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Nov 8 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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The music of Fifth Element is rooted in The Great American Songbook, and this rich resource has allowed artists from all generations in the jazz genre to explore creative artistry both individually and collectively. Each arrangement, crafted by band leader Dave Coules is designed to honour the original song as well as to provide fresh interpretations of this music for …
Nov 9 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Duncan Hopkins has been working at the highest levels of jazz for almost thirty years. In that time he has worked with such luminaries as Diana Krall, Norma Winstone, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, the Canadian Jazz Quartet, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy to name but a few. He has toured extensively and can be …
Nov 15 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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As a passion project to expand the horizons of small group jazz in the London area, Seth McNall initially formed his Sextet as an avenue to perform the music and arrangements of the late Joe Edmonds, a mentor to countless musicians around Southwestern Ontario. Since then, the Seth McNall Sextet has evolved into a working group that …
Nov 16 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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“Koven can create a piece out of thin air in the time it takes for him to play it. He can be as experimental as John Cage, as impressionistic as Claude Debussy, or as bluesy as Fats Waller. The common denominators are superb technique and a fresh approach to the music.”–Amanda Putz – CBC …
Nov 21 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Get ready for another electrifying evening at The Jazzroom in Waterloo, ON, as Quisha Wint and her sensational band return to the stage with Part 2 of The Ladies of Soul. This new chapter dives even deeper into the soulful sounds that shaped music history, spotlighting even more legendary women whose powerful voices transcend …
Nov 22 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Photo credit to: Nadezhda Hope Boginya of Pure Muse Portrait One of Tim Moher’s earliest and most significant …
Nov 23 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Born into a musical family, Frank became a first call drummer in Hungary at an early age. He worked and recorded with Hungary’s most well known musicians including Szakcsi, Tony Lakatos, Robert Lakatos, Gabor Gado. Frank studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with Gyula Kovacs and Ivan Nesztor. After leaving the school …
Nov 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Velvety-voiced pianist Elizabeth Shepherd arrived on the international scene in 2006 when her debut album Start To Move was voted one of the top jazz albums of the year by the listeners of the influential Gilles Peterson Show on BBC Radio Worldwide. Since then, the Montreal-based soul-jazz innovator has established herself as one of the most alluring and imaginative artists on the scene …
Nov 30 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Singer-songwriter Sammy Jackson (BMus, HBA) is quickly becoming one of Canada’s top vocalists, with a personal style that deftly blends jazz, pop, and R&B. With a resume that boasts a JUNO Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, collaborations with top artists such as Barbra Lica, Robi Botos, Rich Brown, and Larnell Lewis, and performances at some …
Dec 6 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Comments from KW Trumpeter… Larry Larson “After just having wrapped up a 30-year career with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, I can’t imagine a more meaningful stage to me than at The Jazz Room to begin my next musical adventures! “Larry’s Jazz Guys” were most honoured and humbled to open this incredible club back in September, 2010, and …
Dec 7 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Forged in a cauldron of raging, inspiring contemporary jazz, the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio pushes the boundaries of jazz and world music, providing an undiluted display of the astonishing musicianship of the Trio’s members. Audiences must exercise caution. People who see this band are rarely the same again. If the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio was an inanimate …
Dec 13 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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The Teri Parker Quintet is an instrumental ensemble that performs jazz standards and Parker’s original compositions. Teri’s music is influenced by her love of bebop, contemporary jazz and creative rock music and her band features an all-star line up of Canada’s top jazz musicians. Teri Parker (MA, BMus) is a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader based in Toronto, Canada. …
Dec 14 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Photo Credit: Jen Squires 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 …
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