In his last North American performance for 2006, pianist, composer, arranger and producer Ron Davis will be serving up his unique brand of instrumental entertainment, in the Sayonara Concert. The Concert will feature Ron Davis, with Sasha Boychouk (clarinet and sax), Richard Underhill (alto sax), Mike Downes (bass) and Ted Warren (drums).

Why the Sayonara Concert? Six days after the show, Davis will say sayonara to Canada, as he leaves for ten weeks in Japan. He has been awarded the Japan Foundation’s prestigious Uchida Fellowship for the Performing Arts. Davis will live in Japan lecturing, performing and studying in Tokyo and elsewhere. At the same time, he has been granted the position of Visiting Scholar at Tokyo’s Hosei University. All of this activity follows on his successful tours of Japan, in 2004 and 2005. When he returns, Davis will release his fifth CD Subarashii LIVE, featuring mostly original compositions, with the same personnel appearing in the Sayonara Concert.

Thursday October 26, 2006 7:30pm – The Jazz At The J Series
Al Green Theatre at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave.

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