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SUMMARY:Bata Shoe Museum presents André Perugia: A Design Legend Unveiled
DESCRIPTION:André Perugia: A Design Legend Unveiled\nOctober 2025 to April 2027 \nThe Bata Shoe Museum explores the work of one of the most significant and under-researched footwear designers of the 20th century\, André Perugia. A pioneering Italian- French shoe designer\, André Perugia (1893-1977) is known for his architecturally innovative and technically masterful footwear designs. From his first boutique in Nice in the early 1920s\, he revolutionized luxury footwear\, creating shoes for fashion houses like Dior and Schiaparelli\, as well as for celebrity clients including Josephine Baker\, Mistinguette\, and Princess Lillian of Belgium. His work is preserved in major museum collections worldwide. \nThroughout the run of the exhibit\, over 95 examples of the designer’s work dating from the 1920s through the 1960s\, will be featured; shoes from contemporary designers inspired by his vision will also be on display. This exhibition will highlight the historical importance of Perugia’s work\, contextualizing it within the larger framework of fashion across the decades. It will explore some of his most important innovations\, including Perugia’s contribution to the development of the articulated sole and the stiletto heel. \nAndré Perugia is curated by Nishi Bassi and includes objects from the BSM collection\, and generous loans from Musée de la chaussure Romans-sur-Isère and Fondation Azzedine Alaia. \nExhibition Hours: \nMonday-Saturday 10AM-5PM \nSunday 12PM-5PM \nTo learn more\, visit the website. Closed on December 25\, 26 and January 1. 
URL:https://jazz.fm/live-event/bata-shoe-museum-presents-andre-perugia-a-design-legend-unveiled/
LOCATION:Bata Shoe Museum\, 327 Bloor St W\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1W7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:West-Coast jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS \nAngela Verbrugge is a Canadian jazz vocalist\, songwriter\, and performer whose work blends the interpretive depth of an actor with the instincts of a trained musician and a lifelong devotion to the Great American Songbook. Based on Vancouver Island in British Columbia\, she drew international attention with her 2019 debut\, The Night We Couldn’t Say Good Night\, recorded in New York with pianist Ray Gallon and co-produced by bassist Cameron Brown (Jazz Messengers\, George Adams\, Sheila Jordan). Toronto Music Report hailed it as “a perfect album\,” and the release earned Verbrugge a spot on music historian Scott Yanow’s list of the top 30 jazz albums of the year. In 2020\, she won the JazzTimes Readers’ Poll for Best Female Vocalist\, affirming the originality of her approach. \nVerbrugge’s artistry reflects a distinctive combination: the storytelling power of a trained actor and the craft of a working musician. Having studied classical piano\, theory\, and trombone in her youth\, she performs not simply as a singer but as a fellow instrumentalist\, shaping arrangements\, writing lead sheets\, and contributing original compositions and lyrics. Critics have often highlighted this dual strength\, noting both her interpretive range and her growing impact as a lyricist. Her style is firmly rooted in the swing-era and cool-school vocal traditions of the 1940s and ’50s — Anita O’Day\, Helen Merrill\, Dinah Washington\, June Christy\, Ella Fitzgerald — while carrying a modern sensibility. \nHer sophomore release\, Love for Connoisseurs (2022)\, marked a bold step into original songwriting. Featuring collaborations with Gallon\, Nick Hempton\, Ken Fowser\, and others\, the album once again landed on Yanow’s annual top 30 list. International outlets from Jazzwise to Jersey Jazz praised her personality and writing\, while JazzWeekly described her as “fun and quirky\, hip and a hoot\, wispy and romantic\, and [she] cleverly swings.” The Syncopated Times likened her precision and range to Annie Ross\, underscoring her strengths as both interpreter and lyricist. Her third album\, Somewhere (2024\, Origin’s OA2 label)\, offered a collection of standards noted for restraint and clarity\, with Michael Steinman (JazzLives) praising her “light touch with songs that ordinarily lead singers to melodrama\,” and JazzWeeklyconcluding\, “Less is more on this charmer.” \nHer accomplishments have been recognized with major accolades. In addition to the JazzTimes poll win\, she was nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards — a category spanning all instruments and styles. Her albums have charted on Canada’s Earshot reports and received airplay on CBC\, NPR\, and JazzWeek-reporting stations worldwide. In Japan\, Europe\, and the U.S.\, her CDs are stocked by major retailers\, and her songs have appeared on editorial and themed playlists across Apple Music\, Amazon Music\, and Spotify. She has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts\, FACTOR\, Creative BC\, Music BC\, and the Province of British Columbia. \nBorn in Kingston\, Ontario\, Verbrugge grew up in a household where her mother accompanied school assemblies and her grandmother played organ at family gatherings. Old songbooks became her childhood companions\, and by her teens she was performing with the Kingston Symphony in Gilbert and Sullivan productions and at the Grand Theatre in classic musicals. She studied acting at George Brown College’s Theatre Studies program in Toronto\, graduating as one of the youngest in her cohort\, and initially launched a career on stage. After moving to Vancouver in the late 1990s\, a car accident that left her with two broken legs ended her acting ambitions. Later\, while raising three young children\, she faced cancer and emerged with renewed determination to pursue her first love: music. Encouraged at a patient seminar to “follow your passion and never look back\,” she immersed herself in jazz study\, working with Canadian mentors and attending workshops in the U.S. Her mentorship with Sheila Jordan in 2016 proved pivotal\, connecting her to Ray Gallon and Cameron Brown and leading directly to her debut. \nSince then\, Verbrugge has built an international profile\, appearing at leading jazz clubs and festivals across Canada\, the UK\, Japan\, Taiwan\, Germany\, France\, Italy\, Luxembourg\, and Türkiye. She has performed with Canadian luminaries including drummer Terry Clarke\, bassist Neil Swainson\, guitarist Reg Schwager\, and multi-instrumentalist Miles Black\, while pursuing songwriting collaborations with peers such as Gallon\, Hempton\, Fowser\, Neal Miner\, and Caity Gyorgy. Her ensembles often include Juno Award winners\, nominees\, and Order of Canada recipients\, underscoring her place within the top tier of Canadian jazz. \nCritics have consistently noted her ability to inhabit characters in song\, drawing on her acting background to deliver performances of empathy\, wit\, and theatrical flair. Raul da Gama observed that “she plays the characters to the hilt\, inhabiting their skins\,” while JazzTimes remarked that she is an artist with “conspicuously good taste.” Yanow adds that she is “a major lyricist whose songs deserve to be covered by other performers.” With each release\, she deepens her dual identity as interpreter and writer\, ensuring her work resonates in both timeless standards and new contributions to the repertoire. \nToday\, Angela Verbrugge continues to tour internationally\, teach and mentor\, and release acclaimed recordings. With four albums since 2019\, she has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz — an artist whose resilience\, musicianship\, and interpretive depth mark her as a vital force in the global scene.
URL:https://jazz.fm/live-event/west-coast-jazz-vocalist-angela-verbrugge/
LOCATION:The Rex\, 194 Queen Street West\, Toronto\, Canada
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