Tonight at The Rex you can catch the Vaughn Misner Quartet at 9:30pm. Friday it’s the Hogtown Syncopators warming things up before the Artie Roth Trio hit’s the stage at 6:30pm. Finaly at 9:30pm it’s Bruce Cassidy’s Hotfoot Orchestra. Saturday it’s the Justin Bacchus Group followed by the William Carn Quintet at 9:30pm.
Pianist Benny Green is in for the first of three nights at Opal Jazz Lounge.
Saturday catch the Bary Elmes Quartet from 3:30 – 6:30PM at The Pilot, and then come back Sunday for the Shelly Hamilton Quartet.
Over at Gate 403 tonight you can catch the Ola Turkiewicz Duo followed by Suzana De Camara, and Friday it’s the Harley Card Duo followed by the Jen Sagar trio at 9pm.
Tonight at Live@Courthouse you check out the Richard Whiteman Trio. Friday don’t miss the Dave Young Quintet for the first of two nights.
Cheers!
The line-up for the 2007 Toronto Jazz Festival has been announced.
Highlights include the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Jean-Luc Ponty, Trio Beyond, Medeski, Scofield, Martin& Wood, Roy Hargrove Quintet and alot more.
For a complete listing check out torontojazz.com
Andrew Hill died at 4 a.m. today, April 20, 2007, several years after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He was 75 years old and lived in Jersey City, NJ.
Hill enjoyed a lengthy international career as performer and recording artist, and educator; he leaves a voluminous and highly varied recorded legacy, dating from the 1950s (So In Love) to his 2006 trio album Time Lines (Blue Note), named to many critics’ top ten lists. Hill is survived by his wife Joanne Robinson Hill, and a niece, nephew and cousin, besides a devoted coterie of friends, typically creative artists and perceptive fans.
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Sorry for missing last week, sometimes my day job can get a little hectic. Lot’s to check out this weekend and since the weathers going to be good there’s no reason for staying cooped up at home.
Afterwork at The Rex you can catch Bobby Selvaggio & Nathan Douds who are up from from Ohio, then stay for Jim Hillman’s “Merlin Factor” at 9:30pm. Friday it’s the Hogtown Syncopators warming things up before the Artie Roth Trio hit’s the stage at 6:30pm. Finaly at 9:30pm it’s Jason Logue Sextet. Saturday it’s Sara Dell followed by “Field Trip” with Kelly Jefferson at 9:30pm.
The David Braid / Hideaki Tokunaga duo is in for the first of three nights at Opal Jazz Lounge.
Saturday catch the Jake Wilkinson Quartet from 3:30 – 6:30PM at The Pilot, and then come back Sunday for the Marc Pizer Quartet.
Tonight at the Dominion on Queen you can catch the Richard Underhill Quartet, and Saturday the York Jazz Ensemble takes the stage with vocalist Sandy Fuax.
Over at Gate 403 tonight you can catch the Scott Kemp Jazz Collective, and Friday it’s the Jennifer Petrilli Duo followed by the Melissa Boyce & Kevin Lalibert at 9pm.
And finally – tonight at Live@Courthouse you check out the Mike Murley Quintet for the first of three nights. Thuesday don’t miss the Hilario Duran Big Band take the stage.
Cheers!
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New Orleans cornetist Charles “Buddy†Bolden (pictured) will be portrayed by actor Anthony Mackie (She Hate Me, Million Dollar Baby) in the upcoming film Bolden!. Wynton Marsalis is executive producing the film and will contribute the original soundtrack. First-time director Dan Pritzker and veteran cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond also join the crew. The production is currently filming on location in New Orleans and North Carolina.
The biopic currently has no release date other than it is expected sometime in 2008.
Down beat award-winning Hideaki Tokunaga teams up with Juno Award-winning David Braid for intimate jazz guitar and piano performances in Toronto (April 19-21, 25) and Hamilton (April 22).
Inspired by the tradition of Jim Hall and Bill Evans, Tokunaga and Braid will perform jazz standards, Japanese folk songs and original compositions to delicately express interplay, melody, swing and harmonic subtlety. Among their repertoire includes a popular folk song from Kyushu region of Japan , where Tokunaga and Braid first toured together in 2004.
For more infor check out opaljazzlounge.com
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