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Sep 6 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Photo Credit : Roslyn Witter What a way to end Season 12 at the Jazz Room with one of our favourite tenor saxophonists- Dave Wiffen. The band plays bebop and hard bop jazz standards, along with some original compositions with a modern electric approach. Dave Wiffen received a BMUS (performance) from Wilfrid Laurier University and a …
Sep 7 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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The Nimmons Tribute consists of Kevin Turcotte, Tara Davidson, Mike Murley, William Carn, Perry White, Sean Nimmons, Jon Maharaj and Ethan Ardelli – each superb talents who are highly regarded as some of Canada’s top jazz musicians. These award-winning musicians are composers and bandleaders in their own right who have an impressive touring, recording and …
Sep 13 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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It’s an apt theme for a musical collaboration named after Ostara, the Germanic goddess of the spring equinox. The Ostara Project, spear-headed by award-winning jazz musicians Jodi Proznick and Amanda Tosoff of Music Arts Collective, showcases the strength and creativity of Canadian women in jazz. Membership is fluid and what remains constant is that Ostara artists are all top-tier …
Sep 14 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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All The Little Things You Do is award-winning Canadian trumpeter, vocalist, composer and bandleader Rebecca Hennessy’s most recent studio album. This album heralds her debut as a singer-songwriter and is being released in the profound time between the recent death of her mother and the birth of her first child. This beautifully written, performed and produced album …
Sep 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Tymish Koznarsky is a gifted jazz musician from Toronto, Canada. His mastery of the bebop style has had a major influence on the jazz landscape. Koznarsky is renowned for his nuanced and quick-witted improvisations, which take listeners on an engrossing voyage through the diverse and intricate realm of jazz. Koznarsky creates a tapestry of sound …
Sep 21 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Join Argentinian pianist, composer, and Billboard Magazine Emerging Artist Gabriel Palatchi for an eclectic and explosive musical journey with an original blend of cultures that features latin jazz, tango, funk, middle east and more! He spent his formative years in Buenos Aires studying classical piano, and being mentored by some of the great maestros of blues, tango, …
Sep 27 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Ally Fiola is a Nova Scotian saxophonist, film composer, and bandleader of the groove-based jazz ensemble, The Next Quest. Quirky melodies combined with joyous grooves and unexpected twists and turns, The Next Quest is inspired by funk, soul, and traditional New Orleans brass band. As an experienced composer, Ally connects to a wide-range of listeners …
Sep 28 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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The Shuffle Demons are a high-energy Canadian band that blends virtuosic jazz and funk playing with eye-catching costumes and over the top stage antics to produce an incredible show. A hit at festivals all over the world, the Shuffle Demons are a crowd pleasing, full-on musical group that backs up wild stage antics with phenomenal playing by …
Oct 4 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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“Passionate and creative, melodic yet exploratory” — Sharonne Cohen, Downbeat Magazine “positively engaging”— Donald Elfman, The New York City Jazz Record Montreal saxophonist Joel Miller marries his awe-inspiring technique and boundless sense of musical adventure with a pop musician’s desire to make music that moves people. His compositions are inspired by the melodic simplicity and emotional depth of …
Oct 5 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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JUNO winner Jocelyn Gould has been called “a leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists” by Howard Paul, CEO of Benedetto Guitars. Her joyful energy has captivated audiences around the world and her passion for music is infectious. She has absorbed the influences of the jazz guitar greats and has woven them into an …
Oct 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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“I’m essentially a bebop player, and beyond. My heroes are anyone from Bud Powell to McCoy Tyner to Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock.” – Bernie Senensky Three-time Juno nominee, twice voted “Best Acoustic Pianihttps://www.kwjazzroom.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=7539&action=editst” in the Jazz Report awards and winner of a SOCAN award for “Best Jazz Composition”, Bernie Senensky has earned the reputation of being …
Oct 11 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Adrian Dennis is an artist that seeks to push artistic boundaries. Born in London Ontario in 1989, andraised in Waterloo Ontario, Adrian found music and the guitar at age 12. He quickly became immersed invarious styles of music and took to composing his own songs at a young age. This evidently led tostudying Jazz, a complex …
Oct 12 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Multi-instrumentalists Louis Simão and Carlos Bernardo have come together to form VELHA GUARDA, a new group that features their own compositions which draw heavily upon the sounds of Brazilian music and jazz, while also presenting new arrangements of Portuguese folk songs collected by musicologists in the early to mid-20th century. Louis Simão is an award winning, Toronto-based musician who has been composing, …
Oct 18 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Canadian-born, Toronto-native Rob Tardik is multi-award winning guitarist and contemporary pop/jazz/world/fusion instrumental music artist. He has performed at venues all across North America including the prestigious Seabreeze Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Beaches International Jazz Festival, Jazz on the Vine in Wisconsin, The Catalina Island Jazz Festival, Koerner Hall, Flato Markham Theatre, Richmond Hill Centre, Markham Jazz Festival, The …
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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“Paloma Sky weaves together the elegance, groove and vivacity of jazz and leaves out anything stuffy. Bandleader Marie Goudy’s compositions feature sophisticated harmonies paired with catchy melodies that are brought to life by vocalist Jocelyn Barth’s sensitive musicality and “sensuous” vocal delivery (All About Jazz). Rounding out the sound, the instrumentalists take advantage of Goudy’s generous arrangements to …
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