Composer, Glenn Buhr and novelist Margaret Sweatman join forces with the Penderecki String Quartet for a jazz cabaret featuring words and music with a jazz twist. Their original music is a mix of lyrical jazz, tender songwriting, classical modernism, and quite a bit of deft humour. The cabaret also features words and music by: …
“Sophisticated and authentic” – New York Observer “Refreshingly uncategorizable” – Paris Transatlantic Hailed in the Canadian press as “one of his country’s true renaissance men when it comes to music” (The Ottawa Citizen), and “a jazz genius to call our own” (Maclean’s Magazine), composer and pianist, David Braid is an eight-time Juno nominee, and winner …
WILLIAM SPERANDEI (trumpeter, pianist) is a Toronto musician, composer, arranger, and bandleader. His love of the trumpet began in grade school where he studied privately with Bram Smith. He continued his education at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, on a full scholarship and for two and a half years studied classical music and played …
Photo Credit – Gee Wong ‘The JitterBugs’ is a swing jazz, jump and jive style combo based in London, Ontario that has been enjoying success since they first formed around the year 2000. Since then, they’ve been a popular favourite in many clubs and festivals with members who are all busy and active pros in …
Multi-faceted guitarist, arranger, composer, educator, and prolific recording artist ANDREW SCOTT’s music has been heard in concerts, on recordings, and in film and television projects for the past twenty years. He swings on a repertoire of blues, ballads and bebop that demonstrates a commitment to the rich tradition of jazz guitar, and entertainment excellence that …
★★★★½ “a fascinating form of sonic installation blending wild improvisation, classical strings, disciplined unison passages and untrammeled solo excursions.” — Carlo Wolff, Downbeat “In Zucker’s almost confrontational writing I find the vision of one who is hugely expressive. Here is a young man with a profound sense of tone and colour and how it can …
The Steve Koven Trio is a Canadian, Toronto-based jazz group. Pianist Koven is joined by long time members, Anthony Michelli on drums and Rob Clutton on bass. Formed in 1993, the trio is one of Canada’s longest standing trio’s, performing, touring and recording together for over twenty-five years. They have performed world-wide, and have …
Photo Credit – Maylynn Quan 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 quartet of musicians with impressive credentials whose program of all original music swings with ease. …
The rich Latin Jazz genre evolved as the result of a fusion of the folk and popular music traditions of the Spanish speaking Caribbean, particularly Cuba, with the great American jazz tradition. While not as well known to jazz enthusiasts, the same type of fusion has also been taking place in the French, English …
Matthew is in the final stages of completing his PhD, focusing on jazz and popular music. He has been recognized for his playing, and has had the opportunity to perform in a wide range of settings. He has performed with notable musicians including Barry Elmes, Lenny Boyd, Lorne Lofsky and Ian Bell. Matthew can be …
