What is the sound of a city? With The Toronto Project, the Composers Collective Big Band has put together its most ambitious project yet, commissioning Toronto’s top jazz composers to write about the neighbourhoods and aspects of their city that inspire them the most. The Composers Collective Big Band is an 18 piece jazz ensemble...
May 25: Bremen, DE – KITO Altes PackhausMay 26: Cologne, DE – Salon de JazzMay 27: Stuttgart, DE – BIX Jazz ClubMay 28: Berlin, DE – A-TraneMay 29: Bad Meinberg, DE – Red Horn DistrictMay 31: Paris, FR – Sunset SunsideJune 1: London, UK – Ronnie Scott’sJune 17: Woodstock, GA – Elm Street Arts VillageJune 22: Winnipeg Jazz Festival*June 23: Medicine Hat Jazz Festival*June 24: Vancouver...
JAZZ.FM91 welcomes you to the final edition of the 46th annual Sound of Jazz Concert Series. For this evening, we’ll celebrate the living legend Phil Nimmons. This Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator is known for his free jazz and mainstream styles. He received the first-ever Juno Award given in the jazz category for...
Projet Seb Parent is the eponymous debut album from 24-year-old Montreal drummer Sébastien Parent. While it was written with the rich tradition of big band music in mind, this music contains an eclectic range of stylistic influences from the genres that Parent grew up listening to, including rock, classical, neo-soul, country, trap and bossa nova. Each piece...
Dhaivat Jani PLUS is the brainchild of Toronto based composer, drummer and tabla player Dhaivat Jani. Originally hailing from Ahmedabad, India - the city of love, fun, food and heat - Dhaivat Jani and his group serve up original contemporary jazz music with a healthy dose of Indian classical music, rock and fluid improvisation. Sum...
Reg Schwager: guitarTed Quinlan: guitarDuncan Hopkins: bassMichel Lambert: drums 2 Nights! June 15 & 16 @ 8pm
“You had to be there,” the saying goes. But in the case ofIn Reel Time, the new album by Montreal vocalist Mira Choquette, you'll feel like you were at the recording session even though you weren't. The album has the intimate feeling of something happening in your living room. Or, more accurately, in someone else's...
“You had to be there,” the saying goes. But in the case ofIn Reel Time, the new album by Montreal vocalist Mira Choquette, you'll feel like you were at the recording session even though you weren't. The album has the intimate feeling of something happening in your living room. Or, more accurately, in someone else's...
June 21: Medicine Hat Jazz Festival June 23: Winnipeg Jazz Festival June 24: Ottawa Jazz Festival June 28: Victoria Jazz Festival June 29: Vancouver Jazz Festival June 30: Calgary Jazz Festival
Kevin Turcotte - Trumpet, FlugelhornTara Davidson - Alto & Soprano Sax, ClarinetMike Murley - Tenor SaxAlex Dean - Bari Sax, Bass ClarinetWilliam Carn - TromboneSean Nimmons - Piano, Fender Rhodes, ArrangementsJon Maharaj - BassEthan Ardelli - Drums Generational by The Nimmons Tribute is the second volume of a tribute project honouring the legacy of Canadian...
Francois Bourassa - PianoAndré Leroux - Saxophones, FluteGuy Boisvert - BassGuillaume Pilote - Drums 2 sets!
Olivia Maisel is a French-American singer from Toulouse, now based in Montreal. Her debut album ‘A Moment In Time’ is a reflection of decades of personal and musical experiences. Maisel decided to tell her story using some of her favorite songs from the Great American Songbook, all while showcasing a few of her many different...
