Canadian bassist Alain Caron’s musical career began at the early age of 11 when he won an amateur contest, he soon joined some top 40 bands performing American, south-American and French standards. AT the age of 14 he discovered the music which would become his life’s passion – jazz. Opportunity knocked in 1977 when he …
Originally from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Ethan Ardelli is a Juno award winning drummer and composer based in Toronto. Ethan graduated from the University of Toronto in 2006, and has since been one of the most in demand jazz artists in Canada. Ethan has had the pleasure of working with acclaimed international artists Dewey Redman, Mark …
Comments from KW’s favorite Trumpeter… Although most people know of me as a “legit” trumpet player who is most comfortable exploring the symphonic repertoire, I have an equally gregarious “other side” that yearns to continue the development of my early jazz training – a path that took a 20-year detour! Thus began “Larry’s Jazz Guys.” …
Verse is a modern jazz quartet performing the creative works of Canadian guitarist and composer based in NYC Avi Granite. Granite grew up in Toronto and studied with many Canadian jazz greats including Don Thompson, Ted Quinlan, and Pat LaBarbera. He graduated from Humber College’s Jazz program and later got his masters from NYU where …
David Cheon is a 16 year old jazz guitarist studying with Lorne Lofsky who is hoping to be a multi-faceted guitarist rooted in jazz, able to provide the right sound on multiple settings. He presently performs with The Jazz FM Youth Big Band in Toronto and the KW Big Band Theory …
Winner of the The Julian Award of Excellence For Emerging Jazz Artists with her debut album “Bedroom Voice”. “Fawn’s CD is lovely. She has a warm, relaxed sound and she knows how to communicate. Her accompaniment here is perfect – clear and economical – always supporting, never overwhelming as she tells her story.” — Reg …
Fresh Water Funk is an 8-piece rock, soul, and funk project based in the Waterloo region of Ontario, Canada. We play all your funky faves like Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Tower of Power, and more. Come on out and shake your groove thang with us! We also have a few composers of our own and …
Passholders please note – passes not valid for this event. Our friend, Jazz Society Board Member, drummer and passionate jazz educator, Steve Montgomery, is the the middle of a very difficult medical situation. Steve’s three favourite musicians have come together to play this concert in support of Steve and to raise funds for Steve’s cause …
Joe Sullivan comes from the Northern Ontario town of Timmins. He grew up in a large franco-ontarian family, where music was a part of daily life. He began his formal training on piano and later, at the age of fifteen, started playing the trumpet. During his youth, he led an active musical life that included …
Six albums deep and Juno Award winner Kellylee Evans is still shaking it up on Come On, her latest Decca album. The stylistic connoisseur has tackled everything from jazz to R&B and pop in such previous tasty classics fight or flight?, Nina – her Juno-winning tribute to the legendary Nina Simone – and I Remember …
