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Alex Pangman's Annual Mardi Gras Party
2019-03-05 18:30 - 23:00 (America/Toronto) | Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada
If you’re recording a new EP — and your session musician suddenly warns “we’ve got one more side left, don’t screw it up!” — you know you have an unconventional project underway. This is the exhilarating and creative scenario Canadian jazz and swing songbird (and JUNO Award nominee) Alex Pangman found herself in for her ambitious and unique special project, Hot Three, and its long unprecedented use of blank acetate as a recording medium.
That’s right, direct to 78rpm acetate disc. On her 2017 EP for Justin Time “Alex Pangman’s Hot Three”, she goes further backwards in time to discover why early jazz recordings have the special sound and energy that they do. In this artistic journey, and with 3 minutes to cut a tune while the groove was cut in real-time before the musician’s eyes live, the singer came to understand both the inspiration behind the hot recordings of early jazz, and also some of the mindset of early recording pioneers, and the energy it produced.
Annual Mardi Gras party featuring Alex Pangman’s Alleycats & Red Hot Ramble happens on March 5!
Dinner reservations guarantees seating. Advance names will be on list at the door. General Admission available, too

Tarragon Theatre: New Magic Valley Fun Town
2019-03-05 - 2019-03-11, 2019-02-26 - 2019-03-04, 2019-02-20 - 2019-02-25 | Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
A new play from The Siminovitch Prize winner and Governor General’s Literary Award winner for drama.
Cape Bretoner Dougie hasn’t seen his best childhood pal Allan in twenty-five years, so it’s no surprise that their reunion is a boisterous night of memories, laughter, drinking and dancing. But as evening becomes day, as the smiles begin to fade and the bottles sit empty, the old friends revisit other memories, uncomfortable ones that force them to confront the realities of who — and what — they really are.
Audience advisory: while full of comedic moments, this play also touches on sensitive issues such as the aftermath of past trauma.
Running time: approximately 90 minutes, no intermission

THE ADVOCATS BIG BAND IS GOING TO THE MOVIES!
2019-03-04 19:30 - 22:00 | The Duke Live, 1225 Queen Street East, Toronto, Canada
What could be better than an evening of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated songs, following the 2019 Academy Awards? Don’t miss the delightful performance we have planned for you at The Duke Live on Monday, March 4th starting at 7:30 pm!
Located at 1225 Queen Street East at Leslie, 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).

Holly Cole: Jazz at the George
2019-03-03 20:00 | George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, On, M2N 6R8, Canada
Holly Cole is a pre-eminent interpretative singer working between the poles of jazz and pop. Her unique interpretations are applauded as being highly musical, intensely original, sophisticated, witty and sexy.
In her hands, even familiar repertoire – from Hank Williams to Cole Porter — enjoys the potential to shine like never before. Holly presents her music with style, humour and grace, sending it out on journeys straight to the listener’s heart. Her approach is sensual and intense, non-calculating and without any retro pretensions.
A career that started some twenty years ago with her debut album Girl Talk, many distinctive albums have followed since, accompanied by passionate live appearances internationally that have cemented her reputation as a major contemporary song stylist and a highly compelling, acclaimed performer. Her new album, simply titled HOLLY, is produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Russ Titelman, and arranged by pianist extraordinaire Larry Goldings.

The Marie Goudy 12tet featuring Jocelyn Barth at The Jazz Room
2019-03-03 15:30 - 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 3:30 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.

Alex Pangman @ Senator Winebar
2019-03-02 21:00 - 23:45 | The Senator Winebar, 249 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Join vocalist Alex Pangman, John Macleod on cornet, and Nathan Hiltz on acoustic guitar at this gem of a venue. Beautiful intimate space, outstanding menu, the music and wine will transport you to a salon in Paris! $10, 9pm- 11:45pm Reservations (416) 364-7517

Holly Cole: Burlington
2019-02-28 20:00 - 22:00 | burlington performing arts centre, 440 Locust Street, Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1T7, Canada
Holly Cole is the essence of Canadian jazz. Take the chill out of a late February evening when the multi-Juno Award winner serenades us with material from her new album, Holly, as well as favourites from her astonishing career. Released earlier this year, Holly is Cole’s first studio album in five years, featuring classics such as Everybody Loves Somebody, They Can’t Take That Away From Me and Teach Me Tonight. Holly Cole’s dynamic artistry will be on display, demonstrating why she’s been named one of the country’s greatest jazz singers.

Nat Lazzarotto at Burdock
2019-02-26 21:00 - 23:00 | Burdock, 1184 Bloor St. W, Toronto, Ontario, M6H1N2, Canada
Born and raised in Western Canada, Nat Lazzarotto is a growing name as a composer, arranger, and trombonist who has honed his craft for over 12 years. He has studied with some of Toronto’s most notable trombonists such as Al Kay and William Carn, and performed onstage with the likes of Christian McBride, Emilie-Claire Barlow, John Scofield and Larry Goldings. As a composer and arranger he has arranged the works of Pat Metheny and others while developing his own characteristic sound, achieving recognition among his peers. Nat Lazzarotto has received several awards in recognition of his work and dedication to music, such as the Dave Stillwell Arranging Award (2017) and the Gordon and Ann Wragg Scholarship (2018). His latest project is the Nat Lazzarotto Jazz Orchestra, developing a fresh and energetic new sound through performing original works by up and coming Canadian composers, as well as new arrangements of revered songs from the jazz idiom.

ZOE CHILCO with Mike Allen, guitar and Ron Johnston, bass
2019-02-26 07:00 - 21:00 | Relish Bar and Grill, 2152 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Relish features a variety of music, including jazz and blues, every night, and serves up great food and drinks. Zoe, Ron and Mike will be playing standards and occasional originals in both genres of music.

Jazz Tribute to 1959: The Year That Changed Jazz
2019-02-25 20:00 - 22:30 | The Old Mill Toronto, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, Canada
ALL TICKETS FROM THIS SHOW WILL BE HONOURED AT THE RESCHEDULED PERFORMANCE: MONDAY, FEB. 25, 2019.

Jazz Tribute to 1959: The Year That Changed Jazz
With music director Colleen Allen
Date: Monday, Feb. 25, 2019
1959 was arguably the most creative year in all of jazz history. Many of the contributions we now consider to be jazz classics all happened around the same time. Four of the major albums released in 1959 are Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, Charles Mingus’s Mingus Ah Um, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out and John Coltrane’s Giant Steps. Explore these major jazz albums and contributions from 1959 during a special Sound of Jazz evening featuring music from the year that changed jazz.

Jazz At The Legion
2019-02-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Port Credit Legion (Branch 82), 35 Front Street North, Mississauga, Canada
Back at the legion for our monthly gig. This month featuring another four amazing singers: Elizabeth Martins, Sam Broverman, Eiko Lees & Whitney Ross-Barris.

Steve D'Angelo Group at the Jazz Room
2019-02-23 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.

Florian Hoefner Trio at the Jazz Room
2019-02-22 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada

jazz.fm91 Youth Big Band at Humber Next Generation Jazz Festival
2019-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Lakeshore Campus Auditorium, Humber College, 3199 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto, Canada
The Humber College Next Generation Jazz Festival returns February 20-22 at the Lakeshore Campus in Etobicoke (Lakeshore and Kipling) There will be an afternoon concert each day and they are open (for free!) to the public as well. Once again the jazz.fm91 Big Band will be there!
Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 1:00pm: Humber’s Groove Merchants,
directed by Mark Kelso
Thursday, Feb. 21st, 1:00pm: Humber X Ensemble,
directed by Mike Downes
Friday, Feb. 22nd, 1:00pm: jazz.fm91 Youth Big Band,
directed by Jules Estrin

Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival
2019-02-22 - 2019-02-25
Toronto’s Winterfolk Blues and Roots Music Festival is on the Danforth from Feb. 22 to 24. It’s an all-ages, mid-winter, weatherproof event, where you’ll find the best of urban, blues, rock, jazz, country, folk and roots music, emulating a multi-stage rural summer festival.
More than 150 artists will be performing at 5 venues over 3 days. The festival will also include special tribute events, an awards ceremony, community stages and various themed musical workshops with something for everyone to enjoy.
Winterfolk is the ideal event for music-lovers seeking new and exciting things to do in the Toronto.

Black History Month Jazz and Soul with Faith Amour and Robert Ball
2019-02-21 18:00 - 20:00 | 120 Diner, 120 Church Street, Toronto, Canada
Jazz and Soul are cousins, bred in the struggles and joys of the black composers who created them. Jazz singer Faith Amour and Soul singer Robert Ball will sing, croon and duet this music beautifully, backed by Juno award-nominated musicians Jeremy Ledbetter – Piano and Alison Young – Saxophone, with Roger Williams – Bass.

Tarragon Theatre: Cottagers and Indians
2019-02-19 - 2019-02-25 | Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
Wild rice sparks a battle royal between a native farmer and a white cottager, whose increasingly bitter dispute becomes a microcosm for reconciliation. Told with warmth and humour, and encompassing issues of community, respect and ownership, Cottagers & Indians is a tale for our times — and a food fight for the ages.
Approximate running time is 80 minutes with no intermission.

Makeshift Island
2019-02-17 22:00 - 23:30 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada

Jazz United Jam @ The Tranzac
2019-02-17 19:00 - 21:30 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada

Diane Roblin Presents: The return of Glen Hall's Ossingtone @ Tranzac
2019-02-17 17:00 - 19:00
with Diane Roblin, Glen Hall, Bruce Cassidy, Phil Albert and Harry Vetro

St. Dirt Elementary School @ The Tranzac
2019-02-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada
St. Dirt Elementary School is a little big band; it’s a salon orchestra; it’s a cabaret pitband; it’s a New School concert band half-remembering old school psychedelics in a district West of Weimar and North of San Antonio. It is both public and private. It can swing like a Kollektief or shamble like a seaside sinfonia. St. Dirt Elementary School plays compositions: rubberband exotica, bouncing like bamboo windchimes dangling from the hood of a springloaded pram

Richard Whiteman Quartet at the Jazz Room
2019-02-16 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.

George Lake BIG Band at The Rex
2019-02-16 15:30 - 18:30
It’s the Family Day Weekend so it is now time to get swinging with the award winning George Lake BIG Band at the Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar. We’ll be there in all our sartorial splendour dishing up our take on the best music ever written Saturday afternoon February 16th. We’ll be featuring the vocal stylings of Vincent Wolfe and Rena Gaile as we roll out some new tunes along with our repertoire of classics from Herman, Basie, Kenton, Ellington and Miller. You never know what guests might come in to help us make music for this festive show.

Great central location, food and entertainment rolled into one package.

Join us for a rare matinee performance at The Rex. Parking is just up the street on St Patrick OR the Rex is a two minute walk from the Osgoode subway station.

Keep Swinging!

Derek Hines Quartet at the Jazz Room
2019-02-15 19:00 - 23:30 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada
Presented by the Grand River Jazz Society.
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: $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.

Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival
2019-02-15 - 2019-02-18
Bravo Niagara! presents the second edition of the Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival (OPIJF) in Niagara-on-the-Lake and St. Catharines. Named for the internationally-renowned Canadian jazz giant, the OPIJF was created to present the essence of jazz, and the sound of swing. Oscar Peterson dedicated his life to music with intense vitality: music which encompasses the entire live history of jazz, and the OPIJF represents the same unshakable excellence and integrity for which he was known.

Jackie Richardson and Micah Barnes: The Duet Concert
2019-02-14 20:00 - 23:00 | The Rose Theatre Brampton, 1 Theatre Ln, Brampton, Ontario, L6V 0A3, Canada
Two of Canada’s most beloved vocalists sing the world’s greatest love songs in this Valentine’s Day concert. Canada’s foremost lady of jazz, blues and gospel joins forces with Micah Barnes, chart-topping jazz artist, to explore the world of love and romance in this exciting new concert evening. Along with their jazz band, they present songs made famous by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Smokey Robinson, and Etta James.

Holly Cole: St. Catharines
2019-02-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 50 St Paul St, St Catherines, ON, L2R 3M2, Canada
Join us for a special Valentine’s Day treat with one of Canada’s best-selling jazz artists. Cole’s minimalist arrangements blend ever-so-perfectly with wry outlook, smoky contralto voice and inspiring interpretations of contemporary pop songs.

Michael Maguire 7 String Guitarist
2019-02-14 18:00 - 21:00 | Argyle Street Grill, 345 Argyle Street South, Caledonia, Canada
