Red Hot Ramble’s irresistible blend of New Orleans soul and Canadian charm creates pure musical magic. The Heart of New Orleans Meets the Soul of Toronto! Don’t miss your chance to join the party! Red Hot Ramble performs traditional jazz, blues, funk, along with second lines in the spirit of the great city of New …
The Phoenix Jazz Group performs jazz in a melodic fusion style. Group members are very versatile in a number of different genres. A review from The Jazz Society of Oregon stated ” they’re a Canadian quintet of musicians with impressive credentials whose program of all original music swings with ease. ” Since their debut …
Photo by Jen Squires “…new compositions that blend the elegance of chamber music with the spontaneity of jazz improvisation. Camera Lucida paints vivid musical portraits that reflect Occhipinti’s boundless creativity.” -Christopher Gonda V13 “Ultimately, Camera Lucida is an album for lovers of art in its broadest sense. Whether you come from the world of jazz or …
By age 33, Emmy-nominated Trumpeter and Vocalist Benny Benack III has already become a leading voice in Jazz for his generation, while his trademark ebullience onstage assures his audiences he’s got “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” still to come! His sophomore album sharing that title featured the likes of bass luminary Christian McBride and drummer/producer …
“We change with time”, a quote that D’eve Archer has used as motivation to continuously focus on her future within the music industry. Pre-pandemic, D’eve performed in various locations worldwide as herself as well as her alter-ego Saturdae Jonez. Never staying in one physical location for very long, the stage became home as she …
Photo credit: Jen Squires “A Technicolor swing that’s just the thing.” – Brad Wheeler, the Globe and Mail “Her talent, style, and attitude are all befitting of stardom.” – Metro News One of Canada’s most …
Photo credit Dahlia Katz Noam Lemish has never felt inclined to pick a lane. Maybe his hyphenated identity as an Israeli-American- Canadian has helped inspire his multiplicity and general disinclination to follow stylistic guidelines. Whatever the reason, over the course of two decades of intensive musical study and creation he’s always sought to expand the …
Photo credit: Anna Yaskevich For more than 30 years, two-time Juno Award winning pianist/composer Andy Milne has demonstrated boundless versatility, collaborating with dancers, film makers, authors, visual artists, poets and musicians spanning multiple genres. With UNISON Milne returns to his first love, exploring the intimacy of the piano trio. The synchronistic relationship Milne enjoys …
Photo Credit: Bob Hatcher Mark Kelso: JUNO award winning drummer, singer, producer, composer, arranger and creator of the “Elvis Goes Jazz” project describes it thus: “In February of 2022, Oliver Vadas (Organizer of the West End Jazz Festival) contacted me regarding playing drums for a project of classic Elvis Presley tunes done in a jazz format. …
