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Ornate Music Presents Dan Pitt Solo Guitar
2018-12-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto)
https://www.facebook.com/ornatepresents/

SoulJazz for the Holidays
2018-12-10 20:00 | The Old Mill Toronto, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto, Canada
SoulJazz for the Holidays
With Musical Director: Lou Pomanti
Date: Monday, December 10, 2018
Join Gemini-award winner and one of Canada’s most accomplished composers, musicians and musical directors, Lou Pomanti as he welcome the holiday season with SoulJazz and his friends.
The evening includes these wonderful musicians:

Lou Pomanti – keys
George St. Kitts – vocals
Robyn Black – vocals
Carol McCartney – vocals
Perry White – sax
Ross McIntyre – bass
Steve Heathcote – drums

The Lina Allemano Four
2018-12-09 22:00 - 23:30
Lina Allemano trumpet/compositions
Brodie West alto saxophone
Andrew Downing double bass
Nick Fraser drums
https://linaallemano.bandcamp.com/
https://www.linaallemano.com

Ellington/Strayhorn "Nutcracker Suite". Fern Lindzon quartet featuring Colleen Allen @ the Jazz Bistro
2018-12-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. A Seasonal Celebration.
Fern Lindzon Jazz Quartet featuring Colleen Allen (flute, clarinet, sax), Peter Telford (bass), Morgan Childs (drums)
Juno Nominated Jazz pianist and vocalist Fern Lindzon and her quartet will be celebrating the season with a special evening at the Jazz Bistro. Ellington’s Nutcracker, Charlie Brown’s Christmas, Sting’s Soul Cake and a special Chanukah song will be sure to make the season bright.
“I discovered Billy Strayhorn’s amazing symphonic jazz version of Tchaikovsky’s iconic “Nutracker Suite” last June for a concert at the Barrie Jazz Festival with my jazz quartet. Colleen Allen was the first musician I thought of who could re-imagine the orchestral writing with her wide instrumental palette from piccolo to bass clarinet and all of the saxophones. Strayhorn’s arrangement for the Duke Ellington orchestra is imaginative, quirky and hugely fun to play. With titles such as “Sugar Rum Cherry”, “Peanut Brittle Brigade” and “Chinoiserie” Strayhorn breathes new life into one of the most beloved orchestral suites ever written.” Fern. Please join us.

Michael Maguire 7 String Guitarist
2018-12-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Pepperwood Bistro, 1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Canada
Good Times Great Food & Beautiful Surroundings. Reservations Recommended.

IN2 The Spirit Xmas Jazz Bash Dundas 3030 Dec. 9th 5pm.
2018-12-09 17:00 - 21:00 | 3030dundaswest, 3030 dundas west, Toronto, ON, M6P 1Z3, Canada
IN2 The Spirit Xmas Jazz Bash Dundas 3030 Dec. 9th 5pm.
Advance tickets on Eventbrite !
Listen here: https://johnfindlaymusic.org/track/1347651/the-12-days-of-christmas
The IN2 The Spirit CD is now available at: https://johnfindlaymusic.org/music-store
On December 9th please join us for a raucous fun filled afternoon/eve of Christmas classics rendered by Toronto’s top jazz & blues musicians at one of the coolest music venues in the city: Dundas 3030. Singalong & groove your way into December with some Xmas funk & cheer! with John Findlay-guitar/vocals, Scott Alexander-bass, Steve Heathcote-drums, Kevan McKenzie-percussion, Brent Barkman-keys, Johnny Johnson-sax, Jim Tait-guitar-Steve McDade-trumpet & Dave Restivo-piano! Featuring tracks off John Findlay’s Xmas Xtravaganza IN2 The Spirit CD release.
10$ advance Eventbrite. 15$ at the door.

https://www.facebook.com/events/272407516731383

Riverrun
2018-12-08 22:00 - 23:30 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Tom Richards – keys and composition
Peter Lutek – space clarinet
Scott Peterson – bass and electronics
Jake Oelrichs – drums

Storm Large at Koerner Hall
2018-12-08 20:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Storm Large
at Koerner Hall
Musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. Singer Storm Large of Pink Martini and Rock Star: Supernova fame performs her own brand of in-your-face Broadway, jazz, and rock-goddess anthems. The New York Times has called her “sensational.” Not for the faint of heart!
Storm Large has performed in clubs, with symphony orchestras all over the USA and UK, with the New York Pops, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Popular Song series, as well as with Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, and the Pasadena Pops. She has also sung with Grammy Award winner k.d. lang, pianist Kirill Gerstein, punk rocker John Doe, singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer George Clinton. Her autobiographical musical memoir, Crazy Enough, played to packed houses in Portland, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adelaide Festival in Australia, and Joe’s Pub in New York. Her memoir, Crazy Enough, was released by Simon and Schuster in 2012, named Oprah’s Book of the Week, and awarded the Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. In the fall of 2014, Storm & Le Bonheur released a record designed to capture sublime and subversive interpretations of the American Songbook. The recording is a collection of tortured and titillating love songs: beautiful, familiar, yet twisted … much like the lady herself.
ADULT CONTENT WARNING: Please be advised that this performance contains adult content and explicit language (with humor). We recommend this concert for adults only.

John MacMurchy
2018-12-08 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: $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.

Heavy Ethics
2018-12-07 22:00 - 23:30 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Progressive experimental jazz at its finest!

Paquito D’Rivera with the Harlem Quartet
2018-12-07 20:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Paquito D’Rivera with the Harlem Quartet
At Koerner Hall
Living legend and multiple Grammy Award winner, Paquito D’Rivera, returns to Koerner Hall. On this occasion, he is joined by the Harlem Quartet, praised for its “panache” by The New York Times and for “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and intelligent,” by the Cincinnati Enquirer. Their program will include classical chamber music as well as Latin jazz and improvisations.

Joni NehRita
2018-12-07 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: $16.00 / 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.

Slava's Snowshow
2018-12-07 08:00 - 2018-12-16 17:00 | St Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St E, Toronto, ON, M5E 1B4, Canada
The multi award-winning, international sensation blows back into Toronto just in time for the holidays!
Discover pure theatre magic, as a scruffy troupe of misfits lead audiences on a journey of amazement. For more than 25 years, millions of audiences around the globe have rediscovered a sense of childlike adventure through the spontaneous and magical antics of this timeless & dazzling spectacle.
A theatrical masterpiece and transformative experience, Slava’s Snowshow will ensure the Christmas season is merry and bright.
Slava’s Snowshow
Dec 7 – 16, 2018
At the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

DALE SCAIFE AND NINA RICHMOND AT AVIV
2018-12-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Aviv Mediterranean Restaurant, 328 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1V9, Canada
Dale Scaife, piano, and Nina Richmond, vocals, are delighted to have been invited back to perform at Aviv Mediterranean Restaurant on Thursday, December 6th from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. They have performed at Aviv several times and it is always so much fun. They play a mix of jazz and pop that you are sure to enjoy. Aviv is located at 328 Dupont Street, just west of Spadina. The food is delicious, the drinks are tasty and the atmosphere is cozy and friendly. There is street parking nearby and the Dupont subway station is just steps away. Call 416-922-2433 for reservations. There is no cover!

Alex Pangman @ Reservoir Lounge
2018-12-06 19:00 - 21:00
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. Makes a great holiday party night! 7-9pm, $7 Dinner reservations highly recommended to get seat with best stage views. (416) 955-0887

Camp Combo
2018-12-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada
For your jollification, energetic quartet CaMp CoMbO play wacky jazz, maudlin ballads, crackpot swing, latins, polkas, circus marches and surf beats. Darkly gleeful, often improvised and full of tricks! Gobs of original music, and some odd ball covers.

Michael Maguire 7 String Guitarist
2018-12-05 19:00 - 22:00 | The Easy Pour Wine Bar, 1660 Blair Road, Cambridge, Canada
A quaint restaurant in Cambridge with a lovely ambiance.
Reservations recommended. Call 519-219-3279

Stevie Vallance sings!
2018-12-05 18:00 - 20:00 | 120 Diner, 120 Church Street, Toronto, Canada
“Stevie Vallance, here’s a vocalist with something to say and a sensational way of saying it!” ~ Jurgen Gothe
STEVIE VALLANCE TRIO
Featuring: Ted Quinlan (guitar), Kieran Overs (bass), and Stevie Vallance (vocals)
Wednesday, Dec 5th
6 to 8 PM
Location:
120 Church St
(south of Queen on west side)

Reservations:
416-792-7725 or text: 416-706-4237

Directions:
https://goo.gl/maps/Nd8rUjuGg6E2

Peripheral Vision
2018-12-04 22:00 - 23:30 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Peripheral Vision is one of the most exciting and innovative jazz quartets to have recently appeared on the international jazz scene. Based in Toronto, the creative leaders of the group are long time musical collaborators, guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring. They have assembled a synergistic musical unit designed to push the boundaries of jazz while engaging the listener with a grooving, toe-tapping immediacy. Their distinctive musical voice bridges tradition and innovation, with deeply felt influences ranging from jazz, rock, classical, and improv, with a focus on dynamic group interaction.
https://www.peripheralvisionmusic.com

Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time is Here
2018-12-04 20:00 | George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, On, M2N 6R8, Canada
DIANNE REEVES is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world. As a result of her breathtaking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings—a Grammy first in any vocal category.

Featured in George Clooney’s six-time Academy Award nominated “Good Night, and Good Luck,” Reeves won her fourth of five Best Jazz Vocal Grammys for film’s soundtrack.
Reeves has recorded and performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. She has also recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and was a featured soloist with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Reeves was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the first singer to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Reeves worked with legendary producer Arif Mardin (Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin) on the Grammy winning A Little Moonlight, an intimate collection of standards featuring her touring trio. When Reeves’ holiday collection Christmas Time is Here was released, Ben Ratliff of The New York Times raved, “Ms. Reeves, a jazz singer of frequently astonishing skill, takes the assignment seriously; this is one of the best jazz Christmas CD’s I’ve heard.”
In recent years Reeves has toured the world in a variety of contexts including a program entitled “Sing the Truth,” a musical celebration of Nina Simone which also featured Liz Wright and Angelique Kidjo. She performed at the White House on multiple occasions including President Obama’s State Dinner for the President of China as well as the Governors’ Ball.
Reeves’ latest release, Beautiful Life, won the 2015 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Her first album in five years, Beautiful Life was produced by Terri Lyne Carrington and features Gregory Porter, Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, and Esperanza Spalding. In January 2015 Reeves joined Paul Simon, James Taylor and Bobby McFerrin in a tribute to Michael Brecker at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

ADVOCATS BIG BAND ANNUAL HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE
2018-12-03 19:30 - 22:00 | The Duke Live, 1225 Queen Street East, Toronto, Canada
YOU MUST celebrate the holiday season with the Advocats Big Band at The Duke Live on Monday, December 3rd from 7:30 to 10:00 pm! This is our annual holiday performance featuring many holiday tunes you know but BIG BAND style! You are in for a treat!
The Duke Live is located at 1225 Queen Street East at Leslie. It 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).
www.advocatsbigbandcom

Gregg Stafford - New Orleans Stomp!
2018-12-02 20:00 - 23:30 | Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada
Gregg Stafford is a wonderful trumpet player who comes up once a year from New Orleans, The band is made up of Toronto musicians from some of the local trad jazz bands: Toby Hughes (sax), Tom Richards (trombone), Roberta Hunt (piano), Jack King (banjo), Chris Daniels (bass), and Chuck Clarke (drums). It’s a magical evening.
Tickets are $25 advance from www.ticketscene.ca, or $30 at the door. Dinner reservations guarantee seating (416-588-0307).

An Evening of Dinner Jazz with Fifth Element
2018-12-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Axis in The Junction, 3048 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1Z3, Canada
Get your Sunday Dinner Jazz fix as Fifth Element returns to Axis in The Junction on Sunday, December 2 from 6 – 9 pm. with 3 sets of the jazz you love. This busy jazz quintet includes Dave Coules, on tenor sax, Dale Scaife on piano, Ron Johnston on bass, John Collin on drums and singer, Nina Richmond. Located at 3048 Dundas Street West between Keele and Runnymede, Axis is in the heart of Toronto’s historic Junction area. For reservations call Axis at 416 – 604 – 3333
• Facebook – Axis in The Junction
• No Cover – PWYC ($10 – $20 suggested)

Steven Taetz Trio @ Shangri La Lounge
2018-12-01 21:00 - 2018-12-02 01:00 | Shangri La, 188 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steven Taetz Trio @ Shangri La Lounge. No cover. 9pm – 1am. Steven is joined by Ewen Farncombe – piano, David McLean – bass. They will play a mix of standards and holiday classics, as well as songs from their 2017 EP “Cool Yule”, and their 2018 album “Drink You In”.

Alex Pangman @ Senator Winebar
2018-12-01 21:00 - 23:30 | The Senator Winebar, 249 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Join Alex and John Macleod on cornet, and Nathan Hiltz on acoustic guitar and 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

Hilario Duran's "Contambao"
2018-12-01 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: $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.

Michael Maguire 7 String Guitarist
2018-12-01 14:00 - 15:00 | The Brantford Music Centre, 422 Colborne Street, Brantford, Canada
Clinic

Ryan Driver Sextet
2018-11-30 22:00 - 23:30 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada

Aurochs
2018-11-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada

CARLOS MORGAN
2018-11-30 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: $16.00 / 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.
