CD Release

REVOLUTIONS is programmatic suite of electrifying and thought-provoking songs and spoken-word pieces meant to serve as a call to the barricades. In a society that is ever more polarized and ossified, revolutionary thoughts and ideas move us forward to a more open future. But revolutionary action is hard… deciding to make a change is difficult...

Benny Benack III – trumpet, vocalsCaity Gyorgy – vocalsAnthony D’Alessandro – pianoMike De Masi – bassJim Doxas – drums Sets at 7pm and 9:30pm Hailed by The WholeNote Magazine as a pianist with a “natural feeling for swing and groove” and “scintillating technique,” Toronto-based Anthony D’Alessandro has been steadily carving out a name for himself...

Benny Benack III – trumpet, vocalsAnthony D’Alessandro – pianoJonathan Chapman – bassErnesto Cervini – drums Sets at 8pm and 9:30pm Hailed by The WholeNote Magazine as a pianist with a “natural feeling for swing and groove” and “scintillating technique,” Toronto-based Anthony D’Alessandro has been steadily carving out a name for himself across the country. Having already...

Benny Benack III – tpt, vocalsAnthony D’Alessandro – pianoJonathan Chapman – bassErnesto Cervini – drums Sets at 8pm and 9:30pm Hailed by The WholeNote Magazine as a pianist with a “natural feeling for swing and groove” and “scintillating technique,” Toronto-based Anthony D’Alessandro has been steadily carving out a name for himself across the country. Having already...

Doors @ 6Show 6:30-7:45 Motherhood is a collection of songs by Canadian born, NYC based pianist, vocalist and composer Brenda Earle Stokes. A natural multitasker, Stokes has fused a passion for the piano and a love of singing into a vibrant career that crosses genres organically. A native of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Brenda’s career has...

As It Is is Montreal saxophonist Gabriel Genest's second album as a leader. A follow up to his debut album Triptyque (winner of the Prix François-Marcaurelle from the 2021 OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal), As It Is is a compelling new album with a resolutely modern aesthetic marked by complex rhythms, modal harmony, and...

Celebrating their brand new release 'A Canadian Songbook' Tara Davidson – Alto SaxophoneJoel Frahm – Tenor SaxophoneWilliam Carn – Trombone Adrean Farrugia – Piano Dan Loomis – Bass Ernesto Cervini – Drums  May 24 & 25 Sets @ 8 and 9:30pm Following up his ambitious JUNO Award-nominated 2022 album Joy (“a compositional tour-de-force, with strong melodies scored for diverse instrumentations”...

Ruth Saphir - vocals & fluteKate Wyatt - pianoSummer Kodama - bassIvan -Bramford - drumsGenevieve Gauthier - sax Part of the Orchard of Pomegranates soirée at Café la Ligne Verte On this, her fifth album, Ruth Saphir ventures into profound internal conversations with her ancestors, with an imagined child, with broken loves. We are invited...

Craig Brenan - TromboneJim Brenan - Tenor & Soprano SaxophonesDavid Lavoie - TrumpetSean Craig - Alto & Baritone SaxophonesEarl MacDonald - PianoRubim De Toledo- BassDave Laing - Drums Imagine: ten-year-old twin brothers Jim and Craig, standing nervously in the doorway of the Palms Cafe in Edmonton on a warm summer night in 1979. Their dad...

Craig Brenan - TromboneJim Brenan - Tenor & Soprano SaxophonesDavid Lavoie - TrumpetSean Craig - Alto & Baritone SaxophonesEarl MacDonald - PianoJon Wielebnowski - BassAfo Fapujuwo - Drums Imagine: ten-year-old twin brothers Jim and Craig, standing nervously in the doorway of the Palms Cafe in Edmonton on a warm summer night in 1979. Their dad...