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Cécile McLorin Salvant at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-27 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Toronto) | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she’s taking another big leap forward with Dreams and Daggers, her third album for Mack Avenue Records.
McLorin Salvant first made waves in the jazz world when, at the urging of her mother, she entered the most prestigious jazz vocal competition in the world. Having nearly missed the submission deadline, she made it to the finals as their youngest performer and was selected by an illustrious panel of judges – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Kurt Elling, Patti Austin, and Al Jarreau – as the 2010 Thelonious Monk Competition winner. While she had bypassed the traditional U.S. conservatories and jazz schools, McLorin Salvant studied at France’s Aix-en-Provence before returning for the competition’s semi-finals, the judges noted her remarkable voice and striking ability to inhabit the emotional space of every song she heard and turn it into a compelling statement.
In 2013, McLorin Salvant made her Mack Avenue Records debut with WomanChild, garnering a GRAMMY® Award-nomination, NPR Music’s pick for “Best Jazz Vocal Album of the Year,” and three placements in DownBeat’s critic’s poll as “Jazz Album of the Year,” “Top Female Vocalist,” and “Best Female Jazz Up and Coming Artist of the Year,” among many other accolades. Her 2015 follow up release, For One To Love, won the GRAMMY® Award for “Best Jazz Vocal Album.”
McLorin Salvant’s music has been featured in multiple Chanel “Chance” campaigns and is included in the soundtrack for HBO’s acclaimed film, Bessie. New York Times Magazine included her recording of “Trolley Song” as one of “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going,” The New Yorker profiled her at age 27, Vanity Fair featured her in their “Millennials That Are Shaking Up The Jazz World” piece, Essence Magazine noted her as one of “13 Emerging Black Women in Music,” and Gilles Peterson included her as an “Artist to Watch” in The Atlantic. Learn more about McLorin Salvant on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Fresh Air,” New York Times’ “Close at Hand,” or watch her perform on BBC’s “Later… with Jools Holland” and PBS’ “The Tavis Smiley Show.”
Sullivan Fortner
Lauded as one of the top jazz pianists of his generation, Sullivan Fortner is recognized for his virtuosic technique and captivating performances. The winner of three prestigious awards – a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship from the American Pianists Association, and the 2016 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists – Sullivan’s music embodies the essence of the blues and jazz as he connects music of all eras and genres through his improvisation.

Melissa Stylianou Quartet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-27 18:30 - 23:00 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada
Presented by the Grand River Jazz Society.
Doors open at 6:30 P.M. Come for dinner; stay for music!
Show starts at 8:00 P.M. Ends at 11:00 P.M.
Cover Charge: $20.00 / person. (Free to annual pass holders.)
Visit www.kwjazzroom.com and click on the desired concert’s listing to get additional information and to purchase advance tickets.

ORI DAGAN SINGS JEROME KERN Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-26 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
An Evening of Jerome Kern with Ori Dagan with Mark Eisenman & Colleen Allen!
Acclaimed Toronto-based jazz singer-songwriter Ori Dagan returns to Jazz Bistro to pay tribute to one of the most widely performed musical geniuses of the 20th century: composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945). Two of this country’s most highly respected jazz musicians will join the fun: pianist Mark Eisenman and multi-instrumentalist Colleen Allen. Expect to hear classics and lesser-known gems, delivered with swing and heart.

Omara Portuondo at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-26 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Buena Vista Social Club™ Diva celebrates her music and life with a special tour accompanied by special guests
While other much loved Buena Vista stars like Ruben Gonzalez and Ibrahim Ferrer were lured out of retirement. Omara has been continually performing in public since the age 15, a legendary singer whose voice reflects a long, creative life of passion and music. She has been singing professionally for an incredible 70 years, and while revolutions and wars shook the globe, she has carried on, with indomitable elegance.
The best way to celebrate Omara’s musical career? A very special worldwide tour which will include some exceptional invited guests. The great Cuban diva and artistic ambassador of her country wants to celebrate with a grand fiesta which represents the impressive sweep of her career – on every stop meeting with old friends and new to perform together much loved Cuban classics from ‘Besame Mucho’ to ‘Veinte Años’. The tour will reflect different aspects of her long career, taking it way back to her younger years and her continuing love of elegant cabaret, from the Buena Vista days right up to the present with different tastes and flavours, of what will be a musical feast, full of piquant sabrosura.
Producer Ry Cooder said about the Buena Vista Social Club musicians, that he was lucky, as we all are to “have caught the tail end of a comet” of a great music culture that was cut off for decades.
Omara Portuondo is a diva in the best sense, an ambassador of Cuba to the world. Now in her mid-eighties, there is a sense in which the curtains of an era are slowly, elegantly coming down. But she will forever, as the old show business adage has it “Always leave them wanting more.”

Heather Bambrick Quartet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-26 17:30 - 23:00 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada

ADI BRAUN SINGS DORIS DAY Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-25 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Join Adi Braun as she takes you on a Sentimental Journey through the musical life of the quintessential “girl next door”, Doris Day! Adi brings her signature vocals to such Day classics as “Secret Love”, “Pillow Talk and “It’s Magic”.
Backed by Tom King, piano, Jordan O’Connor, bass, and Daniel Barnes, drums, this is a “mustn’t miss” evening of Doris Day’s swinging hits, toe-tapping classics and luscious ballads. Hop on the “Deadwood Stage” as Adi takes you down Doris Day memory lane.
Adi Braun’s sophisticated style and subtle delivery evokes such vocal greats as Sarah Vaughan, Lotte Lenya, Judy Garland and Rosemary Clooney. Elizabeth Ahlfors of New York’s Cabaret Scenes describes Adi as, “A tad Dinah Washington, a hint of Lena Horne, the enveloping warmth of Doris Day, all gift-wrapped up in a unique sound that is singular Adi Braun!” Adi’s repertoire ranges from the Great American Songbook, to European cabaret, to contemporary songs by Canada legend’s Shirley Eikhard and Gordon Lightfoot as well as her own originals. Whether she is singing in English, French, Spanish or German, Adi Braun is “a power-frau who gives jazz standards a unique touch, telling stories that are miniature life moments” (Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf, Germany).
Born in Toronto, Adi Braun grew up in Europe surrounded by music and musicians. Her parents were opera singers, and her father, Victor Braun, was one of Canada’s leading baritones. Her first instrument was piano, which she began studying at the age of six. With no formal voice lessons, she made her first pop/jazz recording at age 19. Following family tradition, Adi trained classically at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. She began her singing career as a classical recitalist, a soloist with orchestra and on-stage in operas and operettas alongside her brother, baritone Russell Braun. In addition to her many musical roles, Adi teaches German art song at the Royal Conservatory of Music and is a German diction coach for the Canadian Opera Company.
Adi started “singing sideways” in the late ‘90s and returned to the music she loves – which she calls “cabarazz” – drawing on aspects from both cabaret and jazz. After winning a local competition in 2001, she was catapulted to centre-stage as one of Canada’s leading jazz vocalists. In 2007, Adi was nominated as Best Major Jazz Vocalist of the Year by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC).

Emilie-Claire Barlow at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Emilie-Claire Barlow — at 42 her youthful energy and appearance bely a 20 year career at the highest levels of jazz recording and performance.
Recording her first album at the age of 22, Emilie-Claire now has 12 albums to her credit, many of which have been honoured with award nomination including wins of Adisq and Juno Awards. Never one to rest on past accomplishments Ms. Barlow continues to grow as an artist and numerous tours across the globe have honed her stage presence and voice to a peak of control and expression — wowing audiences with a combination of vocal prowess and a relaxed energy.
Emilie-Claire has spent the last 20 years in search of her “perfect band” and her current line up is a stunning selection of Canada’s finest musicians. Each one of them is an artist in their own right making virtuosity look easy night after night. Additionally Ms. Barlow has discovered a Montreal based string quartet that will embellish Emilie-Claire’s beautiful arrangements their luscious sound on select engagements.
“Emilie-Claire Barlow: 20 Year Retrospective Tour” brings to the stage a tour-de-force performance of songs spanning the entire career of a major talent at her peak.
Featuring a few forgotten gems and her most popular hits, Ms. Barlow will captivate her audience through the songs and stories behind her recordings, music and life.

Diana Ross at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-24 20:00 - 23:00 | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East, Toronto, Canada
Diana Ross defines icon. A remarkable career spanning over 50 years, Ms Ross is an international treasure. She is consider the most successful recording artist and entertainer of all time. President Obama said “she exudes glamour & grace, her influence is inescapable” as he presented her with a Medal of Freedom Award, the most prestigious award given to a U.S. citizen.
Beyond the fabled journey and legendary successes, Diana Ross considers her greatest accomplishment to be that of raising her five children. Seeing them flourish and becoming successful adults in each of their chosen fields, she remains the nucleus of a solid family that has expanded and gifted her five beautiful grandchild.
The dream began as a young girl on the North End section of Detroit. In a city that she would help to create a cultural movement of racial integration and popular music call, Motown (a portmanteau of Motor and Town). Her journey has inspired and empowered countless, celebrities, musicians, artists and young dreamers. A youthful Oprah Winfrey has said that Ms Ross “represented hope
for me, she was my role model, magical to me.”
As the dream became a legacy, her influence touched music, fashion, stage, film and TV.
Ross’ international achievements were acknowledged by the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC (2007). The honor celebrated her lustrous career of excellence in music, film, television and theatre, as well as her cultural influences, humanitarian work and her contributions to American culture. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences celebrated her remarkable
career with its highest honor, The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
Her portrayal of Billie Holliday in the classic film, “Lady Sings the Blues” resulted in an Oscar nomination and a trophy at the The Golden Globe Awards. Co-starring as an aspiring designer in the 1975 romantic comedy, Mahogany, Ross felt the role lent the perfect opportunity to personally sketch and design all the fashion in the timeless film.
As a stage actress, she won Broadway’s top honor with a Tony Award for her one-woman show, “An Evening with Diana Ross.” The same show was later broadcast as a special on television. From her landmark solo career to the early days as the leader of The Supremes Diana Ross shaped the sound of popular music, changing the landscape and paving way to contemporary music.
Her voice, described as “honey with soulful sensibility,” produced 14 Top ten albums, 18 #1 songs and music sales exceeding 100 millions units around the world. The latest in a string of #1s includes a new remix of the 1971 classic, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough 2017” which topped the Billboard Dance Club Chart this year.
In 2017, the American Music Awards presented Ms Ross with the Lifetime Acheivement Award. In1993, she earned a Guinness World Record for her success in the United States and United Kingdom by having more hits than any other female artist on the charts with a career total of 70 hit singles. Career milestones include induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Hero Award, NAACP Entertainer Award, Billboard’s Female Entertainer of the Century Award, The Soul Train Legend Award, two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will received the American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2017. And Ross is also one of the few celebrities to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On July 21, 1983, Diana Ross drew a crowd of over 800,000 people to New York’s Central Park, one of the biggest audiences in history for a live concert. Soon after the show began, pouring rain and heavy wind threatened to put an end to the show, but she pushed on for much of the set, urging the drenched crowd to remain calm and stay with her. Eventually the storm put an end to the performance, but not before she promised her fans that she would return the next day. True to her word, she performed the entire concert again on July 22nd for the people of New York City.
Her love for life, her never-ending wonder, her appreciation of goals and achievements and her sheer human spirit define the icon that is Diana Ross.

"IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN: THE SONGS OF HAROLD ARLEN"
2019-06-24 12:00 - 13:00 | The Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto-based jazz songstress, Ilana Waldston has been delighting audiences with her swinging jazz standards and off-beat comedic cabaret numbers for years. Her dazzling CD, I Could Laugh Out Loud, has received many accolades and has made her a sought-after performer. She will perform a musical tribute to Harold Arlen, including classics such as Come Rain or Come Shine and some comedic numbers including Lydia the Tatooed Lady from the Marx Brothers’ At the Circus.

jazz.fm91 Youth Big Band: Songs of Sinatra with Adam James
2019-06-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada
The jazz.fm91 Youth Big Band presents Songs of Sinatra with Adam James.
Join us as we celebrate summer solstice with the sounds of Sinatra in big-band style. Plus stories from Adam’s musical journeys living in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal and his home in Ontario.
This is a fundraising event in support of scholarships to IMC Music Camp, which Adam attended as a kid.
Doors at 7 pm
$20 in advance, $30 at the door

CHARLIE DAVIDSON Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
“Refined tone, luxurious timbre and superb technique”
Wind down Pride Weekend in style with singer-actor Charlie Davidson & guests. Melodies old and new from Broadway, the West End and beyond, with tributes to Noel Coward, Maury Yeston and the late Michel Legrand (including ‘Papa, Can You Hear Me?”), a melancholy French ballad (or two), and some special Pride surprises! With pianist James Quigley, Jesse Corrigan, accordion, and Brynne Bonne.
Equally at home on stage as in the concert hall, Charles Davidson trained foremost at the Guildford School of Acting in England. Noted for his versatility, Charles has appeared as a soloist with leading Canadian ensembles and orchestras, receiving two Juno nominations, while exploring repertoire from a diversity of genres.
Engagements this season include: Mozart Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and the roles of Curly in Oklahoma! and Sky in MAMMA MIA! Stage highlights include the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical, Catch Me If You Can, and The Secret Garden.

Steven Taetz Ensemble at Rochester Intl. Jazz Festival
2019-06-23 18:00 - 23:00 | Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza, Rochester, NY, United States
Tickets:
https://red.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=77d6ef277423b4472f158f5a078818ae
Event info:
https://www.rochesterjazz.com/artists?artist_id=661
Showtimes:
Sat, Jun 22 – 6:15 PM
Max of Eastman Place
$30 at the door or Club Pass
Sat, Jun 22 – 10:00 PM
Max of Eastman Place
$30 at the door or Club Pass
Sun, Jun 23 – 6:00 PM
Montage Music Hall
$30 at the door or Club Pass
Sun, Jun 23 – 10:00 PM
Montage Music Hall
$30 at the door or Club Pass

Vintage pop, swing, and jazz singer and composer/lyricist Steven Taetz is based in Toronto. He has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Bitter End and Rockwood Music Hall (NY), The Rogers Centre (Toronto), Blue Room (Korea), Capital Pride (Wash DC), Hotel Café (LA), World Pride, House of Jazz (Montreal), Ironwood (Calgary), and Toronto landmark venues including Jazz Bistro, The Rex Jazz & Blues Bar, Hugh’s Room, Koerner Hall Galleria for Sinatra’s 100th, and leading music festivals.
As a lyricist and composer, Steven Taetz has written for many internationally renowned artists, attracting the attention of Big Management NYC, and resulted in a co-publishing deal through Universal (Europe) and Shapiro Bernstein (US). Leading a cross-Canadian collaborative project, he co-wrote a concept album with JUNO-award-winners from each province of Canada. Taetz’s material has charted for radio play and sales.
Since 2014, Steven returned to his training and early performance roots, focusing on the American Songbook and jazz standards, writing and recording traditional-pop, and swing originals. He has collaborated with leaders in Canadian jazz, including Barbra Lica, Michael Occhipinti, Drew Jurecka, Dawn Tyler Watson, George Koller, Ernesto Cervini, Wendy Lands, Taurey Butler, Dave Restivo, Ross MacIntyre, June Garber, Sonia Johnson, Micah Barnes, Tia Brazda, Nathan Hiltz, Melissa Lauren, Marc Rogers, Whitney Ross-Barris, and many more.

JOHN ALCORN Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-22 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
he Toronto Star calls him “one of our finest interpreters of the ‘great American songbook,’ an artist who always knows how to walk the fine line between respecting the material and offering an original interpretation.”
John Alcorn is one of Canada’s premiere jazz vocalists, delivering his distinctive renditions of jazz standards on the most prestigious bandstands and concert stages across Canada. His list of citations and acknowledgements in music and theatre includes both Jazz Report (Male Vocalist of the Year) and Dora (Outstanding Music) awards.
His latest recording, Flying Without Wings (2016), features an all-star Canadian trio – Reg Schwager (guitar), Mark Eisenman (piano) and Steve Wallace (bass) – along with New York great, Warren Vaché (cornet).
Previous releases include Quiet Night, his first CD of jazz standards, in 2003. It garnered virtually unanimous praise from critics and fans — and introduced John to an international audience, receiving radio airplay in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, India, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Belarus, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Wales — as well as Canada and the USA.
As composer, lyricist, musical director and arranger, Alcorn has made significant contributions to numerous theatrical productions. The Daisy Theatre, currently touring internationally, for which he composed and recorded the full score (“John Alcorn’s sometimes spare, sometimes lush sound design, is gorgeous.” – straight.com), is one of several collaborations with renowned theatre artist Ronnie Burkett.
While the public knows him best as a singer and composer, Alcorn also has a passion for producing.
The East Coast Music Awards (2001) acknowledged his very first production project (The Second Time Around, Diane Alcorn – his mother!) with a Jazz Album of the Year nomination. Alcorn produced his own CD, Quiet Night, for which he received a 2004 National Jazz Awards nomination.

Amanda Martinez CD release Libre
2019-06-22 20:00 - 23:00 | Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1K7, Canada
Amanda Martinez launches her brand new album Libre, with special guests including Donne Roberts.
Canadian singer/songwriter Amanda Martinez was born to a South African mother and a Mexican father; her music blends the spirit of these cultures with a swirl of Latin soul. Her upcoming album, Libre, (2019) means “free,” and celebrates her eclectic roots and inspiration. The collection features guest artists and includes African, Latino, and pop influences, expressing her desire that her music remain free, unconfined to genre.
Amanda has been recognized with nominations as Latin Jazz Artist of the Year (National Jazz Awards) and won Best World Music artist (Toronto Independent Music Awards). She’s traveled the world with her music headlining the Blue Note jazz club, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games in Mexico and Canada. Amanda has also had guest roles on radio, film and television including Suits, NBC’s Designated Survivor and CBC’s Kim’s Convenience.
Ms. Martinez is a musical ambassador for SOS Children’s Villages Canada and was awarded Top 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians by the Minister of National Revenue. Her passion is empowering Artist Entrepreneurs through her workshop series The Artist Office.
Amanda is a member of the Music Canada Advisory Board and lives in Toronto with her bassist husband and 3 children. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario and an International Masters in Business from York University’s Schulich School of Business.

Michael Occhipinti and Shine On at The Jazz Room
2019-06-22 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada
Presented by the Grand River Jazz Society.
Sponsored by Diva International.
Doors open at 7:00 P.M. Come for dinner; stay for music!
Show starts at 8:30 P.M. Ends at 11:30 P.M.
Cover Charge: $25.00 / person. (Free to annual pass holders.)
Visit www.kwjazzroom.com and click on the desired concert’s listing to get additional information and to purchase advance tickets.

Steven Taetz Ensemble at Rochester Intnl. Jazz Festival
2019-06-22 18:00 - 23:00 | Max of Eastman, 387 East Main St, Rochester, NY, United States

JUNE GARBER AND STU MAC Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-21 21:00 - 23:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
STU MAC is a dynamic performer whose charisma and charm delight audiences at every turn. His smooth tone and signature phrasing create a sound that you won’t soon forget.
With a vocal style reminiscent of Sinatra, Tormé or Baker, Stu Mac brings to life the phrasing and tone with which the ‘Great American Songbook’ was meant to be sung. Stu is a dynamic performer who continues to play a variety of venues throughout Toronto and southern Ontario.
After receiving the ‘jazz vocalist of the year’ award while attending Humber College in 1998, Stu went on to record and release his debut album ‘In a moment’ in 2000. He has studied with jazz notables, such as Raneé Lee, and performed with a number of Canada’s jazz luminaries, including his Humber contemporary, Laila Biali. Stu is set to release his latest project ‘Out of the Blue’ this summer and is excited to bring his band and new material to the Niagara Jazz Festival.
JUNE GARBER is one of Canada’s most accomplished jazz vocalists. Her luscious, masterful interpretive skills and on-stage personality capture audiences and draw them in, enveloped by her warmth and sheer joy at being on stage. Every song that she chooses to sing connects to a base truth within – so there is never any artifice. Her voice reflects each emotional shift that the writer intended, whether swinging with an up-tempo jazz song or telling a story with a soulful ballad. The stagecraft she learned in her earlier career as an actor is still evident in her singing performances today.
“Of course that’s the miracle of June Garber; her instinct for capturing and delivering the details of a story and the nuances of emotions – the combination of sensuous luxury, effortless precision, characterful interpretation and the warmth of empathy.” – Raul DaGama
June has toured and performed as a singer in major venues across Canada and the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean, Mexico, South Africa, and Australia. She has performed at jazz festivals throughout North America and with big bands in Toronto and Sarasota, Florida. Her latest album This I Knowweaves a tapestry of emotions – love, joy, pain, sadness – presented in some wonderful jazz songs that are not often recorded. It continues to receive to receive rave reviews and extensive airplay around the world.

JazzBuffalo Presents Steven Taetz Ensemble (Pausa Art House)
2019-06-21 20:00 - 23:00 | Pausa Art House, 19 Wadsworth St, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
​​​Concert at 8:00 pm​​
Admission: $10
NO RESERVATIONS – seats are first come first serve
Tickets via Eventbright: https://www.facebook.com/events/258511045096523/
Vintage pop, swing, and jazz singer and composer/lyricist Steven Taetz is based in Toronto. He has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Bitter End and Rockwood Music Hall (NY), The Rogers Centre (Toronto), Blue Room (Korea), Capital Pride (Wash DC), Hotel Café (LA), World Pride, House of Jazz (Montreal), Ironwood (Calgary), and Toronto landmark venues including Jazz Bistro, The Rex Jazz & Blues Bar, Hugh’s Room, Koerner Hall Galleria for Sinatra’s 100th, and leading music festivals.
As a lyricist and composer, Steven Taetz has written for many internationally renowned artists, attracting the attention of Big Management NYC, and resulted in a co-publishing deal through Universal (Europe) and Shapiro Bernstein (US). Leading a cross-Canadian collaborative project, he co-wrote a concept album with JUNO-award-winners from each province of Canada. Taetz’s material has charted for radio play and sales.
Since 2014, Steven returned to his training and early performance roots, focusing on the American Songbook and jazz standards, writing and recording traditional-pop, and swing originals. He has collaborated with leaders in Canadian jazz, including Barbra Lica, Michael Occhipinti, Drew Jurecka, Dawn Tyler Watson, George Koller, Ernesto Cervini, Wendy Lands, Taurey Butler, Dave Restivo, Ross MacIntyre, June Garber, Sonia Johnson, Micah Barnes, Tia Brazda, Nathan Hiltz, Melissa Lauren, Marc Rogers, Whitney Ross-Barris, and many more.

Joe Huron Quartet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-21 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada
Presented by the Grand River Jazz Society.
Doors open at 7:00 P.M. Come for dinner; stay for music!
Show starts at 8:30 P.M. Ends at 11:30 P.M.
Cover Charge: $20.00 / person. (Free to annual pass holders.)
Visit www.kwjazzroom.com and click on the desired concert’s listing to get additional information and to purchase advance tickets.

ArtsFest
2019-06-21 - 2019-06-24 | Westdale Village, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Now in its fourth amazing year, don’t miss Hamilton’s ARTSFEST — a celebration of the arts in all its forms.
For the past three years hosted in historic Waterdown, Ont., the festival has grown to become an event drawing visitors from across the GTA and upstate New York, with over 40,000 attending in 2018.
Free concerts, fine food, artisan vendors, the family zone, films, dance and theatrical performers. At ArtsFest there is something for everyone who appreciates arts and culture.
ArtsFest – The Festival…refined!

CHARLOTTE MOORE SINGS ALL SONDHEIM Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-20 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Nominated for Broadway World’s Best Cabaret Performance of 2018, The spectacular Charlotte Moore brings her jam-packed “All Sondheim” Show to the Jazz Bistro for one night only with legendary accompanist John Hughes once again at the keys.
Charlotte Moore has been an Icon of Canadian Musical Theatre for exactly forty years, and has recently returned to her first love – Cabaret.
She is a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner (also known at her house as a “Granny”), and has worked across the country in such roles as Mama Rose in “Gypsy”, Fantine in “Les Miserables”, Marilla Cuthbert in “Anne of Green Gables”, and most recently Fraulein Schneider in the thrice extended hit production of “Cabaret” at the Grand Theatre in London.
In fact she spent a season in Robin Phillips’ Grand Theatre Company, and three wonderful seasons at the Shaw Festival, culminating in the unforgettable Jackie Maxwell production of Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along”.
She has several recordings to her credit, including the cast album for “Stan Rogers – A Matter of Heart”, and her two solo CD’s – “Friends of Mine – Songs From Canadian Musicals” and the recent “Long Road Back” (all original material), both available on itunes.

Blues and Brews with Danny Marks
2019-06-20 18:00 - 23:00 | jazz.fm91, 4 Pardee Avenue, Suite 100, Toronto, Canada
UPDATE: This event is now AT CAPACITY. Thank you to everyone who made donations. See you there!
BLUZ.FM host Danny Marks invites you to join him for a bluesy tour of some of Toronto’s coolest craft breweries on Thursday, June 20.
Led by the brew captains at Toronto Brewery Tours, you’ll go behind the scenes at three of Toronto’s best craft breweries to taste, explore and experience what goes into making delicious craft beer. Marks and his travelling blues band will keep you entertained the whole way, playing a mini-concert at each stop.
Recently, Toronto’s craft beer industry has undergone a renaissance, with more than 25 newly opened craft breweries in the last three years alone. With lagers, pilsners, stouts, ales and everything in between, there’s a huge variety of styles and flavours waiting to be experienced.

Our tour will stop at Great Lakes Brewery, Black Oak Brewing Co. and Henderson Brewing Company, where you’ll get to know the art and science of making craft beer. It includes an official tasting lesson, 20-ounce samples at each brewery and a souvenir beer glass and bottle opener.
Beer and the blues — what’s not to love?
Thursday, June 20 at 6 pm
Our thank-you gift for your donation of $250 for one person or $500 for a pair. A full tax receipt will be issued in February, 2020.
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MAUREEN KENNEDY: ANDRE PREVIN – THE SONGS HE WROTE, SONGS HE PLAYED Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-19 20:00 - 22:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
For Jazz Bistro’s cabaret series vocalist Maureen Kennedy will be paying tribute to the music and Jazz talents of the late musician and composer André Previn. It will be an evening of songs he wrote and standards he recorded with his jazz trio. Accompanying Maureen will be talented Toronto players Ben Bishop (guitar), Jeff McLeod (piano) and Jon Meyer (bass.)

Three Whiteleys: Ken, Chris and Jesse
2019-06-18 20:00 - 22:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Brothers Chris and Ken Whiteley have spent years becoming well versed in a multitude of musical styles by drawing inspiration from many wells. Whether playing blues, swing, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, jug band or folk, the brothers do it with finesse, respect and intimate knowledge. These qualities have served them very, very well.
Chris and Ken’s list of musical accomplishments thus far reads like a list of dream goals talented musicians would set for their entire careers. Since the sixties, The Whiteley Brothers, together and individually, have been in demand as performers, multi-instrumentalist session players, songwriters and producers. With over 150 recordings between them, eight Juno nominations, Blues Album of the Year Award, multiple Lifetime Achievement Awards, and countless festival appearances, the two have explored their musical creativity to great critical and popular success. Among many others, they’ve worked with John Hammond Jr., Leon Redbone, Blind John Davis, Guy Davis, The Campbell Brothers, and were the first Canadian act invited to perform at the prestigious Chicago Blues Festival. And throughout, the brothers have continued to create their own blues inspired music.
Toronto native Jesse Whiteley is a young and passionate multi-talented pianist/keyboardist, singer, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He comes from a third generation of one of Canada’s most renowned musical families, the Whiteley family. Throughout his diverse musical life, Jesse has performed the gamut of musical genres from blues, jazz, swing, boogie woogie, rhythm and blues, to roots, and country. Jesse began working professionally at age 17 with the Toronto All-Star Big Band. Throughout his years with the Big Band, he has worked as both a pianist and conductor and has been a featured performer with such luminaries from the blues and jazz world as Clark Terry, Jackie Richardson, Oliver Jones, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, and Doc Severinsen. From 2014 to 2017, Jesse toured and recorded as a member of The 24th Street Wailers, playing across Canada and The United States. He has also recorded and toured throughout Canada, The United States, and Europe with Ottawa’s JW-Jones. He has appeared on recordings with legendary blues musicians Curley Bridges, Little Charlie Baty, Charlie Musselwhite, dad, Chris Whiteley and uncle, Ken Whiteley.

Father's Day Dinner - Steven Taetz Ensemble @ Cliff Bell's (Detroit)
2019-06-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Cliff Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave, Detroit, MI, United States
Father’s Day Dinner featuring Steven Taetz Ensemble
Cliff Bells – Sunday, June 16 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Reservations via https://www.cliffbells.com/reservations/
“As sophisticated as Cole Porter, as sly as Blossom Dearie.” – JazzTimes
Celebrate Father’s Day with vintage pop, swing, and jazz singer and composer/lyricist Steven Taetz from Toronto. He will be singing hits made popular by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and his own new standards that have been praised by JazzTimes. Taetz is joined by talented bassist David Maclean, and local legends Scott Gwinnell on piano and Dave Zwolinski on drums.
Steven Taetz has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Bitter End and Rockwood Music Hall (NY), The Rogers Centre (Toronto), Hotel Café (LA), House of Jazz (Montreal), and will be featured at Rochester International Jazz Festival and Toronto International Jazz Festival shortly after this debut at Cliff Bells.

“GOIN’ DOWN SLOW. DOWNTOWN” BARRY CALLAGHAN, TABORAH JOHNSON, JOE SEALY Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-16 19:00 - 21:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
oin us at Jazz Bistro for an exciting original Barry Callaghan “work in progress” performed by Barry Callaghan, Taborah Johnson and Joe Sealy.
BARRY CALLAGHAN, the well-known novelist, poet, and man of letters, is included in every major Canadian anthology, and his fiction and poetry have been translated into seven languages. His works include The Hogg Poems and Drawings, Hogg: The Seven Last Words, The Black Queen Stories, The Way The Angel Spreads Her Wings, When Things Get Worst, A Kiss Is Still A Kiss, Barrelhouse Kings, Between Trains, Beside Still Waters, All The Lonely People: Collected Stories and Raise You On The River: Essays and Encounters. Callaghan’s non-fiction, his essay and encounters, have appeared in three volumed, Raise You Five, Raise You Ten, and Raise You On The River. He has published translations of French, Serbian, and Latvian poetry, and has been writer-in-residence at the universities of Rome, Venice, Bologna, and Mexico City.
Callaghan has been awarded the Foundation For The Advancement of Canadian Letters award for fiction, the City of Toronto Award, seven National Magazine Awards, two President’s Medal Awards for Excellence (NMA), the ACTRA Award for television host of the year, the Pushcart, White, and Lowell Thomas Awards in the U.S., and the inaugural W. O. Mitchell Award for a body of work. Callaghan has also been awarded honorary doctorates by the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Guelph and has recently been inducted into the Order of Canada.
TABORAH JOHNSON
From stages home and abroad to screens large and small Taborah Johnson (also known as Tabby) has been a part of the cultural fibre of Toronto for decades. Be it funking it up with Rick James, dancing the two step with Gene Kelly, or acting alongside Kim Basinger and Michael Douglas, Tabby has enjoyed a rich and fruitful life. A proud working single mom, her journey has taken her ship-bound through the Caribbean Sea to working with special needs students in Bermuda sharing the gift of collaboration. She is the proud holder of an American Music Award, a Gemini nomination, a Dora Mavor Moore nominee, New York Cabaret Award nominee and a NYC Childrens’ Television Award winner.
JOE SEALY
Joe Sealy has enjoyed a highly successful career as a musician, composer, recording artist and radio broadcaster. His 1997 Juno Award winning Africville Suite inspired Ron Foley MacDonald of The Halifax Daily News to write; “This may be the most important jazz album released in Canada this year”. Joe has presented “The Africville Suite” in concert venues and at music festivals across Canada as well as Denmark, Norway and the USA. As a pianist, he has toured with “Blood Sweat and Tears” and performed with such artists as Joe Williams, Milt Jackson, Veronica Tennant, and Timothy Findlay. As well, Joe and his longtime music partner Paul Novotny have created a unique sounding jazz duo. Together they have released four CD’s, achieved two Juno nominations and shared the concert stage in Montreal & Toronto jazz festivals with Michel Petruciani, Brad Mehldau / Charlie Haden, Red Mitchell / Herb Ellis and the Bobo Stenson Trio.
Besides being president of Triplet Records Inc., Joe has hosted his own weekly radio show “Joe Sealy’s Duets” on jazz.fm 91. Most recently, Joe acted as producer, arranger and pianist on a CD entitled “Mostly About You” featuring vocalist Colin Hunter.

COLIN HUNTER AND THE JOE SEALY QUARTET Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-15 20:30 - 23:00, 2019-06-14 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
While some people spend their whole lives dreaming of becoming a star, others make it happen in addition to enjoying meaningful careers. This is Colin Hunter‘s story: a singer who soared to extraordinary heights in his business career and now shines brightly in the entertainment industry.
Colin Hunter is the Chairman and founder of Sunwing Travel Group. In 2005, to commemorate the launch of Sunwing Airlines, he recorded his first Big Band CD “Come Fly with me”. Since then he has recorded 12 CD’s: Six with Big Band leaders Anthony Terpstra in Ontario and Roland Martel in Quebec City, and six with the Joe Sealy Quartet in Toronto. Colin performs regularly in Ontario and Quebec and at Jazz Festivals in Montreal, Quebec City, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Dubai. In addition his schedule includes regular gigs at his own Jazz Bistro, in Toronto.
An Officer of the Order of Canada, JUNO-award winning artist Joe Sealy has enjoyed a highly successful career as a musician, composer, recording artist and radio broadcaster. His 1997 Juno Award winning Africville Suite inspired Ron Foley MacDonald of The Halifax Daily News to write; “This may be the most important jazz album released in Canada this year”. Joe has presented “The Africville Suite” in concert venues and at music festivals across Canada as well as Denmark, Norway and the USA. As a pianist, he has toured with “Blood Sweat and Tears” and performed with such artists as Joe Williams, Milt Jackson, Veronica Tennant, and Timothy Findlay.

Dave Young Quintet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-15 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada
Presented by the Grand River Jazz Society.
Doors open at 7:00 P.M. Come for dinner; stay for music!
Show starts at 8:30 P.M. Ends at 11:30 P.M.
Cover Charge: $25.00 / person. (Free to annual pass holders.)
Visit www.kwjazzroom.com and click on the desired concert’s listing to get additional information and to purchase advance tickets.

Steven Taetz Ensemble at TD Union Summer Festival (Union Station)
2019-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Union Station, 65 Front Street West, Toronto, Canada
Steven Taetz Ensemble returns to Union Station for their free summer-long music festival, Union Summer. Outdoor free entertainment, amazing food paired with music.
More details at
www.steventaetz.com and
https://torontounion.ca/tdunionsummer/
