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Luis Mario Ochoa
October 6, 2013 - 7:30 pm
“OCHOA’S QUINTET shines through Cuban classics as well as originals, including a beautiful cajón-infused rendition of Peruvian composer and singer Chabuca Granda’s “Flor de la Canela.” The leader’s emotive voice and delicate touch on nylon-string guitar make for a welcome change from the more standard fare in Latin jazz recordings, instead providing harmonic richness and rhythmical variety in an intimate setting”
Rebecca Mauleon – Jazz Times Magazine.
Chris Gibbs
December 1, 2013 - 7:30 PM
British-born comedian CHRIS GIBBS began his performance career in 1991, working as an acrobat on the streets of London. He’s toured extensively as a stand-up comedian and improviser, written and performed five hit, award-winning one-man shows, was a regular guest on NBC’s comedy series ‘Howie Do It’, has played at the Just For Laughs and the Winnipeg Comedy Festivals, starred in the Canadian indie feature ‘Run Robot Run,’ and is even a published author. He performs every Wednesday with The National Theatre of the World in Canadian Comedy Award-winning The Carnegie Hall Show.
Treasa Levasseur
January 19, 2014 - 7:30 PM
Blending old school R&B grooves with a songwriting ethic that comes from years of playing, TREASA LEVASSEUR'S smart and soulful brand of music has made her a hot name in the folk, roots, blues and jazz scenes.
To follow up to her 2008 critically acclaimed and Juno-nominated album Low Fidelity, Levasseur gathered some of Canada’s best players to record Broad. The album continues to be listed on folk & blues charts alike. Treasa remains one of the most versatile of artists. She’s been compared to Laura Nyro, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King and Marcia Ball. Past festivals include Toronto Jazz, Calgary Blues, Mariposa Folk & Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues.
Ensemble Vivant
March 9, 2014 - 7:30 PM
Catherine Wilson is the founder, pianist and artistic director of the highly acclaimed group Ensemble Vivant, hailed as “Canada’s Chamber Music Treasure” by John Terauds of the Toronto Star.
ENSEMBLE VIVANT, the core of which is piano, violin and cello has been a pioneer among classical piano trios. Championing a uniquely genre diverse repertoire in their concerts and recordings since the group first came on the scene in the late 1980s, Ensemble Vivant has received critical acclaim in the classical, ragtime and jazz-related worlds, including the nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla. .
AFRICVILLE STORIES
April 13, 2013 - 7:30 PM
Featuring Jackie Richardson, Joe Sealy, Paul Novotny and Daniel Barnes.
"Africville was an area in Halifax populated by the descendants of slaves who fled the United States. Canada’s oldest black community was bulldozed under by the city in 1962.
The Montreal-born and Toronto-based Joe Sealy was living in Halifax at the time. Sealy wrote his suite — which deserves to be as well-known as Oscar Peterson’s Canadiana Suite — as a dedication to his father, who was born in Africville, and to the spirit of the place.
Although only 90 minutes in length without intermission, AFRICVILLE STORIES, like its predecessor, is a powerful, emotionally resonant fusion of song, narrative and music spanning jazz, classical, blues, R&B and gospel."
Robert Reid - therecord.com
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