OUR 2013-14 SEASON STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Tickets on sale SEPTEMBER 1

THE BEST TOURING JAZZ ARTISTS
Benny Green Trio (NY) Legendary pianist with  David Wong & Kenny Washington
Oliver Jones – Solo Piano (Montreal) Canadian jazz royalty in an intimate setting
Diana Panton Quartet (Toronto) with Don Thompson, Phil Dwyer, and Reg Schwager
The Eliana Cuevas Quintet (Toronto) Canada’s queen of Latin jazz vocals
The Melissa Stylianou Quartet (New York) jazz vocals from the Big Bad Apple
The Omer Klein Trio (Berlin) Israeli-born jazz pianist
Darren Sigesmund 4tet (TO/NY) Mark Feldman-violin & Gary Versace-accordion
The Amina Figarova Sextet (New York) Great composer/arranger/pianist
The Michael Cain Trio (New York) Jack Dejohnette alumnus
The Shuffle Demons (Toronto) Still crazy after all these years
Run Stop Run (Toronto) led by trombonist/composer William Carn
The Morgan Childs Quartet (Toronto) featuring Sask sax legend Kelly Jefferson
David Braid – Solo Piano (Toronto) Canada’s genius of jazz piano
Ernesto Cervini Quartet (Toronto/New York) with tenor sax legend Joel Frahm
The Pram Trio (Toronto) modern jazz piano trio
Florian Hoeffner Quartet (NY) modern piano/sax sounds from modern minds
Sophia Perlman Quartet (Toronto) great jazz vocals & all-star pianist Adrean Faruggia

THE BEST LOCAL JAZZ ARTISTS
The Jazz Singers Fest – featuring Saskatoon’s best jazz singers
Saskatoon Foodbank Piano Marathon – 14 piano players play to collect food
Maurice Drouin’s Jazzy Christmas – a two show Bassment seasonal favourite.
The University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble – hear tomorrow’s jazz stars today
Martin Janovsky Orchestra – Mr. Piano brings his slick band back to the Bassment
SJS Jazz Workshop – three days of clinics and concerts featuring young jazzers
Solstice – Eight great jazz vocalists
Jazz Barrie Jam – Led by trumpet wizard Barrie Redford
The Moxon Trio – led by piano man Ray Stephanson – featuring great originals
The Bassment Big Band – 17 piece band with some of Saskatoon’s best musicians
New Year’s In New Orleans – Crawdaddios/Zyde-GoGo/Black Mambas/Great Food
The Stone Frigate Big Band – All your big band favourites
International Jazz Day Concert – featuring the Mark DeJong Quintet

THE BEST TOURING ROOTS ACTS
The Good Lovelies (Toronto) They are good and they are lovely
Del Barber (Winnipeg) Brilliant Songwriter
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys – East Coast String Maniacs
The Once (St. John’s) The New Newfoundland Sound
Current Swell (Victoria) Indie Rock from the Island
The Steel Wheels (Harrisonburg, VA) American Blue Grass Bassment favouites
Lee Harvey Osmond (Toronto) Psychedelic Folk Rock led by Tom Wilson
Rose Cousins (Halifax/Boston) Great vocalist and storyteller
Meaghan Smith (Toronto) Juno Award Winning Singer Songwriter
Ana Egge (Brooklyn) American Singer Songwriter born In Estevan, SK
Steve Brockley Band (Montreal) Thoughtful Roots Rockers
Don Ross & Calum Graham (Halifax/Toronto) Finger Picking Guitar Virtuosos
Joel Fafard & Joe Fafard (Pender Island/Regina) Father and Son Mixed Media
Celso Machado (Vancouver Island) Brazilian Vocalist and Multi-Instrumentalist
Blue Grass Week - 5 days of clinics, workshops, and concerts

THE BEST LOCAL ROOTS ACTS
Ryan Boldt Solo – Deep Dark Words lead singer in an intimate setting
Kacy & Clayton – CD Release -Great Original Acoustic Tunes
Foam Lake – The Ross Brothers take over the Bassment
Eileen Laverty Band – Saskatoon’s Most Beautiful Voice
Troy MacGillivray Band – Celtic Fiddle and Piano
Jack Semple Solo (Regina) Unplugged Guitar Virtuosity
The Barrelmen – Four Saskatoon singer-songwriters
Anderson Burko – Local Roots Rock Legends
Belle Plaine – Saskatchewan Singer Songwriter
Karrnnel – puts the MAN in fiddle mania
Carrie Catherine – Saskatoon Singer Songwriter
Bob Evans – Regina’s master fingerpicking guitarist
The Vexations – Featuring Vesti Hanson and Amy Matysio
Saskatoon Songwriter’s Night – 7 up and coming songwriters
Steven Maier and Gent Laird – The New Dynamic Duo