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TD Niagara Jazz Festival
2019-07-19 - 2019-07-22 | Ontario
The TD Niagara Jazz Festival is an exciting not-for-profit jazz festival dedicated to celebrating the art form of jazz throughout the year in the Niagara Region with a focus on the summer festival the last two weekends of July. We inspire, educate and develop jazz audiences for generations to come, combining live jazz with an immersive Niagara experience – food, wine, culture and natural wonders.
This year’s festival takes place over two weekends: July 19-21 and July 26-28.
Go to www.niagarajazzfestival.com for more details on events and performances.

LAURA FERNANDEZ / DON NADURIAK QUINTET Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-07-18 20:00 - 22:30, 2019-07-17 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Toronto) | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Born in Madrid, Laura Fernandez’s transition to a career as a recording artist and performer was a natural extension of her work as a visual artist, who sees her musical compositions as paintings, but expressed in a different medium. Laura says: “Painting, and especially illustrating for 25 years, had become limiting for me and wasn’t answering all my creative questions. Music has become a voyage of self-discovery for me. There are no rules here, and this is exciting and liberating to me. I love the social aspects of making music, and the fact that it is a more direct route to the heart than painting.”

jazz.fm91 & CAA International Jazz Safari to Portugal
2019-07-18 - 2019-07-27 | Ontario
UPDATE: Registration is now closed. Thank you to everyone who is joining. Stay tuned for more International Jazz Safaris!
jazz.fm91 presents the International Jazz Safari to Portugal—in partnership with CAA, Our Official Travel Insurance Provider!
Join us along with our own Jaymz Bee as your host in Cascais, a beautiful coastal resort town just west of Lisbon. We’ll be there for the 16th edition of the EDP Cool Jazz Festival, and if you love jazz and love to travel, you won’t want to miss out on this adventure.
From July 18 to 26, in partnership with CAA, our official travel insurance provider, join the jazz.fm91 International Jazz Safari to Portugal. Your trip will include round-trip airfare, hotel and more.
Donation Levels:
$9,995 double ($2,100 tax receipt)
$6,775 single ($1,425 tax receipt)
Your trip includes:

Round-trip direct flight airfare
7 nights at the beautiful 5-star Hotel Pestana Citadela Cascais;
daily breakfast;
a group dinner;
and tickets to see the amazing Jamie Cullum, Tom Jones and Diana Krall.

Known for its scenic coastline and relaxed beach vibe, Cascais’ picturesque lighthouses and churches will make you feel like you’ve just stepped into a painting.
Great ready for a great adventure. In the scenic surrounds of the Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, we’ll enjoy summer nights entertained by some of the biggest names in music, including performances from Jamie Cullum, Tom Jones and Diana Krall.
With the hotel just steps from the beach, you’ll also have plenty of free time on the Safari to walk the seawall, shop at local markets, hop on a train for a day trip to explore Lisbon, or just relax by the pool!
The jazz.fm91 International Jazz Safari to Portugal, in partnership with CAA – making bad days good, and good days better.
If you have any questions or would like to more about this, or any of our, International Jazz Safaris please contact jazz.fm91 Operations Director Michael Booth at mbooth@jazz.fm.

Stratford Summer Music Festival
2019-07-15 - 2019-08-26 | Ontario
Stratford Summer Music, an annual multi-week music festival that presents 100 events featuring 350+ artists, is set in indoor and outdoor venues throughout downtown Stratford, Ontario.
With an artistic vision to produce, to the highest standards possible, an annual program of diverse and exciting musical performances by local, provincial, national and international artists and to provide the widest possible range of musical genres on our stages, Stratford Summer Music exposes audiences to a standard of musical excellence difficult to find outside large urban centres.
Artists featured include: The Phil Dwyer Trio, Laila Biali, John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra, and many more…
For info/tickets: StratfordSummerMusic.ca

KALABASH Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-07-13 21:00 - 23:30, 2019-07-12 21:00 - 23:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
While there have been individual soloists who use the steel drum as a lead instrument in different jazz contexts, Kalabash is distinctive as a jazz sextet that is built around the sound of this unique instrument, and that is focused on performing original material. The combination of reeds and flute with the steel drums gives the group a special sound that has made the band a hit with festival audiences. Formed in Toronto in 1993, the group has established a great performance record in that city and beyond.
Live performance highlights include: the Molson Stage, Harbourfront’s contribution to the du Maurier Downtown Jazz Festival, Toronto (1994); the Super Dome, Essence Magazine’s 25th Anniversary Music Festival, New Orleans (1995); the Beaches Jazz Festival, Toronto (1995 and 1996); a concert with Marjorie Whylie, famed Jamaican folklorist and jazz pianist at The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music (2000); CD launch concerts at the Pelican Inn and Naparima Bowl in Trinidad and Tobago (2001); and a CD launch performance at the Berlin Club, Toronto (2001); the opening performance for the Barbados Jazz Festival (2002) at Sunbury House; an appearance at the Island Club, Ontario Place in the JazzFM 91 Summer of Jazz series (2002); and more recently, appearances at the Distillery Jazz Festival, Toronto (2003) and the CIBC stage at Harbourfront, Toronto (2003) in the Island Soul programme.
Kalabash has been featured in a one hour TV show on BRAVO! TV’s “Jazzman” series (1995) that was syndicated and aired extensively on Black Entertainment Television’s “BET on Jazz.” The band has also been featured in two BRAVO! TV videos of original music, taped in 1998, and a video of its performance in Trinidad and Tobago at “Jazz Artists On The Greens 2010″ where Kalabash headlined.

Beaches Jazz Festival: Latin Carnival
2019-07-12 - 2019-07-15 | Woodbine Park, 1695 Queen St. E, Toronto, Ontario, M4L 1G7, Canada
The Beaches International Jazz Festival is a month-long, mid-summer event that attracts thousands of fans and makes a major contribution to promoting Canadian jazz excellence locally and on the world stage. Admission is free for all events.
Latin Carnival
Friday, July 12
6:00 PM DJ Rhymes
7:30 PM Bachata Swing
9:30 PM Salsotika Orquesta
Saturday, July 13
1:00 PM DJ Explosivo
2:00 PM Salsa Class
3:00 PM Clave Y Son Org
5:00 PM Rojitas Orquestra
7:00 PM Los Hijos De Tuta
9:00 PM International Show TRIBUTE TO CELIA CRUZ with CLAUDIA LA GITANA
Sunday, July 14
1:00 PM DJ Rhymes
1:30 PM Evaristo Machado & Banda
3:00 PM ZUMBA HAPPY FEET TEAM with Tathiana, Pilar, Zuleidi & German
4:30 PM Grupo Borolo
6:30 PM International Show TRIBUTE TO CELIA CRUZ with CLAUDIA LA GITANA
Visit beachesjazz.com for more info

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
2019-07-12 - 2019-07-15 | Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada
Canada’s leading contemporary outdoor art fair has been happening every second weekend in July since 1961, rain or shine, in the heart of downtown Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square.
Over 360 emerging and established contemporary visual artists and makers, working in an array of disciplines, come together to showcase and sell their work directly to the public. The artist is always present at Toronto Outdoor Art Fair.
115,000 art lovers and collectors flock to Toronto every year to discover new works and new talents for free in a vibrant and welcoming environment. Collectively our visitors spend over 2 million dollars on buying art, contributing to the economic prosperity of our participating artists and the cultural vibrancy of our city.
We are known for hosting many nationally and internationally acclaimed Canadian artists under our iconic white tents at the early years of their careers including, Barbara Astman, David Blackwood, Edward Burtynsky, Ken Danby, Rob Gonsalves, Harlan House, Joanne Tod, and Jennifer Stead to name a few.
Together with our committed and generous community of donors, we celebrate artistic excellence and our artists’ entrepreneurial spirit by presenting $40,000 cash and in-kind awards, an unprecedented and unique awards program in North American art fairs.

Harbourfront Centre presents BRAVE 2019
2019-07-11 - 2019-07-22 | Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2G8, Canada
Harbourfront Centre’s daring festival, BRAVE, returns for another spin on what it means to lead a meaningful, multi-faceted life. This year’s iteration of the festival zooms in on “Secret Lives, Second Chances.”
For 11 days in July, we uncover the hidden and concealed parts of ourselves through experiential theatre, immersive art, music, food and objects. BRAVE looks into the boxes we place ourselves in, the ones we try to break out of and the unexpected paths we take.
For details, go to www.harbourfrontcentre.com/brave.

JACLYN WHITTAL Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-07-06 21:00 - 23:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Hamilton based jazz songstress, Jaclyn Whittal has been wowing audiences with her diverse vocal prowess for nearly 22 years! A student of musical theatre at the University Of Windsor, Jaclyn has a lengthy CV of stage credits including the lead role of Sandy in an exclusive concert scale European Tour of the musical ‘Grease’. Jaclyn has also released two independent rock albums and was a resident principle singer at Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka where Canada’s very own Shania Twain got her start.
A unique twist to Jaclyn’s career is that she is also a meteorologist and a national television host with The Weather Network. You can catch her on the international hit show STORMHUNTERS where she is featured chasing tornadoes and hurricanes. When Jaclyn sings the song Stormy Monday it can take on a whole new meaning for her! With Jaclyn’s background in theatre, impressive collection of songs and stellar musicians, a night with Ms. Whittal is a guaranteed whirlwind of an evening!

BLUE STANDARD: RED, WHITE AND BLUES – THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-07-04 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Blue Standard features the vocal stylings of Maple Blues Award winner and acclaimed actor Raoul Bhaneja, joined by the youngest member of the first family of Canadian roots music, Jesse Whiteley on piano.
Their new album “A Good Thing” was released world wide January 18th 2019. Recorded live off the floor. A Good Thing features classic songs that inspired both performers, originally interpreted by the likes of Nat King Cole, Joe Williams and Chet Baker.

Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats @ Reservoir Lounge
2019-07-04 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 band will just have returned from the Montreal Jazz Festival the night before so will be in fine fettle! 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

ADVOCATS BIG BAND CELEBRATES CANADA DAY AT THE DUKE LIVE!
2019-07-01 19:30 - 22:00 | The Duke Live, 1225 Queen Street East, Toronto, Canada
????O Canada ????, the Advocats Big Band is pumped to celebrate you! On Monday, July 1st, the stars will align as we celebrate Canada Day at The Duke Live (1225 Queen Street East at Leslie) from 7:30 til 10:00 pm. You are invited to join us and finish your long weekend just right!
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 or visit https://thedukelive.ca/contact-us.html and submit a message.
$10 cover (children under 12 free).

MARCUS NANCE WITH BARBARA FULTON Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Marcus Nance is equally at home in theatre, opera, concert, and cabaret. The New York Times described him as “a thrillingly powerful bass-baritone” while Backstage New York says he “has a bass that flows like melted butter”.
New York audiences saw Marcus Nance on Broadway as Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, in Baz Luhrman’s Tony Award winning production of La Boheme, in New York City Centre ENCORES! productions of Kismet and Of Thee I Sing, as Alidoro in Cenerentola with New York City Opera and in concert at the Metropolitan Room.
Most recently, he has been seen as Van Helsing in Innercamber’s concert version of Dracula, as a guest soloist in “Some Enchanted Evening” with the London Symphonia, as the Tin Man in The Grand Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz and as Judge Turpin in the Shaw Festival’s production of Sweeney Todd where the Toronto Star proclaimed that he “gives the production’s standout performance as the corrupt Judge Turpin: with his stunning singing voice and commanding physical presence, he is horribly convincing as a man who aborts justice and tramples morality…”.
He has spent eight seasons at the prestigious Stratford Festival where his assignments have included Chaiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Queequeg in Morris Panych’s Moby Dick, Rev. J.D. Montgomery in My One and Only and Mingo in Crazy For You. For the Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, BC and the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario, he moved audiences with his emotional portrayal of the Beast in Beauty and the Beast. Other regional credits include the Sultan in Aladdin, King Triton in The Little Mermaid and the Mikado in The Mikado for Drayton Entertainment, Judah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Stage West, and Dr. Hazlett/Reporter in Floyd Collins and Mike/Earnest in Pal Joey for the Shaw Festival.
Marcus Nance garnered international attention as Malcolm in the world premiere of Atom Egoyan’s Elsewhereless with Tapestry New Opera Works which earned him a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Most Outstanding Male Performer in a Musical. For Queen of Puddings Music Theatre he created the role of Moses in the world premiere of the epic opera Beatrice Chancy, performing alongside opera superstar Measha Bruggergosman. His other opera credits include Porgy in excerpts from Porgy and Bess with the Toronto Symphony, Sparafucile in Rigoletto with the Tacoma Opera, Compere in Four Saints in Three Acts with Chicago Opera Theatre and an array of exciting roles and concerts with Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Chautauqua Opera, Vancouver New Music, The National Arts Centre, Shreveport Opera, Ash-Lawn-Highland Summer Festival, Natchez Opera Festival, Orchestra London, Victoria Symphony, North York Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, Fairbanks Festival Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, the Monterey Bay Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
Expanding further his creativity and artistic horizons, Marcus Nance made his film debut as the Singing Accountant in Mel Brooke’s feature film The Producers starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. He has also appeared in cabaret at Toronto’s Jazz Bistro, the Metropolitan Room in New York City, Stratford Summer Music, the Elora Festival, the Toronto Jazz Festival and as a regular guest with the Ottawa Jazz Orchestra

ALANA BRIDGEWATER Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-29 21:00 - 23:30 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Alana Bridgewater is an accomplished singer and actor in Toronto. Gemini nominated for her contribution to The Gospel Christmas Project (CBC), Alana has appeared in shows from Charlottetown to New York City. Television appearances include Hannibal (NBC), Dino Dan (Nick Jr.) and as voice artist, ‘Eartha’ in Mysticons and ‘Mr. King Dice’ in Cuphead. She is best known for her turn as ‘Killer Queen’ in the Toronto production of We Will Rock You. Highlights of her career include performing for Quincy Jones, Peter Gabriel, Nelson Mandela, Margaret Atwood, and Norman Jewison to name a few. Alana also performed as backup vocalist for Angelique Kidjo, Johnny Reid, The Arkells and Carvin Winans.

Youn Sun Nah at George Weston Recital Hall
2019-06-29 20:00 - 23:00 | George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto, On, M2N 6R8, Canada
As Toronto audiences will soon learn and experience, Youn Sun Nah’s musical prowess has been astonishing audiences overseas.
Hailed by The Guardian as “a style-bending star,” South Korean vocalist Youn Sun Nah has a truly distinct story and a wholly innovative approach to music. Her refreshingly rich voice, which All About Jazz describes as “dramatic, sensual, and bluesy,” is a reflection of her varied musical background.
Renowned throughout Europe and Asia, Youn Sun Nah has built an impressive mainstream following performing on some of the world’s greatest stages, such as the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and International Jazz Day. Le Monde says, “Youn Sun Nah is a UFO touching the universe of music with a magnificent voice and passionate originality.”

TOMSON HIGHWAY AND PATRICIA CANO: SONGS IN THE KEY OF CREE Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-28 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
“In The (Post) Mistress, you see Highway’s idea of beauty – a Peruvian-Canadian from Northern Ontario singing to a Brazilian beat in an indigenous language. It is a beautiful vision.” — J. Kelly Nestruck (Globe and Mail Review, Oct. 21st, 2016)
“English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don’t have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees have souls. Trees are ‘who,’ not ‘what.” – Tomson Highway
Songs in the Key of Cree is a compilation of songs written over the past thirty years by Cree-Canadian playwright/ songwriter/pianist Tomson Highway. The songs in the show are taken from five of his musicals – Rose, The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito, The (Post) Mistress, The Sage, the Dancer, and the Fool and his latest new musical as yet to be titled.
What makes the songs unique is their Cree lyrics – and playfulness! Cree is the most spoken Native language in Canada today, and many of Canada’s most well-known place names are of Cree origin including Winnipeg, Manitoba, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Chicoutimi, Quebec and Ottawa. Cree is a very rhythmic language that lends itself very naturally to music and music-making, and the style of the music is “cabaret.” Think Cole Porter and Kurt Weill…with Cree, English, French and even Spanish lyrics! (Mr. Highway is tri-lingual in Cree, his mother tongue, and French and English.)
The songs will be sung by extraordinary Peruvian-Canadian cabaret singer, Patricia Cano, accompanied by jazz saxophonist Marcus Ali, and by Tomson Highway himself on the piano.
Writer, Composer and Musician Tomson Highway was born in a snow bank on the Manitoba/Nunavut border to a family of nomadic caribou hunters. He had the great privilege of growing up in two languages: Cree, his mother tongue, and Dene, the language of the neighbouring nation, a people with whom they travelled and hunted. His parents, with no access to books, television or radio, would tell their children stories, and Tomson fell in love with the oral tradition of storytelling. When he was six, he was taken from his family and placed in residential school. Although he resented being taken away from his parents, he did learn music, and had plans to become a concert pianist.
Tomson enjoys an international career as playwright, novelist, pianist, and songwriter. His critically acclaimed works include the plays The Rez Sisters, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Rose, Ernestine Shuswap Gets her Trout and the best-selling novel Kiss of the Fur Queen. For many years, Tomson ran Canada’s premiere Native theatre company Native Earth Performing Arts (based in Toronto), out of which emerged an entire generation of professional Indigenous playwrights, actors and many Native theatre companies in Canada.
Tomson Highway’s many awards include the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and Best Production (three wins, five nominations), the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama (two nominations), the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award (two wins), winning the Toronto Arts Award (for outstanding contributions made over the years to the City of Toronto cultural industries), the Wang Harbourfront International Festival of Authors Award, the Silver Ticket Award (from the Dora Mavor Moore Awards, for outstanding contributions made over the years to the Toronto theatre industry), the National Aboriginal Achievement Award (2001), and the Order of Canada (1994).

Sinal Aberto Quartet featuring Luanda Jones at The Jazz Room
2019-06-28 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.

Steven Taetz Ensemble - TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-28 13:00 - 17:00 | OLG Stage, Hazelton and Scollard, 21 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Steven Taetz Ensemble @ TD Toronto Jazz Festival
1:15pm
OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave (at Scollard), in Yorkville
as part of the Flatcar Records at TD TO Jazz Fest
Event page https://www.facebook.com/events/2293965687336728/

“As sophisticated as Cole Porter, as sly as Blossom Dearie.” – JazzTimes

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.

JUDITH LANDER Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-27 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
Judith Lander is a consummate interpreter of cabaret’s finest offerings. Her repertoire ranges from pop to Broadway, with the likes of Stephen Sondheim, to classical cabaret including Kurt Weil and Jacques Brel, with a sprinkling of jazz.
“My music is very emotionally driven, as well as musically driven, because I have been a singer for 50 years,” says the singer, composer and actor. She has performed on Broadway and in other major North American cities in the original hit production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, culminating with a memorable performance with Brel himself at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall.
“I have quite a background of music, so it is about connecting and reaching the hearts of the audience. It’s very important to me to do that. There are a lot of singers these days who are imitations of imitations. They are not really connected as much to the musical lyrics as they should be, and I feel audiences today really hunger for that,” says the Winnipeg native who now lives in Oakville, Ont.
“Cabaret is an eclectic combination of music that is either political, emotional or humorous, and it is coming back because people are tired of the sterility that’s out there. Usually songs that have a personal bent have more emotional nutrition and people need that right now.”
Lander, who is respected as a composer, most notably for compositions for ballet, including Diary, which has been performed by the National Ballet of Canada, the Hubbard Street Company of Chicago and the American Ballet Theater, recently released an acclaimed recording of songs she has sung on stages across the world entitled “In My Life.”
The 65-year-old has made a remarkable comeback, having retired from cabaret performance in her 50s. “What is amazing to me is that I’m in my 60s and I still sing really well, and that, to me, is an amazing gift,” Lander says. “If you are trained properly, there’s no reason why you can’t maintain a lot of your voice, but you will lose a certain amount of your range, or it will shift. For me, I go a little lower with my range, but there were songs that I couldn’t have done before, like September Song – but I was too young to do it – or Carousel by Brel that goes faster and faster and is quite mad at the end, and when I was young, it was extremely difficult to maintain the song. Now that I’m older, I can handle it much better because of experience, the [richer] interpretations and the power that I have at this age.”

Cécile McLorin Salvant at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she’s taking another big leap forward with Dreams and Daggers, her third album for Mack Avenue Records.
McLorin Salvant first made waves in the jazz world when, at the urging of her mother, she entered the most prestigious jazz vocal competition in the world. Having nearly missed the submission deadline, she made it to the finals as their youngest performer and was selected by an illustrious panel of judges – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Kurt Elling, Patti Austin, and Al Jarreau – as the 2010 Thelonious Monk Competition winner. While she had bypassed the traditional U.S. conservatories and jazz schools, McLorin Salvant studied at France’s Aix-en-Provence before returning for the competition’s semi-finals, the judges noted her remarkable voice and striking ability to inhabit the emotional space of every song she heard and turn it into a compelling statement.
In 2013, McLorin Salvant made her Mack Avenue Records debut with WomanChild, garnering a GRAMMY® Award-nomination, NPR Music’s pick for “Best Jazz Vocal Album of the Year,” and three placements in DownBeat’s critic’s poll as “Jazz Album of the Year,” “Top Female Vocalist,” and “Best Female Jazz Up and Coming Artist of the Year,” among many other accolades. Her 2015 follow up release, For One To Love, won the GRAMMY® Award for “Best Jazz Vocal Album.”
McLorin Salvant’s music has been featured in multiple Chanel “Chance” campaigns and is included in the soundtrack for HBO’s acclaimed film, Bessie. New York Times Magazine included her recording of “Trolley Song” as one of “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going,” The New Yorker profiled her at age 27, Vanity Fair featured her in their “Millennials That Are Shaking Up The Jazz World” piece, Essence Magazine noted her as one of “13 Emerging Black Women in Music,” and Gilles Peterson included her as an “Artist to Watch” in The Atlantic. Learn more about McLorin Salvant on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Fresh Air,” New York Times’ “Close at Hand,” or watch her perform on BBC’s “Later… with Jools Holland” and PBS’ “The Tavis Smiley Show.”
Sullivan Fortner
Lauded as one of the top jazz pianists of his generation, Sullivan Fortner is recognized for his virtuosic technique and captivating performances. The winner of three prestigious awards – a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship from the American Pianists Association, and the 2016 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists – Sullivan’s music embodies the essence of the blues and jazz as he connects music of all eras and genres through his improvisation.

Melissa Stylianou Quartet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-27 18:30 - 23:00 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada
Presented by the Grand River Jazz Society.
Doors open at 6:30 P.M. Come for dinner; stay for music!
Show starts at 8:00 P.M. Ends at 11:00 P.M.
Cover Charge: $20.00 / person. (Free to annual pass holders.)
Visit www.kwjazzroom.com and click on the desired concert’s listing to get additional information and to purchase advance tickets.

ORI DAGAN SINGS JEROME KERN Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-26 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
An Evening of Jerome Kern with Ori Dagan with Mark Eisenman & Colleen Allen!
Acclaimed Toronto-based jazz singer-songwriter Ori Dagan returns to Jazz Bistro to pay tribute to one of the most widely performed musical geniuses of the 20th century: composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945). Two of this country’s most highly respected jazz musicians will join the fun: pianist Mark Eisenman and multi-instrumentalist Colleen Allen. Expect to hear classics and lesser-known gems, delivered with swing and heart.

Omara Portuondo at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-26 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Buena Vista Social Club™ Diva celebrates her music and life with a special tour accompanied by special guests
While other much loved Buena Vista stars like Ruben Gonzalez and Ibrahim Ferrer were lured out of retirement. Omara has been continually performing in public since the age 15, a legendary singer whose voice reflects a long, creative life of passion and music. She has been singing professionally for an incredible 70 years, and while revolutions and wars shook the globe, she has carried on, with indomitable elegance.
The best way to celebrate Omara’s musical career? A very special worldwide tour which will include some exceptional invited guests. The great Cuban diva and artistic ambassador of her country wants to celebrate with a grand fiesta which represents the impressive sweep of her career – on every stop meeting with old friends and new to perform together much loved Cuban classics from ‘Besame Mucho’ to ‘Veinte Años’. The tour will reflect different aspects of her long career, taking it way back to her younger years and her continuing love of elegant cabaret, from the Buena Vista days right up to the present with different tastes and flavours, of what will be a musical feast, full of piquant sabrosura.
Producer Ry Cooder said about the Buena Vista Social Club musicians, that he was lucky, as we all are to “have caught the tail end of a comet” of a great music culture that was cut off for decades.
Omara Portuondo is a diva in the best sense, an ambassador of Cuba to the world. Now in her mid-eighties, there is a sense in which the curtains of an era are slowly, elegantly coming down. But she will forever, as the old show business adage has it “Always leave them wanting more.”

Heather Bambrick Quartet at The Jazz Room
2019-06-26 17:30 - 23:00 | The Jazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King Street North, Kitchener, Canada

ADI BRAUN SINGS DORIS DAY Live at Jazz Bistro
2019-06-25 20:30 - 23:00 | Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Canada
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Join Adi Braun as she takes you on a Sentimental Journey through the musical life of the quintessential “girl next door”, Doris Day! Adi brings her signature vocals to such Day classics as “Secret Love”, “Pillow Talk and “It’s Magic”.
Backed by Tom King, piano, Jordan O’Connor, bass, and Daniel Barnes, drums, this is a “mustn’t miss” evening of Doris Day’s swinging hits, toe-tapping classics and luscious ballads. Hop on the “Deadwood Stage” as Adi takes you down Doris Day memory lane.
Adi Braun’s sophisticated style and subtle delivery evokes such vocal greats as Sarah Vaughan, Lotte Lenya, Judy Garland and Rosemary Clooney. Elizabeth Ahlfors of New York’s Cabaret Scenes describes Adi as, “A tad Dinah Washington, a hint of Lena Horne, the enveloping warmth of Doris Day, all gift-wrapped up in a unique sound that is singular Adi Braun!” Adi’s repertoire ranges from the Great American Songbook, to European cabaret, to contemporary songs by Canada legend’s Shirley Eikhard and Gordon Lightfoot as well as her own originals. Whether she is singing in English, French, Spanish or German, Adi Braun is “a power-frau who gives jazz standards a unique touch, telling stories that are miniature life moments” (Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf, Germany).
Born in Toronto, Adi Braun grew up in Europe surrounded by music and musicians. Her parents were opera singers, and her father, Victor Braun, was one of Canada’s leading baritones. Her first instrument was piano, which she began studying at the age of six. With no formal voice lessons, she made her first pop/jazz recording at age 19. Following family tradition, Adi trained classically at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. She began her singing career as a classical recitalist, a soloist with orchestra and on-stage in operas and operettas alongside her brother, baritone Russell Braun. In addition to her many musical roles, Adi teaches German art song at the Royal Conservatory of Music and is a German diction coach for the Canadian Opera Company.
Adi started “singing sideways” in the late ‘90s and returned to the music she loves – which she calls “cabarazz” – drawing on aspects from both cabaret and jazz. After winning a local competition in 2001, she was catapulted to centre-stage as one of Canada’s leading jazz vocalists. In 2007, Adi was nominated as Best Major Jazz Vocalist of the Year by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC).

Emilie-Claire Barlow at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada
Emilie-Claire Barlow — at 42 her youthful energy and appearance bely a 20 year career at the highest levels of jazz recording and performance.
Recording her first album at the age of 22, Emilie-Claire now has 12 albums to her credit, many of which have been honoured with award nomination including wins of Adisq and Juno Awards. Never one to rest on past accomplishments Ms. Barlow continues to grow as an artist and numerous tours across the globe have honed her stage presence and voice to a peak of control and expression — wowing audiences with a combination of vocal prowess and a relaxed energy.
Emilie-Claire has spent the last 20 years in search of her “perfect band” and her current line up is a stunning selection of Canada’s finest musicians. Each one of them is an artist in their own right making virtuosity look easy night after night. Additionally Ms. Barlow has discovered a Montreal based string quartet that will embellish Emilie-Claire’s beautiful arrangements their luscious sound on select engagements.
“Emilie-Claire Barlow: 20 Year Retrospective Tour” brings to the stage a tour-de-force performance of songs spanning the entire career of a major talent at her peak.
Featuring a few forgotten gems and her most popular hits, Ms. Barlow will captivate her audience through the songs and stories behind her recordings, music and life.

Diana Ross at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
2019-06-24 20:00 - 23:00 | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front Street East, Toronto, Canada
Diana Ross defines icon. A remarkable career spanning over 50 years, Ms Ross is an international treasure. She is consider the most successful recording artist and entertainer of all time. President Obama said “she exudes glamour & grace, her influence is inescapable” as he presented her with a Medal of Freedom Award, the most prestigious award given to a U.S. citizen.
Beyond the fabled journey and legendary successes, Diana Ross considers her greatest accomplishment to be that of raising her five children. Seeing them flourish and becoming successful adults in each of their chosen fields, she remains the nucleus of a solid family that has expanded and gifted her five beautiful grandchild.
The dream began as a young girl on the North End section of Detroit. In a city that she would help to create a cultural movement of racial integration and popular music call, Motown (a portmanteau of Motor and Town). Her journey has inspired and empowered countless, celebrities, musicians, artists and young dreamers. A youthful Oprah Winfrey has said that Ms Ross “represented hope
for me, she was my role model, magical to me.”
As the dream became a legacy, her influence touched music, fashion, stage, film and TV.
Ross’ international achievements were acknowledged by the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC (2007). The honor celebrated her lustrous career of excellence in music, film, television and theatre, as well as her cultural influences, humanitarian work and her contributions to American culture. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences celebrated her remarkable
career with its highest honor, The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
Her portrayal of Billie Holliday in the classic film, “Lady Sings the Blues” resulted in an Oscar nomination and a trophy at the The Golden Globe Awards. Co-starring as an aspiring designer in the 1975 romantic comedy, Mahogany, Ross felt the role lent the perfect opportunity to personally sketch and design all the fashion in the timeless film.
As a stage actress, she won Broadway’s top honor with a Tony Award for her one-woman show, “An Evening with Diana Ross.” The same show was later broadcast as a special on television. From her landmark solo career to the early days as the leader of The Supremes Diana Ross shaped the sound of popular music, changing the landscape and paving way to contemporary music.
Her voice, described as “honey with soulful sensibility,” produced 14 Top ten albums, 18 #1 songs and music sales exceeding 100 millions units around the world. The latest in a string of #1s includes a new remix of the 1971 classic, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough 2017” which topped the Billboard Dance Club Chart this year.
In 2017, the American Music Awards presented Ms Ross with the Lifetime Acheivement Award. In1993, she earned a Guinness World Record for her success in the United States and United Kingdom by having more hits than any other female artist on the charts with a career total of 70 hit singles. Career milestones include induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Hero Award, NAACP Entertainer Award, Billboard’s Female Entertainer of the Century Award, The Soul Train Legend Award, two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will received the American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2017. And Ross is also one of the few celebrities to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On July 21, 1983, Diana Ross drew a crowd of over 800,000 people to New York’s Central Park, one of the biggest audiences in history for a live concert. Soon after the show began, pouring rain and heavy wind threatened to put an end to the show, but she pushed on for much of the set, urging the drenched crowd to remain calm and stay with her. Eventually the storm put an end to the performance, but not before she promised her fans that she would return the next day. True to her word, she performed the entire concert again on July 22nd for the people of New York City.
Her love for life, her never-ending wonder, her appreciation of goals and achievements and her sheer human spirit define the icon that is Diana Ross.

"IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN: THE SONGS OF HAROLD ARLEN"
2019-06-24 12:00 - 13:00 | The Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto-based jazz songstress, Ilana Waldston has been delighting audiences with her swinging jazz standards and off-beat comedic cabaret numbers for years. Her dazzling CD, I Could Laugh Out Loud, has received many accolades and has made her a sought-after performer. She will perform a musical tribute to Harold Arlen, including classics such as Come Rain or Come Shine and some comedic numbers including Lydia the Tatooed Lady from the Marx Brothers’ At the Circus.
