336 results for tag: Jazz
Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. Pianist and singer Stephanie Tillman bought a cassette tape of Thelonius Monk in a small prairie town pharmacy when she was 15 years old and has been exploring the paths of
jazz, vintage and gypsy swing, fusion, and alternative folk ...
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Back for their 12th visit to The Bassment, David Fong, Don Griffith, Kim Salkeld, and Paul Suchan are ready to tinkle and tickle the 88s. While each of these accomplished professors of the piano has a distinct style, they have no problem accompanying each other. You’ll hear solos, duos, quartets, and everything from sensitive ...
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Building on the success of a Canada-wide remote recording project during the pandemic, composers Paul Suchan and Silas Friesen have combined forces to create Cloudburst, an eclectic album for large
jazz ensemble. Rooted in the big band tradition and influenced by classical, alt-rock, and modern
jazz, the album showcases the ...
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Local musician and educator Emmett Fortosky and his quartet lead our monthly
Jazz Jams. There is no charge to attend and/or perform at the jams and we welcome singers and instrumentalists of all ages and levels to make an effort to develop their
jazz "chops". Emmett will be joined by Aaron Salkeld (tenor sax), Everett Schwab ...
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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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Sons of Django pays homage to the music of Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-Romani guitarist who fused American and French
jazz with a flamenco technique in the 1930s and ’40s. Performing classic Reinhardt compositions as well as popular
jazz standards and contemporary manouche pieces, the Sons of Django are Stephen Davis (lead ...
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Piano Fridays is the perfect way to start your weekend – live piano with great food and drink. Pianist, vocalist, composer, educator, and music therapist Wes Froese has a wealth of experience playing pop, blues, and
jazz. Wes sits down at the Yamaha S6 grand piano at 4:30 to play three sets. No Cover!
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Following a triumphant premiere at Toronto's Koerner Hall, multi-award winning vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Laila Biali brings Wintersongs & Holiday Classics to the Bassment. With special guest JUNO winner and GRAMMY nominee Jane Bunnett, the show features winter-inspired original music alongside thrilling arrangements ...
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With nine voices blending beautiful harmonies and a rhythm section that keeps everything swinging, Solstice has been singing vocal
jazz and entertaining audiences for over 40 years. A Bassment tradtion, Christmas with Solstice features
jazz and pop arrangements of all your favourite Christmas and seasonal tunes. Solstice is Rod ...
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Our 11th annual Food Bank PianoFest features some of the city’s finest piano players on our two great grand pianos. Expect to hear one, two, three, or four pianists at a time, performing
jazz, blues, pop, rock, folk, classical, ragtime, and boogie-woogie!
SUGGESTED DONATION—$10 OR NON-PERISHABLE FOOD EQUIVALENT
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