Well as if we didn’t have enough going on here in our fair City of Toronto, get ready for jazz Montreal style starting June 29th.
This year’s lineup includeds Bir�li Lagr�ne, Etta James, Elvis Costello, Salif Keita, John Pizzarelli, Kenny Garrett Quartet, and legends B.B. King and Dave Brubeck.
The festival, which runs from June 29 to July 8, will take place in a number of venues throughout Montreal. Alongside traditional jazz acts such as Wayne Shorter and McCoy Tyner, other artists taking part in the festival include Seu Jorge, Buck 65, The Roots, Cat Power, and K’naan.
Over the years Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Etta James, Herbie Hancock, and Charles Mingus have all performed at the festival.
The full list of acts for this year can be found at montrealjazzfest.com
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Toronto Jazz Festival.
A quick overview for Tuesday:
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto Star Stage:
Loco Zydeco/Kevin Clark Quartet/Preservation Hall Jazz Band $30 (7:30pm)
Hummingbird Centre:
Paul James Band/Etta James & The Roots Band $45 – $95
Harbourfront Centre:
Richard Galliano Trio $20 adv/$25 door (Harbourfront Centre Theatre)
EuroJazz Series, Gladstone Hotel $10 adv / $15 door:
Joost Buis – Astronotes
Cabaret Series, Young Centre for the Performing Arts $15:
Sandra Caldwell
Lunchtime Jazz Series
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto Star Stage FREE:
Magnolia Brass Band/Happy Pals/Climax Jazz Band
GreekTown, Alexander the Great Parkette FREE:
Sultans of String
Enjoy!
Russ Neff over at My Favorite Things brings us another mix for a Monday.
Wingspan – Vincent Herring – Ends and Means
Another Spring – Dianne Reeves – Good Night & Good Luck
Scrapple From The Apple – Cal Collins/Kenny Poole – S’Us Four
Straight, No Chaser – Eldar – Live At The Blue Note
Waltz For Opp – Pete Zimmer Quintet – Burnin’ Live At The Jazz Standard
Love For Sale – Gerald Wilson Orchestra – In My Time
Dis Here – Wessell Anderson – Live At The Village Vanguard
Body & Soul – Billy Taylor Trio – Live At IAJE
My Little Suede Shoes – Eddie Daniels Quartet – Mean What You Say
listen to it here.
Enjoy!
Well today is the official start of this years Jazz Festival.
A quick overview of day one:
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto Star Stage 8:00pm:
Robi Botos Trio/Molly Johnson & Quartet $30
Cabaret Series, Young Centre for the Performing Arts $15:
Adi Braun
Lunchtime Jazz Series
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto Star Stage FREE:
Jim Galloway & His Wee Big Band w/ Tommy Ambrose
GreekTown, Alexander the Great Parkette FREE:
Roy Patterson Trio
Enjoy!
The internets a big place and sometimes you don’t know where to start looking. At times like this check out Bob Keller’s Jazz Page. It’s not the be all and end all of jazz on the web, but it’s a huge list of links covering 25 topics including Improvisation, Organizations, Transcriptions, Fake Books/Real Books and Trumpet Stuff.