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Jive Bombers @ Rex Jazz Bar
2019-06-13 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Thursday is the new Friday! Start the weekend early with Toronto’s One and Only Jive Bombers, as they once again romp through a wide range of Jazz, Blues, and Jive classics.
featuring Bob Brough, Alex Dean, John Johnson – Saxes; Brigham Phillips – Trumpet; John Karpenko – Valve-Trombone; Gordon Sheard – Piano; Al Hendeson – Bass; and Curt Smith Drums and Vocalist – Johnny Max

DENIELLE BASSELS QUARTET Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-12 20:00 - 22:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
“There are few singers-songwriters in North America as original and refreshing as Denielle Bassels. A star on the rise!” – Jaymz Bee, jazz.fm 91.1
Indie-Swing chanteuse Denielle Bassels hails from Toronto ON. Her original music whimsically weaves a caravan of influences from her childhood and travels abroad from folk and blues, to Parisian jazz manouche and swing. In 2017 Denielle released her much anticipated album What About Wool Wishbags which has been described as “Ella Fitzgerald sipping tea on a rollercoaster with the Mad Hatter”. Denielle’s voice is as pure and rich as her performance style. She will immerse you in her tales.

JESSICA LALONDE Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-11 20:00 - 23:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Jessica Lalonde has spent her life exploring music in all its shades and facets. Raised on Country and Rock & Roll, she fell for jazz during her formative years. Lalonde began singing around her hometown of Midland in small jazz duos and trios, and for her local Big Band. Eventually the clarity and strength of her voice led her into serious vocal study and she obtained an Honours Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University. She excelled in her studies, winning a performance scholarship, several prestigious concerto competitions, and holding the title roles in the University’s opera productions. A very pivotal moment for Lalonde was when she discovered Billie Holiday. “I literally became obsessed with her and then my musical voyage emerged from there,” she says. She also immersed herself in the music of other dynamic female artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, Helen Forrest and Nina Simone.
After graduating she recorded a solo album of jazz and big band hits produced by jazz veteran Bill King. The album Spinning Daydreams, features some of Canada’s finest and most sought after musicians including Kevin Breit (Norah Jones, kd lang, Cassandra Wilson), Davide DiRenzo (Jacksoul, Sophie Milman, Tomi Swick), Duncan Hopkins (Diana Krall, Mark Murphy, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass) and Ann Lindsay (Blue Rodeo, Dionne Warwick, The Chieftans).
Following the production and touring of this project, Lalonde continued to explore and hone her instrument by delving into Bel canto singing under the guidance of Metropolitan soprano Aprile Millo, and in 2015 she had the privilege of performing in Italy alongside Ms. Millo for a series of concerts benefitting the Museo and Comittato Renata Tebaldi, the Amici delle case di Puccini, and Villa Verdi. While there, she was also honoured to work with legendary Conductor Maestro Richard Bonynge.

SIMONE MORRIS “BIRTHDAY” TRIO Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
SIMONE MORRIS “BIRTHDAY” TRIO: featuring Adrean Farrugia (piano) and Mike Freedman (guitar)
After 10 years playing the jazz circuit, vocalist Simone Morris opted to dig deeper into writing with her long-time guitarist Mike Freedman. Her all-original album “Settling Up” (featuring Canadian treasures Adrean Farrugia on piano, William Sperandei on trumpet and Bill McBirnie on flute) was released November 2018, debuting at #1 on the iTunes Canada Jazz Chart. Since its release it has received extensive airplay, accolades, and in-depth interviews and reviews.
Simone’s innate musicality was evident at an early age beginning in classical piano at age 6. Realizing young that music was an outlet for expression of emotion, it became an integral part of who she was as a person. Mature interpretive and technical abilities caught the attention of her teachers and she was deemed an outstanding natural talent. With an array of performance and musical direction experience under her belt from youth, she went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music from York University, studying contemporary improvisation with Casey Sokol. She discovered her voice as a member of, and soloist in, the University’s Jazz Choir (“Wibijazz’n’”), under the direction of Andrew Craig. For Simone, the sheer joy of singing was so profound that she re-focussed and began a lifelong path as a vocalist.
Known for soulful takes on life and love, she draws on the early influence of Ray Charles, Etta James, Aretha Franklin & Joni Mitchell, alongside her favourite women in jazz – Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone. Yet she has carved her own way on the jazz scene with a unique timbre, a natural sultry allure, and an honest raw connection to music evident in her every note. She treats her audience to a refreshingly ‘dig-deep’ kind of conversation, all the while serenading the room in her velvety sweet-vibes.

STEPHANIE TRICK AND PAOLO ALDERIGHI Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-08 21:00 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Stephanie Trick “has come to practically dominate the stride piano field,” notes reviewer Jack Rummel. Harlem stride piano, which developed in the 1920s and ’30s, is an orchestral style of two-handed piano playing that not only swings, but is also technically demanding and exciting to watch. Louis Mazetier, a respected interpreter of this genre, writes in the Bulletin of the Hot Club of France that she has “won the esteem of specialists in the genre with wonderful interpretations of stride classics, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, and Don Lambert (which she learned by ear). She plays these pieces with a punch that is matched by her precise interpretation.”

Jive Bombers w/ Johnny Max @ Gravenhurst Opera House
2019-06-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Gravenhurst Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. South, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

One Word featuring Paul DeLong at The Jazz Room
2019-06-08 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.

STEPHANIE TRICK AND PAOLO ALDERIGHI At Jazz Bistro
2019-06-07 21:00 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada

Big Band Theory at The Jazz Room
2019-06-07 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada

Kellylee Evans at Henry of Pelham Winery
2019-06-06 19:00 - 21:30 | Henry of Pelham Winery, 1469 Pelham Rd., St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 6P7, Canada
Juno Award-winning vocalist Kellylee Evans is coming for an unforgettable performance at the Henry of Pelham Winery.
Voices in the Vines is presented by the TD Niagara Jazz Festival.

The LIVE LEARN JAZZ series was conceived by the TD Niagara Jazz Festival for those who are interested in learning more about jazz music in a fun atmosphere and picturesque Niagara setting. Pair your jazz with a glass of wine while you take in the music surrounded by the vines of the Henry of Pelham Estate.
This event generously sponsored by the TD Bank Group and the City of St. Catharines.

Jazz in Niagara – There’s nothing like it!

Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats @ Reservoir Lounge
2019-06-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Reservoir Lounge, 52 Wellington Street East, Toronto, Canada
Join Alex Pangman’s Alleycats quintet at their long time monthly home, The Reservoir Lounge. The venue has a definate speakeasy feeling to it, and Pangman fits in with her renditions of 1930s songs, along with her stellar Alleycats featuring John Macleod on cornet, Peter Hill Piano, Jacek Zorawski bass, and Glenn Anderson drums. 7-9pm, $7 Dinner reservations highly recommended to get seat with best stage views. (416) 955-0887

Live to Air with Bob DeAngelis
2019-06-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Long & McQuade Performance Hall, 4 Pardee Avenue, Toronto, Canada
This Juno Award-winning bandleader and instrumentalist has entertained for heads of state, including prime ministers, presidents and the British royal family. Now, he’ll be performing an evening of outstanding jazz just for you.
Bob DeAngelis and his band will play a 90-minute Live to Air concert of traditional Dixieland tunes on Thursday, June 6. It will be broadcast live to the world, but you could be one of the few people with the privilege of having a seat in the small crowd in the Long & McQuade Music Hall.
The lineup:

Bob DeAngelis – clarinet and tenor sax
John MacLeod – cornet
Phil Disera – guitar
Ron Johnston – bass
Don Vickery – drums

Internationally recognized for his woodwind playing prowess, DeAngelis’s diverse performing career includes appearances at international jazz festivals from Toronto to Montreux.
He was the featured soloist in the hit musical Fosse, where he recreated Benny Goodman’s legendary performance of Sing, Sing, Sing at Carnegie Hall. In January of 2008, his 50-piece Champagne Symphony staged a triumphant Carnegie Hall concert in New York when they performed his signature The Coronation of a King: A Tribute to Benny Goodman concert in the 70th anniversary celebration of Goodman’s famous 1938 concert. The 2004 launch of his symphonic tribute to Benny Goodman’s musical legacy with the Champagne Symphony Pops Orchestra conducted by John MacLeod introduced DeAngelis’s brilliant clarinet-playing to entirely new audiences. That program continues to fill halls and garner rave reviews wherever it is presented in North America.
Don’t miss this unique chance to see Bob DeAngelis perform live in the intimate setting of the jazz.fm91 studios.
Our thank-you gift for your donation of $200 for one seat or $400 for a pair. A full tax receipt will be issued in February, 2020.
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Jive Bombers @ Rex Jazz Bar
2019-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Rex Jazz Bar, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MATT HERSKOWITZ CD RELEASE: “MIRROR IMAGE”
2019-06-04 20:00 - 21:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Uniquely combining the superlative technique of a classical virtuoso with his prowess in jazz, world music and free improvisation, pianist, composer and arranger Matt Herskowitz has carved out a unique and personal voice in music. Over the course of the last decade, Matt has produced a series of critically-acclaimed recordings, premiered his works in settings from New York’s Central Park to Germany’s Köln Philharmonie, collaborated with top classical, jazz and pop artists, and has performed at music festivals across the globe.
Of his upcoming 2019 solo piano release Mirror Image Matt says: “I feel that this album finally brings together ‘my’ classical and jazz sides, both old and new, in a very organic way. Whether it’s through pieces such as Tribute to John Coates, the Ravel Concerto or Satie’s Gnossienne no. 1, it’s all one cohesive sound, one style coming from two worlds that seem opposed but are not; Classical and Jazz have cross- pollinated since the early 20th century, and their musical histories have reflected that mutual inspiration ever since.”

ADVOCATS BIG BAND AT THE DUKE LIVE!
2019-06-03 19:30 - 22:00 | Ontario
June is bustin’ out all over and the Advocats Big Band is focussed on all it has to offer (hopefully that will include warm weather…). Join us on Monday, June 3rd from 7:30 to 10:00 pm at The Duke Live (1225 Queen Street East at Leslie) for another instalment of our First-Monday-of-the-Month big band tradition. We have a wonderful lineup of musicians and great tunes planned for you!
The Duke Live has parking on-site and nearby, TTC convenience (the streetcar drops you at the front door!), wheelchair accessibility, and very tasty and reasonably priced food and drink. Avoid the rush – come early and enjoy your dinner before the show starts.
For reservations, call The Duke Live at 416-463-5302.
$10 cover (children under 12 free).

Live to Air with Barbra Lica
2019-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Long & McQuade Performance Hall, 4 Pardee Avenue, Toronto, Canada
UPDATE: This event is now AT CAPACITY. Thank you to everyone who made donations. See you there!
You know her and love her, and now you can join her for a very special Live to Air broadcast here at jazz.fm91.
Barbra Lica will grace the Long & McQuade Performance Hall for a full-hour performance on Monday, June 3.
After an incredible performance at JAZZ LIVES, we had to bring her back for more. With her unique approach as a vocalist and songwriter, you’ll see why she’s admired by audiences around the world.
A seasoned act on the Canadian and American club and festival circuits, Lica has performed everywhere from New York City’s legendary Birdland to Toronto’s prestigious Koerner Hall. She has headlined at festivals across the continent and has been ranked by the CBC as one of Canada’s top jazz singers.
She’ll serenade an intimate audience with a repertoire of songs that will likely include tunes from her Juno-nominated album I’m Still Learning and her latest record, You’re Fine. With a seamless blend of jazz, country and folk influences, You’re Fine is Lica’s most ambitious and personal offering to date.
Monday, June 3 from 7 to 8 pm
Our thank-you gift for your donation of $150 for one seat or $300 for a pair. A full tax receipt will be issued in February, 2020.
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Patricia O'Calahan / David Braid at The Jazz Room
2019-06-02 15:00 - 19:00 | 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 3:00 P.M.
Show starts at 4:00 P.M. Ends at 7:00 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.

Voyages Extraordinaires
2019-06-02 14:00 - 17:00 | Alliance Française de Toronto Theatre, 24 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2S7, Canada
What can transport you Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea or take you on a trip Around the World in 80 Days? The novels of Jules Verne and now, the music of the Spectrum composers.
With this concert, in partnership with the Alliance Française de Toronto, we pay tribute to one of France’s greatest literary figures and the Father of Science Fiction. Verne’s stories from “Voyages Extraordinaires” will inspire playful and wondrous new pieces performed by a hand-picked ensemble of Toronto’s finest jazz musicians.
The addition of Francophone actors, Florian Francois and Genevieve Fontaine, will bring this adventurous music to life.
Adults – $20, Children – $10

Qu’est-ce qui peut vous transporter vingt mille lieues sous les mers ou vous emmener en voyage autour du monde en quatre-vingts jours? Les romans de Jules Verne, bien sûr … et maintenant Spectrum Music. Les histoires de Verne des voyages extraordinaires inspireront les nouvelles pièces ludiques et fantaisistes écrites par les compositeurs de Spectrum.
L’acteur Florian François, avec Genevieve Fontaine, retourne à la scène de Spectrum après son début dans La Suite du Petit Prince en 2016. Florian collaborera avec les compositeurs de Spectrum et un groupe d’acteurs francophones pour représenter des scènes emblématiques et rendre hommage à l’écriture légendaire de Jules Verne.

Alex Pangman @ Senator winebar
2019-06-01 21:00 - 23:30 | Ontario
Join Alex Pangman vocals, Drew Jurecka, & Nathan Hiltz guitar at this cosy and intimate performance space and wine bar. Be transported to a 1930s Paris! $10 cover. Come for dinner, too!

After The Rain - The Etobicoke Centennial Choir
2019-06-01 19:30 - 22:00 | Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9A 3C1, Canada
Virtuoso Toronto guitarist Anton Apostolov and his Balkania Ensemble join Etobicoke Centennial Choir for an exciting collaborative performance of four of his innovative world music compositions.
After the Rain, Barefoot Dance, Guardian Angel and Mystic Mountain.
The choral arrangements were composed by Henry Renglich, Music Director of the Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Anton Apostolov composes original works for guitar and world music compositions that fuse elements of Bulgarian folk music, Flamenco, Latin music and jazz. His unique ability to combine the complex rhythmical structures of his native Bulgarian folk music with diverse jazz and global music influences makes for a unique and memorable musical experience.
The accomplished professional musicians of the Balkania Ensemble perform with instruments from various cultural traditions (Balkan, Iranian, Indian and Latin). The unique sound they create is beautiful and mesmerizing. The performance will incorporate a multimedia projection developed by Toronto fine artist Liam Jones. He and fellow artist Jacek Karlowski (a member of the band) will display original artwork
inspired by this music.
The choir will also perform Morton Lauridsen’s exquisite Les chansons des roses, a five-song cycle set to French poems by the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke , which contemplate the beauty of a rose. Lauridsen translates the poet’s words into radiant polyphonic music of great beauty, power
and spiritual depth. An enchanting selection of flower-themed songs by the choir and soloists will complete this colourful concert bouquet. Soprano Gabrielle Turgeon and alto Erin Ronningen will perform Leo Delibes’ Sous le dôme épais, the famous Flower Duet from Lakme. Baritone Lawrence Shirkie will
perform Les Roses by Gabriel Fauré. A vocal quartet will perform There is a Paradise on
Earth by Robert Pearsall.
Doors open at 6:00 pm for our Spring Marketplace, offering baked goods and artisan crafts.

Teri Parker Quartet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-01 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: $18.00 / 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.

David Tiviluk Quintet at The Jazz Room
2019-05-31 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada

The Art Tour Collective's Studio Tour
2019-05-31 - 2019-06-03 | Ontario
The ART TOUR COLLECTIVE celebrates its 22nd annual Studio Tour, May 31 to June 2. See the work of more than 40 artists at 32 sites in the High Park, Bloor West, Swansea and Junction neighbourhoods of Toronto’s west end. Hours are 6 to 9 pm on Friday, May 31, and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2. Admission is free.
Visit www.arttourcollective.com.

Arnold Faber's Gold Monster
2019-05-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Arnold Faber’s Gold Monster is back in the Jazz Bistro! Unleashing three young lions on our unsuspecting fans while jamming on compositions by Faber, Mingus, Parker, Spyra Gyra, Booker T, Stevie Wonder… and our takes on surf classics by The Beach Boys and Dick Dale. Great food in an intimate concert setting. Reservations recommended.

Live to Air with JV's Boogaloo Squad
2019-05-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Long & McQuade Performance Hall, 4 Pardee Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Known as Canada’s fun-loving, soul-searching jazz-organ trio with no two shows alike, they keep fans coming back to see them again and again.
JV’s Boogaloo Squad will play an exclusive Live to Air concert in the Long & McQuade Performance Hall on Thursday, May 30.
Led by keyboardist and composer Joel Visentin, JV’s Boogaloo Squad have worked their way up through the national club circuit, recently headlining at major jazz festivals including the TD Toronto International Jazz Festival in 2018. In the short time since its 2019 release, their debut album Going to Market has reached #6 on the U.S. campus jazz radio charts and #29 on JazzWeek’s U.S. commercial radio chart. jazz.fm91’s own Brad Barker called it a must-hear jazz album for 2019.
This group has a unique and soulful sound that is thrilling on impact and deeply evocative of a timeless musical nostalgia. With an extensive repertoire combining original music and soul hits, along with a palatable energy on stage, a show with JV’s Boogaloo Squad is guaranteed to have audiences dancing on their feet and calling out for more.
The lineup:

Joel Visentin – keyboard
Adam Beer-Colacino – guitar
Jeff Halischuk – drums
Kelly Jefferson – saxophone

Thursday, May 30 from 7 to 8 pm
Our thank-you gift for your donation of $125 for one seat or $250 for a pair. A full tax receipt will be issued in February, 2020.
Click here to donate

Saina Singer and George Koller + special guest Mark Mosca at The Jazz Room
2019-05-29 19:00 - 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 7:00 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.

Jazz At The Legion
2019-05-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Port Credit Legion (Branch 82), 35 Front Street North, Mississauga, Canada
We’re back again for our monthly gig at the Legion. This month we’re featuring Carolyn Dawe & Glenn Chipkar on vocals and a program of 30’s / 40’s tunes MADE FOR DANCING !

Kenny Garrett at Tralf Music Hall
2019-05-25 19:00 - 23:30 | Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Grammy-nominated Kenny Garrett is renowned as one of the greatest jazz saxophonists performing today. Throughout his career, Garrett has explored a vast spectrum of music. His muscular, melodic playing can be heard on the recordings by artists as definitive and diverse as jazz legends Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.
TWO SHOWS!
6pm Doors | 7pm Show
9pm Doors | 10pm Show
Reserved Seating Event
Tickets starting at $25

Manuel Valera Trio at The Jazz Room
2019-05-25 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada

Barbra Lica at The Jazz Room
2019-05-24 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.
