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Part of the Carleton Music masterclass series James McGowan: piano, keys, compositionsJamaal Amir Akbari: spoken wordCendrine Despax & Jean Despax: violinMaxime Despax & Olivier Philippe-Auguste: violaValérie Despax & Cal McGowan: celloEd Lister: trumpetPetr Cancura & Mike Tremblay: tenor saxophoneMark Ferguson: tromboneAlex Moxon: guitarJean-Philippe Lapensée: bassJamie Holmes: drums Reaching In is the first half of an extended...

National Music Centre and Chronograph Records are pleased to present a special album release show for The Senator: A Tribute to Tommy Banks by the Hutchinson Andrew Trio. The live concert will also feature special guest musicians PJ Perry, Al Muirhead, and Mallory Chipman. About Hutchinson Andrew Trio: Like the vast prairie landscape that inspires it, the uniquely western...

Luis Deniz: alto & soprano saxophonesAndrew McAnsh: trumpetTeri Parker: pianoMark Godfrey: bassErnesto Cervini: drums Tickets available at therex.ca

Award-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader Rubim de Toledo continues to expand his fertile  catalogue of original music with his exciting new release The Drip. On this beautiful new record, the Brazilian-Canadian musician delves deeper into his tropical roots, exploring sounds from Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, as well as Afrobeat, funk, and jazz music.  De Toledo – a winner of...

Alyssa Giammaria: voiceSteven Noronha: pianoJosh Sparks: guitarPT Sandberg: bassAidan McConnell: drums In Time is Toronto vocalist and composer Alyssa Giammaria’s first full length album of original music. Half of these pieces (Conversations, Dream Life, For Now) were written in 2016, when Giammaria was first beginning to seriously explore her interest in writing music, while the...

Trevor Hogg - Tenor SaxophoneDon Scott - GuitarMichael Herring - BassNick Fraser - Drums Peripheral Vision is one of the most exciting and innovative jazz quartets on the international jazz scene. Based in Toronto, Canada, the group is co-lead by long-time musical collaborators guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring. They have assembled a synergistic...

Tango is the poetry of a city: the the music of passionate fate. DISTANCIA by Solidaridad Tango takes you on a journey from the despair of the pandemic to a celebration of the love and hope that kept us going through our darkest hours. “Distancia” is the Spanish word for “distance”—-this album captures the way...

Ewen Farncombe: pianoJesse Dietschi: bassEthan Ardelli: drums Gradient: a change in the magnitude of a property observed in passing from one moment to another. The term implies gradual transition on a continuous scale between two seemingly opposing elements. In Gradient, the Jesse Dietschi Trio travel along a continuum between modern jazz and contemporary classical chamber music, adjusting position as...

Mike Downes: bassRobi Botos: keyboardsTed Quinlan: guitarsJoaquin Nunez: percussion (Jan. 26)Davide Di Renzo: percussion (Jan. 27) Two nights! Jan 26 & 27 @ 8pm! Noted as a profoundly musical bassist with a keen melodic sense, Toronto-based composer, arranger and bassist Mike Downes has released a number of award-winning recordings for a variety of instrumentations: from...

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) is Canada’s first community-based, non-profit professional jazz orchestra. Founded in 1997 (registered as a charity in 2000), the WJO has matured to become an important part of Winnipeg’s cultural landscape, reflected in the ongoing support the organization receives from the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Winnipeg Foundation,...

Disaster Pony is a new jazz/EDM band led by Gordon Hyland, a saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Toronto. With a Masters in Jazz Performance under his belt from the University of Toronto, Hyland has built up a reputation as an in-demand session player in Canada’s live music scene, playing hundreds of shows with the...