10 results for tag: Alto Sax
After an extraordinary 2025, marked by the release of a new album, several major award including a nomination for Best Album in Quebec, and a first European tour, Carl Mayotte and his quintet are back at The Bassment this spring to deliver what promises to be an electrifying and captivating performance. Carl Mayotte ...
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Back at The Bassment for her fifth visit, Champian Fulton is a world-class jazz pianist and vocalist with international acclaim. She grew up in a musical family and began her professional career at the tender age of 10 performing at Clark Terry’s 75th Birthday Party. In 2015 Champian won Down Beat’s Rising Star award for ...
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Back at The Bassment for her fifth visit, Champian Fulton is a world-class jazz pianist and vocalist with international acclaim. She grew up in a musical family and began her professional career at the tender age of 10 performing at Clark Terry’s 75th Birthday Party. In 2015 Champian won Down Beat’s Rising Star award for ...
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A collective of musicians comprising Claire Devlin (tenor sax), Allison Burik (alto sax/bass clarinet), Eli Davidovici (bass), and Mili Hong (drums), Bellbird released its debut album Root In Tandem in August 2023. While rooted in modern jazz, the group’s music bares influences from a myriad of musical styles, from folk ...
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Alto and soprano saxophonist, composer, and conductor Christine Jensen is a pivotal figure on the international jazz scene and is revered as one of Canada’s premier jazz talents. She’s garnered significant accolades throughout her career, including JUNO Awards for Habitat (2014), Treelines(2011), and most recently in ...
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In support of her highly-anticipated brand new album and following last year's sold out debut, multi-award winning vocalist, pianist and songwriter Laila Biali returns to The Bassment with Wintersongs & Holiday Classics. Experience winter-inspired original music alongside thrilling arrangements of secular and sacred ...
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The instrumental jazz collective No Codes, consisting of Benjamin Deschamps, Sébastien Pellerin, Louis-Vincent Hamel, and jazz veteran Frank Lozano, presents their second album, Usual Suspects, scheduled for release in November 2024. Following their first album internationally acclaimed, the group continues to push the ...
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Guitarist and composer Sylvain Cossette and his quintet are touring Canada to promote the group’s latest recording, Second Cycle. Each of the album’s nine compositions evoke either a state of mind, a season, or a very precise emotion felt in a certain situation or event. Sylvain’s quintet features some of Quebec’s ...
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Regina pianist Jim Gallagher has assembled an all-star band from the cities of bridges and bones that includes Trent Reschny (tenor sax), Donny Kennedy (alto sax), Soren Nissen (bass), and Chris Wallace (drums). Jim promises an evening of traditional and audience-friendly jazz and, as Miles Davis would say, the tunes will be ...
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Originally from Saskatchewan, drummer Chris Wallace is back in his home province after nearly 25 years living and working in UK/Europe and Toronto. He's assembled an all-star band of prairie musicians for this very special night of music, paying tribute to the glory years of the legendary Blue Note jazz label. This is the music ...
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