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Nov 21 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
8:00 pm
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
8:00 pm
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
8:00 pm
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
8:00 pm
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
8:00 pm
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
8:00 pm
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
8:00 pm
Photographer: Max Power A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS is an Emmy Award-winning holiday movie tradition, enjoyed by children and grownups everywhere. The 1965 soundtrack ranks among the best-selling jazz albums of all time, having been certified 5-times platinum. The cherished and nostalgic holiday music composed …
Dec 14 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
8:00 pm
Photo Credit: Jen Squires Steven Taetz and friends celebrate the sounds of the season during an evening full of Christmas classics and holiday hits. The crooner and songwriter mixes a cool cocktail of vocal jazz, roots, and soul to each performance, alongside award-winning musicians. JazzTimes Magazine calls Taetz “a unique, arresting talent.” Previous performances …
Dec 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
8:00 pm
The mesmerizing vocals and exceptional keyboard skills of Astrid Ripepi is testament to her passion for the art of music. This singer/songwriter captures the essence of every song she sings. Astrid leaves the listener with an emotional connection to the music she performs and has the ability to put her own creativity into …
Dec 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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Photographer Credit Hilary Gauld Come feel the coziness of the holidays with Christmas faves like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, …
Dec 21 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
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“Sometimes, hard hitting, melodic and groovy, and at other times sublime and spacious, The Artie Roth Quartet is a Jazz group that equally blends Rock, Funk, and Avant- Garde harmonic and melodic languages with Jazz forms and the Jazz “swing” rhythmic feeling. Dangerous and modern, this is Canadian jazz infused with catchy melodic hooks …
Dec 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
2:00 pm
The Tom Nagy Christmas Experience: Won’t Someone PLEASE Think Of Some Of The Children?! It’s the Experience’s first-ever Sunday Matinee! They’ve heard some of you loud and clear: a show at 8pm is too late for kids! Also, our kids don’t like jazz! And others shout: I want that full Tom Nagy Experience, but I don’t …
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