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Yamaha Canada Jazz Orchestra
2019-10-05 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Toronto) | University of Toronto Faculty of Music, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C5, Canada
Yamaha Canada Music presents the Yamaha Canada Jazz Orchestra featuring Bobby Shew.

Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building Faculty of Music, University of Toronto

Program highlights include:

Musical Director: Rick Wilkins
Saxes: John Johnson, Campbell Ryga (from Vancouver), Tara Davidson, Andy Ballantune, Shirantha Beddage
Trumpets: Jason Logue, Steve McDade, Brian O’Kane, Kevin Turcotte, Chase Sanborn
Trombones: Al Kay, Terry Promane, Mark Ferguson (from Ottawa), Christian Overton
French horns: Janet Anderson, Christine Passmore
Rhythm section: Reg Schwager (guitar), Brian Dickinson (piano), Neil Swainson (bass), Terry Clarke (drums)

Tickets are just $25.
Visit shew.yamahamusic.ca or call 416-408-0208.

Soundstreams presents Top Brass
2019-10-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Don’t miss Top Brass, a fanfare celebration to open the Soundstreams season, October 3 at 8 pm at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre!
Three virtuoso trumpeters together for the first time, complete with full string orchestra, performing works ranging in style from baroque to jazz to established new music and world premieres. Immerse yourself as the entire concert hall becomes our stage with spellbinding spatial and theatrical elements.
Performers include Canadian Jens Lindemann, Norway’s trumpet god Ole Edvard Antonsen, and familiar to jazz.fm91 listeners, Ingrid Jensen.
Top Brass – October 3rd at 8pm at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.
Tickets start at just $25 – Visit soundstreams.ca

The Jungle at Tarragon Theatre
2019-10-01 - 2019-11-04 | Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
She’s from Moldova, he’s the son of Chinese immigrants. She’s a factory worker by day and a waitress by night. He’s a cab driver. The Jungle, onstage at Tarragon Theatre from Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, is a typical Toronto love story, stolen in the moments between shifts. For tickets, visit tarragontheatre.com.

Jazz Sundays at the Vista: Jenna Marie Pinard Trio
2019-09-29 14:30 - 17:30 | Vista Eatery, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3B9, Canada
Presented by Ontario Place
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. The program will provide these musicians the opportunity to gain experience, develop their audiences, network with fellow musicians and industry professionals and perform in one of the few venues in the city that features live jazz music.
The program is co-curated and hosted by Robert Missen, who has had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian performing arts as artist manager, agent, producer and promoter. Robert has worked with some of Canada’s most notable performers and has a real passion and ability to nurture and showcase musical talent.
So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment!
Please visit the Vista Eatery page for more info, including location and regular hours of operations.
This Sunday: Jenna Marie Pinard Trio
At the vanguard of ‘The New Jazz Generation’ and freshly graduated from the University of Toronto’s prestigious jazz studies program, JENNA MARIE PINARD possesses a signature jazz and blues voice that hints at Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Aretha Franklin, but is distinctly her own. She is best known for her smooth-sounding jazz and rich R&B vocals, her wide vocal range, and passionate performances. She is quickly gaining reputation in Toronto as a uniquely warm spirit and engaging performer. Originally from Montreal, Jenna Marie now lives in Toronto and plays weekly all over the city. Jenna Marie will be releasing “Here, Now”, a duo album with Toronto guitarist and long-time collaborator Jay Yoo, in September 2019. The album consists of original music and arrangements by both Jay and Jenna. The album has been generously funded by the University of Toronto Faculty of Music Undergraduate Association. The young singer has been featured with the University of Toronto Hart House Big Band led by Ernesto Cervini, the 11 O’Clock Jazz Orchestra led by Jim Lewis featuring Tim Haggans, the Toronto Rhythm Initiative’s production of “A Jazz Night Out: The Music of Ella Fitzgerald” in Ottawa. Her compositions and arrangements have been performed multiple times by the University of Toronto Vocal Jazz Ensemble led by Christine Duncan. In March 2019, she performed at the Home Smith Bar at the Old Mill Toronto with international jazz superstars Chase Sanborn and Steve Wallace. Jenna Marie has played in respected venues all over Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa including the Home Smith Bar at the Old Mill Toronto, The Rex Hotel, The Canadian Stage, Relish Bar, the Great Hall, Tranzac Club, Lula Lounge and countless street festivals. She has also performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival with the BHS Big Band, Club Soda, Metropolis, Bar St-Denis, House of Jazz Montreal and at the Arts Court Theatre in Ottawa.

Jazz Sundays at the Vista: Anthony D’Alessandro Trio
2019-09-22 14:30 - 17:30 | Vista Eatery, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3B9, Canada
Presented by Ontario Place
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. The program will provide these musicians the opportunity to gain experience, develop their audiences, network with fellow musicians and industry professionals and perform in one of the few venues in the city that features live jazz music.
The program is co-curated and hosted by Robert Missen, who has had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian performing arts as artist manager, agent, producer and promoter. Robert has worked with some of Canada’s most notable performers and has a real passion and ability to nurture and showcase musical talent.
So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment!
Please visit the Vista Eatery page for more info, including location and regular hours of operations.
This Sunday: Anthony D’Alessandro Trio
The award-winning Anthony D’Alessandro Trio is a swinging piano trio featuring Nick Donovan on drums and Evan Gratham on bass. The Trio was assembled by pianist and bandleader Anthony D’Alessandro, as a means to pay homage to the rich tradition of the jazz piano trio, while simultaneously composing new and exciting music audiences of the modern generation can appreciate and enjoy. The Anthony D’Alessandro Trio has performed in many of Ontario’s finest venues and concert series including the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival, the Jazz Sudbury Festival, the Toronto Undergraduate Jazz Festival, the Old Mill Toronto’s Year ‘Round Jazz Festival, the Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, the Home Smith Bar, Heliconian Hall and Lula Lounge. Recent accolades for the Trio include winning first prize at the 2018 Jazz Sudbury Festival’s Emerging Artist Showcase, receiving the opportunity to open for legendary Canadian musicians Molly Johnson, Robi Botos, and Michael Kaeshammer on the Jazz Sudbury Festival’s main stage. In July 2018, the Toronto Summer Music Festival featured the Anthony D’Alessandro Trio in concert alongside the great jazz trumpeter Chase Sanborn. This Trio is heavily influenced by the level of polish, precision and hard-swinging approach of the legendary Oscar Peterson Trio. In addition to Peterson, this Trio has a wide variety of influences ranging from Ray Charles, Monty Alexander, and Cedar Walton, to Robi Botos, Larnell Lewis, and Christian McBride.

Blues Revival with Danny Marks, Paul James and Jack de Keyzer
2019-09-20 19:30 - 22:30 | Revival Bar, 783 College St., Toronto, ON, M6G1C5, Canada
ME Entertainment presents BLUES REVIVAL featuring Danny Marks, Paul James and Jack de Keyzer on Friday, Sept. 20 at the Revival Bar in the heart of Little Italy, 783 College St.
Performances by award-winning veteran blues performers in a state-of-the-art sound-performance venue.
Expect exciting live performances from three of the finest blues guitarists in Canada and beyond.
Visit ticketscene.ca for tickets.

One-Stop Vocal Jazz Safari with Jaymz Bee
2019-09-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada
Join Jaymz Bee as he hosts the One-Stop Vocal Jazz Safari — the most renowned vocal showcase in Canada. Up to 24 singers perform in a three-hour show, backed by an all-star house band under the musical direction of Attila Fias.
More than 140 singers have performed at this event over the years. Every singer is unique and talented. Their CDs are available onsite, and you can get them autographed or have a photo taken with the artist.
Singers featured are a surprise every time, but we can tell you that in the past we’ve welcomed Molly Johnson, Errol Fisher, Luis Mario Ochoa, Don Francks, Barbra Lica and David Statham — just to name a few.

DONATE HERE to attend, or call 1-800-811-2400
Double: $500/$42 monthly
Single: $250/$21 monthly

Tarragon Theatre presents YAGA
2019-09-17 - 2019-10-21 | Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
YAGA
Tarragon Theatre Mainspace
On stage Sept. 17 to Oct. 20
From Kat Sandler, the mind that brought you Mustard, YAGA is a fairy tale meets whodunit inspired by the legend of Baba Yaga. A gruesome murder in a small town leads a local sherriff, a young detective and a university professor with a taste for younger men into a labyrinth of secret lives, ancient magic and multiple suspects. Featuring legendary Stratford actor Seana McKenna, Claire Armstrong and William Greenblatt.
Tickets available now at tarragontheatre.com

Jazz Sundays at the Vista: The Cameron Watson Trio
2019-09-15 14:30 - 17:30 | Vista Eatery, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3B9, Canada
Presented by Ontario Place
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. The program will provide these musicians the opportunity to gain experience, develop their audiences, network with fellow musicians and industry professionals and perform in one of the few venues in the city that features live jazz music.
The program is co-curated and hosted by Robert Missen, who has had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian performing arts as artist manager, agent, producer and promoter. Robert has worked with some of Canada’s most notable performers and has a real passion and ability to nurture and showcase musical talent.
So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment!
Please visit the Vista Eatery page for more info, including location and regular hours of operations.
This Sunday: The Cameron Watson Trio
Cameron is a bassist originally from Lindsay, Ontario. He started out playing drums at age 10, then moved to guitar at age 12, and finally settled on bass at age 15. In 2017, Cameron was accepted to Mohawk College and began his studies in early September. At Mohawk he met other like minded musicians and has formed multiple groups with his peers. In addition to these bands he also works as a freelance bassist and finds work commonly in the jazz trio setting, such as the one he finds himself in currently, with drummer Lucas Hibbs and pianist Kevin Mak. After finishing his studies at Mohawk college, Cameron plans on attending university, and hopes to become a well known musician in Toronto and the GTA.

Kensington Market Jazz Festival
2019-09-13 - 2019-09-16 | ON
September 13-15, 2019
Toronto’s acclaimed Kensington Market Jazz Festival will continue its annual tradition, showcasing hundreds of Canadian musicians this September 13th, 14th, and 15th.
Celebrating its fourth year in a row, the three-day event will feature more than 300 Canadian jazz musicians with over 100 JUNO Awards to their names, from across the country in some 150 performances throughout 23 venues drawing more than 4,000 concertgoers.
This year’s line-up includes: Jim Cuddy, Carol Welsman, Joe Sealy & Dave Young, Tom Wilson, Hilario Duran, Lighthouse, the Brandi Disterheft Trio, Manteca, Jackie and Kim Richardson, and the John MacLeod Jazz Orchestra.
Visit kensingtonjazz.com for more information.
Kensington Market Jazz Festival, promoting live musical excellence since 2016.

Guelph Jazz Festival
2019-09-11 - 2019-09-16 | ON
September 11-15, 2019
This year’s lineup includes…

Jen Shyu, Nine Doors
Tomas Fujiwara’s 7 Poets Trio
Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey & Hank Roberts
Brodie West Quintet
Erwan Keravec with Hamid Drake
NAIL: Lori Freedman, Nicolas Caloia, Ig Henneman & Ab Baars
Paula Shocron, Guillermo Gregorio & Pablo Díaz
Karuna: Hamid Drake & Adam Rudolph Duo
Susan Alcorn

…and many more.
Passes can be purchased through the River Run Centre Box office online (tickets to individual concerts are available through the schedule and artist pages), by phone (519-763-3000 or 877-520-2408), or in person (35 Woolwich Street, Guelph). Ticket prices include HST and a service charge. Additional handling charges may apply.
Full Festival Passes are $160 (general admission) and $130 (students, seniors, and the under-waged). Saturday Passes, valid for the three ticketed concerts on 15 September, are $70 (general admission) and $55 (students, seniors, and the under-waged). The number of passes available is limited.
Purchase your passes here
Individual concert ticket prices are listed on the schedule page.

Jazz Sundays at the Vista: The DTK Trio
2019-09-08 14:30 - 17:30 | Vista Eatery, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3B9, Canada
Presented by Ontario Place
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. The program will provide these musicians the opportunity to gain experience, develop their audiences, network with fellow musicians and industry professionals and perform in one of the few venues in the city that features live jazz music.
The program is co-curated and hosted by Robert Missen, who has had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian performing arts as artist manager, agent, producer and promoter. Robert has worked with some of Canada’s most notable performers and has a real passion and ability to nurture and showcase musical talent.
So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment!
Please visit the Vista Eatery page for more info, including location and regular hours of operations.
This Sunday: The DTK Trio
The DTK Trio is a jazz group consisting of Kevin Mak(Piano), Dan Cunningham(Bass), and Tommy Metcalfe(Drums). Upon request we can add guitars, horns, and/or vocals to fit the occasion. We can supply entertainment ranging from Jazz and Funk to Pop and Rock. The DTK Trio is available for events, functions, and weddings in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Snarky Puppy at the Phoenix Concert Theatre
2019-09-07 23:00 - 23:30 | Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St., Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1K2, Canada
Presented by the TD Toronto Jazz Festival
19+, Doors open at 10:00pm, no opening act

The last four years have brought dramatic changes for Snarky Puppy.
After a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, the Texas-bred/New York-based quasi-collective suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as one of the major figures in the jazz world. But as the category names for all three of the band’s Grammy® awards would indicate (Best R&B Performance in 2014, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2016 and 2017), Snarky Puppy isn’t exactly a jazz band. It’s not a fusion band, and it’s definitely not a jam band. It’s probably best to take Nate Chinen of the New York Times’ advice, as stated in an online discussion about the group, to “take them for what they are, rather than judge them for what they’re not.”
Snarky Puppy is a collective of sorts with as many as 25 members in regular rotation. They each maintain busy schedules as sidemen (with such artists as Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and D’Angelo), producers (for Kirk Franklin, David Crosby, and Salif Keïta), and solo artists (many of whom are on the band’s indy label, GroundUP Music). At its core, the band represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world. Japan, Argentina, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico all have representation in the group’s membership. But more than the cultural diversity of the individual players, the defining characteristic of Snarky Puppy’s music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively.
The band was formed by bassist and primary composer Michael League in 2003, starting inconspicuously enough as a group of college friends at the University of North Texas’ Jazz Studies program. Three years later, a serendipitous intersection with the Dallas gospel and R&B community in Dallas transformed the music into something funkier, more direct, and more visceral. It was at this time that the group absorbed musicians like Robert “Sput” Searight (drums), Shaun Martin (keyboards), and Bobby Sparks (keyboards), and were heavily influenced by legendary keyboardist Bernard Wright (Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Marcus Miller).

World of Jazz Festival
2019-09-06 - 2019-09-08 | ON
Presented by B-Jazzed
World of Jazz = discovering, listening, exploring, learning, educating, performing, and defining the word “Jazz,” presented by musicians from around the world, influenced by their world, on display for the world.
Performers include:

Count Basie Orchestra
Morgan Childs Soul Jazz Revue
Dawn Tyler Watson
Simone Morris
The Sidemen
The Ault Sisters
Avataar
Rich Brown & The Abeng
Frank Adriano Quartet

…and many more.

Live to Air concert with Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
2019-09-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Long & McQuade Performance Hall, 4 Pardee Avenue, Toronto, Canada
In less than five years, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque has evolved from a project to support a new generation of young women in jazz into a Grammy-nominated, critically acclaimed band that’s in high demand at major jazz festivals around the world.
This fall, a day before the release of their new album On Firm Ground / Tierra Firme, the all-female collective will be playing an intimate, interactive concert for a small crowd at jazz.fm91 that will also be broadcast live to our radio audience.
The group is led by veteran Canadian saxophonist, flutist and composer Jane Bunnett, who has won five Juno Awards, earned three Grammy nominations and been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Recently, she has dedicated herself to bringing the Maqueue project to the world. Jane Bunnett and Maqueque have toured constantly throughout Canada as well as Colombia, Brazil, Cuba and Panama, and have performed at major U.S. jazz festivals and venues including at Newport, Monterey, Saratoga, Birdland and the Lincoln Center.
We’re offering jazz.fm91 donors a rare opportunity to see the group play a one-hour concert in the small, intimate atmosphere of the Long & McQuade Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 5, as they kick off their new album.
How to attend
Invitations to jazz.fm91’s Live to Air concerts are our gift to you for your donation of $150 for one seat or $300 for a pair. Donations are eligible for a full tax receipt issued in February, 2020.
To donate, call 1-800-811-2400, email events@jazz.fm or click below.

Jazz Sundays at the Vista: Stil Trio
2019-09-01 16:00 - 19:00 | Vista Eatery, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3B9, Canada
Presented by Ontario Place
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. The program will provide these musicians the opportunity to gain experience, develop their audiences, network with fellow musicians and industry professionals and perform in one of the few venues in the city that features live jazz music.
The program is co-curated and hosted by Robert Missen, who has had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian performing arts as artist manager, agent, producer and promoter. Robert has worked with some of Canada’s most notable performers and has a real passion and ability to nurture and showcase musical talent.
So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment!
Please visit the Vista Eatery page for more info, including location and regular hours of operations.
This Sunday: Stil Trio
Stil Trio (German: Style) is composed of three accomplished undergraduate students from the University of Toronto’s Jazz Studies program. Inspired and informed by art of the 20th century, David Hodgson (saxophone), Evan Gratham (bass), and Keith Barstow (drums) transform qualities otherwise reserved for visual arts (such as colour, form, and space) into a musical medium. Stil Trio attempts to recreate visualisation through their shared musical experiences, unique improvisational voices, and compositional structures and arrangements. Their music is highly expressive and nuanced, while still full of energy and groove.

jazz.fm91 presents… Matt Dusk: JetSetJazz Live at Casa Loma
2019-08-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace, Toronto, Ontario, M5R1X8, Canada
Update: This is event is now sold out
Welcome back to a time when flying was glamorous and jazz reigned supreme.
Join multi-platinum-selling jazz sensation Matt Dusk and his Swinging Little Big Band with special guest, Montreal’s favourite chanteuse Florence K, on Thursday, Aug. 29, at Casa Loma for JetSetJazz, a musical journey through the ’50s and ’60s, when big-band swing was the pop music of the day and all the airlines had plenty of leg room.

Jazz Sundays at the Vista: Ben Frost Trio
2019-08-25 15:00 - 18:00 | Vista Eatery, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3B9, Canada
Presented by Ontario Place
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. The program will provide these musicians the opportunity to gain experience, develop their audiences, network with fellow musicians and industry professionals and perform in one of the few venues in the city that features live jazz music.
The program is co-curated and hosted by Robert Missen, who has had a long and distinguished career in the Canadian performing arts as artist manager, agent, producer and promoter. Robert has worked with some of Canada’s most notable performers and has a real passion and ability to nurture and showcase musical talent.
So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment!
Please visit the Vista Eatery page for more info, including location and regular hours of operations.
This Sunday: Ben Frost Trio
Ben Frost is a trumpet player and composer from Vancouver, British Columbia now based in Toronto. Ben has just completed a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Toronto where he studied with Jim Lewis, Chase Sanborn, Terry Promane and Andrew Downing. Frequently playing at established venues in both Vancouver and Toronto, Ben has also performed at major Canadian festivals including the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival.

jazz.fm91 Open House
2019-08-24 12:00 - 16:00 | jazz.fm91, 4 Pardee Avenue, Suite 100, Toronto, Canada
We’re opening our doors to you!

Saturday, Aug. 24: noon to 4 pm
4 Pardee Ave., Unit 100 (directly south of Lamport Stadium in Liberty Village)

We’ll give you a tour inside our space — the one that Canada’s jazz community calls home.
We’ll have live performances from Connor Moe and the Frequencies Trio, plus Mateo Mancuso and members of the jazz.fm91 Youth Big Band.
You can even meet some of your favourite on-air hosts and enjoy treats from our local bakery, Brodflour. Plus, browse through our vintage vinyl collection, CDs, books and a selection of high-quality speakers.
See you there!

Soulpepper Theatre presents 'ART'
2019-08-23 - 2019-09-08 | Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3C4, Canada
There’s no accounting for taste… or friends.
Lines are drawn when an extravagant purchase leads three life-long friends to question the bonds they’ve taken for granted. A sharp comedy about modern friendships.
TONY AWARD WINNER – BEST PLAY
LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARD – BEST COMEDY
Approximate running time: 90 minutes. There will be no intermission.

Northwest Jazz Festival
2019-08-23 - 2019-08-25 | ON
Join us for western New York’s largest outdoor jazz festival, located in historic Lewiston, N.Y.
Featuring main-stage headliners Roberta Gambarini and Monty Alexander, along with more than 150 other musicians in 30 bands including Carol Welsman & Nicki Parrott, Mike Jones, Vincent James Explosion, Elliot Scozzaro Quintet, Paradigm Shift and many more.
The festival is free for everyone! More than 35,000 people are expected to attend this year’s festival.
Lewiston, N.Y. is a 20-minute drive from Buffalo, and less than a 90-minute drive from Toronto.

TD Markham Jazz Festival
2019-08-16 - 2019-08-19 | ON
The TD Markham Jazz Festival is a fabulous, fun musical event featuring established professional musicians performing jazz and blues on three stages in the magical setting of beautiful Main Street Unionville in Markham.
Starting on Aug. 14 with a ticketed concert featuring Oakland Stroke at the Markham Museum and continuing Aug. 16-18, Main Street Unionville grooves with 30+ FREE performances including headliner Michael Kaeshammer, Low Down Brass Band, Kollage, Heather Bambrick and many more.
Website: www.markhamjazzfestival.com
Email: contactus@markhamjazzfestival.com
Facebook: Markhamjazzfestival
Twitter: @markhamjazzfest
Instagram: markhamjazzfesival

Prince Edward County Jazz Festival
2019-08-13 - 2019-08-19 | ON
Every summer, the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival brings together top jazz talent, from local heroes to international stars in our beautiful wine-country setting. With the generous help of local sponsors, the PEC Jazz Festival has gained a reputation as the true jazz-lover’s festival. From classic to cutting edge modern and everything in between, the PEC Jazz Festival has something for every jazz fan.
This year’s PEC Jazz Festival lineup includes Colleen Allen, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Jodi Proznick, Robi Botos, Mike Murley, the Brian Barlow Big Band and many more.
More details at pecjazz.org.

Steven Taetz Ensemble - Jazz for the Soul (Princ Marg Hospital)
2019-08-09 12:00 - 13:30 | princess margaret hospital, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steven Taetz Ensemble
Free noon-time concert at Princess Margaret Hospital for Jazz for the Soul series.
16th floor patio

Live to Air concert with the Berklee Indian Ensemble
2019-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | 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!
Catch the spirit of India’s rich musical mosaic.
jazz.fm91 is proud to welcome global music sensation the Berklee Indian Ensemble with a very special guest, Grammy-winning vocalist Vijay Prakash, to the Long & McQuade Performance Hall for an intimate and interactive Live to Air concert on Thursday, Aug. 8.
What started out as an academic class at Berklee College of Music in 2011 has quickly become one of the coolest new global acts to emerge from Boston. The Berklee Indian Ensemble boasts musicians and performers from around the world, blending classical, folk, Sufi and contemporary Indian music with influences from hip hop, jazz, Middle Eastern and African music to produce a whole new Indian sound. With high-profile collaborations featuring artists like A.R. Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal and Vijay Prakash, the ensemble is in high demand, playing sold-out shows at premier venues, including the Boston Symphony Hall, and international festivals like the Bengaluru Ganesh Utsav in India.

Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington
2019-08-06 20:00 - 23:00 | Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON, M5J 2H5, Canada
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy® Awards, including Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters, he continues to amaze audiences across the globe.
There are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, “Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven’t heard anybody yet who has come after him.” Now in the fifth decade of his professional life, Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been: in the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music. Though one can’t track exactly where he will go next, he is sure to leave his inimitable imprint wherever he lands.
Kamasi Washington
When Kamasi Washington released his tour de force LP, The Epic, in 2015, it instantly set him on a path as our generation’s torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music that would open the door for young audiences to experience music unlike anything they had heard before, and exceeded any notions of what “jazz” music is.
Washington followed that work with collaborations with other influential artists such as Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Run the Jewels, Ibeyi and the creation of “Harmony of Difference,” a standalone multimedia installation during the prestigious 2017 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. In June 2018, Washington released Heaven and Earth to wide praise. The album garnered “best of” awards from Pitchfork, NPR, Variety, GQ, MOJO, and Complex among others.

Eli Pasic's False Claims at Alumnae Theatre
2019-08-02 - 2019-08-12 | Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2W6, Canada
From the gut-busting pen of Eli Pasic and the producing/acting talents of Isaiah Kolundzic, comes this fast-paced, knockabout, zany comedic bauble!
False Claims traces the despicable schemes of Dennis—a devious, layabout nephew who poses as his late aunt’s husband in order to collect her life insurance money!

Click here to get tickets

DATES:

Thursday August 1st, 8pm – Preview (PWYC at the door)
Friday August 2nd, 8pm – Opening Night!
Saturday August 3rd, 8pm
Sunday August 4th, 2pm
Tuesday August 6th, 8pm – Charity Fundraiser
Wednesday August 7th, 8pm
Thursday August 8th, 8pm
Friday August 9th, 8pm
Saturday August 10th, 8pm
Sunday August 11th, 2pm – Closing

ELI PASIC is a playwright, screenwriter, and bookwriter/composer-lyricist of musical comedies. He studied piano and composition at Berklee College Of Music and was mentored by Broadway orchestrator Larry Blank as well as Broadway conductor Eric Stern. He’s been involved in countless productions as a rehearsal pianist and pit musician, and he’s a ubiquitous performer on the Toronto jazz scene. He recently wrote the book and lyrics to a new musical comedy with composer Henry Krieger (co-author of “Dreamgirls” and “Side Show”), which has been published by Broadway Licensing. If show business fails, he will move to Greece and become a dairy farmer.
ISAIAH KOLUNDZIC is a theatre producer and actor. Select theatre credits: Rear Window (Bygone Theatre), Venus in Fur, The Boys in the Band (The Edge Productions), Six Stories, Told at Night (Gangway! Theatre Co.), Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre by the Bay). Film: Matches, Well Spent (Stompin’ Ground Films), WW1: The Road to Victory (Discovery), Titanic: The New Evidence (Channel 4/History). Training: University of Windsor B.F.A. Isaiah has produced international theatre tours, most recently a production of The Pillowman, touring to Orlando, Florida.

BILL MAYS AND LORNE LOFSKY Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-07-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
A fine pianist, Bill Mays has often worked behind the scenes, leading to him being a somewhat overlooked jazz improviser. Mays worked in Los Angeles as a studio musician from the late ’60s on, accompanying Sarah Vaughan (1972-1973) and Al Jarreau (1975), but mostly doing session work. In the early ’80s, he began to record jazz as a sideman with Howard Roberts, Bud Shank, Bobby Shew, Road Work Ahead, and Mark Murphy. He recorded a duet date with Red Mitchell for ITI (1982) and led a quintet album for Trend (1983). In 1984, Mays moved to New York and since then he has worked with Murphy, Gerry Mulligan, Ron Carter, James Moody, Sonny Stitt, Art Pepper, and the Mel Lewis Orchestra, among others. In the late 80’s Mays recorded for DMP (duet records with Ray Drummond) and in 1992 released several discs on Concord. These dates found Mays in a variety of settings, beginning with the unaccompanied Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 26 (Bill Mays at Maybeck), followed by a trio date An Ellington Affair, a duet with guitarist Ed Bickett Concord Duo, Vol. 7: Bill Mays and Ed Bickert and finallly backed by a full band on Mays in Manhattan. In 2001 the pianist recorded his 11th album as a leader and his first for the Palmetto label, Summer Sketches, followed two years later by Going Home.
Lorne Lofsky is an internationally recognized jazz guitarist. Born and raised in Toronto, he has been playing professionally for the last 42 years. He has played/toured or recorded with a who’s who of the jazz world, including Oscar Peterson, Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, Chet Baker, Joey DeFrancesco, Pepper Adams, Ray Brown, Neils Henning Orsted Pederson, Rosemary Clooney, Kirk MacDonald, Dave Holland, and many other respected members of the international jazz community.
In addition, he has been a faculty member at York University’s Fine Arts/Music Program since 1978 and also teaches at the Humber College Community Music Program. Lorne is a mainstay of the Toronto jazz scene and performs extensively in the Greater Toronto Area. He has also given clinics/concerts at St. FX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and McGill University in Montreal.

COLIN HUNTER AND THE JOE SEALY QUARTET Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-07-27 20:30 - 23:00, 2019-07-26 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.
Paul Novotny knows how to make the bass talk. Singers like Jackie Richardson, Holly Cole, Carol Welsman and Molly Johnson would all agree. They have called upon Paul for his melodic and rhythmic style. Paul’s production of Joe Sealy’s Juno Award-winning (1997) “Africville Suite” helped to establish him as one Canada’s best record producers. Paul is also an established Film/ TV composer and has written and produced music for many national radio and TV commercials. As a jazz bass player Paul has performed with Cedar Walton, Geoff Keezer, Junior Mance, Don Thompson, Tommy Banks, and others. Paul is also a professor at Humber College, School of Creative and Performing Arts in Toronto.
Drummer, composer, producer and singer Daniel Barnes was born into an artistic family in the central hub of downtown Toronto, Canada in 1965. His recordings are available through major retail outlets, at itunes.com and through www.danielbarnes.net. Daniel was nominated “Drummer of the Year” at both the 2003 and 2007 National Jazz Awards while his work with others has thrice been nominated for Juno awards with a win in 1996 for Joe Sealy’s “Africville Suite”.
A relatively new force to reckon with in the Toronto music scene, Alison Young is from Ottawa where she honed her craft playing in local blues and R&B bands. After studying at the University of Toronto with Canadian sax greats Mike Murley and Kirk MacDonald, Alison has emerged as one of the Toronto music scene’s hottest and most sought after reed players. Alison plays all kinds of music and has toured Canada with pop group Kelly and the Kellygirls and with the one and only Big Rude Jake.
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