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Michael Occhipinti and Shine On at The Jazz Room
2019-06-22 19:00 - 23:30 (America/Toronto) | 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
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.

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/

Confabulation at The Jazz Room
2019-06-14 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: $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.

COLIN HUNTER AND THE ANTHONY TERSPTRA SEVENTET – “MOSTLY FRANK” Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-13 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.
Known for his smooth voice and relaxed rhythmic interpretations, Colin Hunter takes pleasure in being on stage and entertaining his audience. He is proof that an entrepreneur/crooner can follow his passions and fly as high as he wants.
His music is features on iTunes, Spotify, and CD Baby, and is mostly drawn from the great American Songbook.
Multi-instrumentalist and bandleader ANTHONY TERPSTRA’s Starlight Orchestra is made up of sixteen pieces including five sax, four trumpets, three trombones, piano, bass, drums and vocalist. His Seventet is a unique ensemble put together, not to replace the big band, but as an added feature. Influenced by the small band writing of Marty Paitch and Gerry Mulligan, the Seventet has a rich sound with clean lines, contrapuntal writing and soloing in and out of ensemble.

Live to Air with Amanda Martinez
2019-06-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Long & McQuade Performance Hall, 4 Pardee Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Amanda Martinez has a new album coming out this summer, and you could be one of the first people to hear it.
The Canadian singer-songwriter will play a Live to Air concert for an exclusive audience at the Long & McQuade Performance Hall on Thursday, June 13. That’s a week before the release of the new record, Libre — and Martinez will have a sneak preview for jazz.fm91 donors who sign up.
With Libre, Martinez takes stock of her place as an artist, friend, daughter and mom with a rich, lived-in mix of African and Latin-American rhythms and musical styles.
The lineup for this concert:

Amanda Martinez – vocals
Kevin Laliberte – guitar
Drew Birston – bass
Rosendo “Chendy ” Leon – percussion
Alexander Brown – trumpet
Donne Roberts – guitar/vocals

Produced by Juno Award-nominated Kevin Laliberte, Libre is Martinez’s most musically eclectic recording yet. She called on an impressive group of collaborators, including artists such as Cuban-born, Miami-based singer-songwriter Elsten Torres, Canadian jazz singer Kellylee Evans, Malagasy guitarist and singer Donne Roberts and Sudanese multi-instrumentalist Waleed Abdulahmid. She is backed by her band of the past 15 years, with Laliberte on guitar, Alexander Brown on trumpet and flugelhorn, Osvaldo Rodriguez on violin, Drew Birston on bass and Rosendo “Chendy” Leon on percussion.
“My initial idea was to create an album with influences from Africa, where my mother is from,” Martinez explains. “But as I worked on it, and different people came into my life, the concept evolved, and I realized I wanted the freedom to include songwriters from other places and from different genres. That led to the idea of Libre — free. It involved taking risks because it’s different from what I have done before … But if you are creating an album called Libre, free, you have to take chances.”
Thursday, June 13 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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Jive Bombers @ Rex Jazz Bar
2019-06-13 18:30 - 20:30
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

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
