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Dec 12
Saturday, Feb 2 – Steve McDade Quartet
Now what do Ella Fitzgerald and The Temptations have in common? Steve McDade, the Canadian jazz trumpeter! The JUNO and Grammy awards started piling up with Manteca and the Boss Brass. In over three decades of music, Steve has played with the likes of Ray Charles, Diana Krall, The Manhattan Transfer, and Aretha Franklin, and …
Dec 12
Friday, Feb 1 – Shafton Thomas Group
The sheer creative joy of this music is compelling. Led by bassist and composer Shafton Thomas, the band’s vitality is it’s diversity. “If you’re not excited about that, then you don’t have a soul.” – Shafton Thomas Group Mackenzie Longpre delivers up swing, soul, R&B, funk and even rock grooves to accompany Thomas’ driving pulse, …
Dec 08
Friday, Jan 25 – Cory Weeds/Steve Davis Quintet
Vancouver’s jazz elite has heard the buzz about The Jazz Room, and that rush will bring Cory Weeds straight out of The Cellar, joined by very special guest Steve Davis! One of Canada’s finest saxophonists (while also running the Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver), Cory Weeds returns to The Jazz Room after last year’s stellar outing. …
Dec 08
Saturday, Jan 19 – Jim Lewis Trio
“The sound of an orchestra in a cosy little trio package” – Barnyard Records Have a listen to “Fourteen” from their first album! A repeat performer at The Jazz Room, Jim Lewis is one of Canada’s finest trumpeters. On faculty at both Humber and University of Toronto, Lewis has made a particular stamp on some of …
Dec 08
Friday, Jan 18 – Mary-Catherine Quartet
A recent University of Waterloo Music grad, Mary-Catherine has burst onto the jazz scene with particular verve and style, performing in such venues as Toronto’s Rex Hotel and Gate 403. Mary-Catherine has a penchant for classic films, and her musical preferences for many of the favourite jazz standards follows her vintage style. Not content to repeat the …
Dec 08
Saturday, Jan 12 – Spoke
On tour from New York! Click HERE for Spoke’s website; while you’re there, make sure to check out their great ensemble playing on the tune “Benefit”. Breaking the jazz mold with a spontaneous and playful approach, Spoke is a group of young New York artists whose reputation has made them a darling of the club and festival …
Dec 08
Friday, Jan 11 – Kimberly Barber and L’accordéoniste: Latin Heat
This show will conjure the smoky cabaret feel of Edith Piaf in 1930s Paris, or Kurt Weill’s 1920’s Berlin. You won’t want to miss this unique program of hot latin tango and Neopolitan love songs, fronted by one of Canada’s leading interpreters of the cabaret genre, Kim Barber. Also, on faculty at WLU’s music school, …
Dec 08
Saturday, Jan 5 – Dave Young Quartet with John Tank
Simply among the finest jazz bassists anywhere, Dave Young is as close as we can get to jazz royalty—both in Canada and abroad. “To my way of thinking, Dave Young is one of the most talented bassists on the jazz scene. His harmonic sympatico and unerring sense of time have kept him in …
Dec 06
Saturday, Dec 15 – Reg Schwager Trio
Reg Schwager has become one of the hottest of rising Canadian musicians. “Schwager’s solos sprout like vines in the jungle, tangled and tough, and winding through everything. His fluency and jazz literacy are encyclopedic. And his tasteful elaborations of the changes seem to end all too soon.” – Halifax Chronicle Reg’s new releases include his …
