, and has been an active presence on the city’s jazz scene ever since. Young has toured across North America, Europe, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia …
The Jazz Room is delighted to welcome the return of Rebecca Binnendyke for the CD release of her second album! Rebecca is on a mission to use her songs for greater good. The Canadian singer-songwriter is pairing the promotion of her second album,”I Don’t Belong To You”, with raising money for Plan Canada, …
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Thursday Night concert 8:00 PM start (Doors open at 7:00 ) 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.” The Jazz Room is delighted …
Alexis Baro was born into a musical family in Havana, Cuba. Classically trained, he took up the trumpet at the age of age 8 and completed his musical education receiving a teaching certification at the prestigious Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory in Havana. While in school he became a member of the Buena Vista Social Club …
Come finish the eighth season with the Brazilian stylings of Sinal Aberto featuring Luanda Jones. Gordon Sheard & Sinal Aberto, with dynamic Rio-born vocalist Luanda Jones, perform a mix of original songs and classics from the Brazilian songbook; stylistically their music travels from the pulsating samba and gentle bossa nova of the Brazilian South-East to …
Heather Bambrick is a JUNO-nominated vocalist, voice actor, and broadcaster who’s performed with some of world’s finest musicians, including Fred Hirsch, Guido Basso, Gene DiNovi, Peter Appleyard Rob McConnell, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and others. Her vocal talent is internationally recognized not only for her recordings but also for her work on several Emmy-winning animation …
