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JazzWorks Jazz Camp is a unique opportunity for singers and instrumentalists to learn jazz theory and technique from award-winning, highly innovative Canadian and international jazz musicians and special guests. JazzWorks' faculty will guide participants through a varied weekend of jazz master classes and workshop sessions, rehearsals and performances, highlighted by a public concert on Sunday afternoon.
Adrian Vedady
Musical Director/Bass/Composition
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"The closing number was calming (yet also disquieting if one thinks of the lyrics): Joni Mitchell's 'Rainy Night House'. And that tune gave the clearest demonstration I have yet seen of what a ridiculously fine bass player Adrian Vedady is. His impeccable ear for tuning and level/balance, his agility around the instrument and his fluency as improviser are just jaw-dropping. A player who 'must be counted among Montreal's finest double bassists' (La Presse, 2009) might also happen to be one of the best in the world."
- Sebastian Scotney, LondonJazzNews.com Since 1999, Adrian Vedady has been performing, recording and touring with Montreal's very best musicians including Wray Downes, Al McLean, Andre White, Joel Miller, Mike Rud, Yannick Rieu, Francois Bourassa, Joe Sullivan, Steve Amirault, Jim Doxas, Chet Doxas, Jeff Johnston and Christine Jensen. And internationally with the likes of Marc Copland, Jean-Michel Pilc, Dave Liebman, Ravi Coltrane, Ingrid Jensen, David Binney, Sheila Jordan, Laila Biali, Azar Lawrence and Ariel Pocock. In 2014, he won a Juno award for best album with Mike Rud's Notes on Montreal project. He has produced 2 albums as a leader, the latest entitled In Three Acts, that feature his compositions. He also co-leads a group with renowned pianist, Marc Copland. Together they have performed at numerous Canadian Jazz Festivals and released an album entitled Live At Largo in 2012. Vedady has performed at jazz festivals and concert halls across Canada, the USA, Europe, Mexico, India and China. |
Sienna Dahlen
Vocals/Composition
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JUNO award-winning, Quebec-based vocalist and songwriter, Sienna Dahlen has released 6 albums of original music as a leader over the past 15 years. Her collaboration with guitarist, Mike Rud (Notes on Montreal-Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, 2014) is just one of the many exciting projects to which she has contributed. Sienna is also a lyricist for, and co-leader of several high profile, Canadian jazz composers’ projects including Joel Miller's "Dream Cassette” (East Coast Music Award 2017), Karl Jannuska's "Streaming”, “Halfway Tree”, “Midseason” (Canada/France) and Christine Jensen's "Under the Influence”, Orchestre National de Jazz, (OPUS winner 2018). Sienna’s current record entitled Ice Age Paradise includes nine of Canada’s finest jazz, indie pop and classical musicians with orchestral arrangements by bassist, Andrew Downing. |
Sienna has toured her work extensively across Canada and Europe in addition to having given several performances in Mexico and South America. Sienna’s voice can also be heard throughout the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning animated short, The Danish Poet (Torill Kove/Kevin Dean).
In addition to performing, Sienna has taught at many universities and jazz camps in Canada and has given workshops throughout the country and around the world, including at the Performance House Jazz Camp in Silkeborg, Denmark and the Konsort Music Academy in Moscow, Russia. Sienna currently teaches jazz voice and small ensembles at McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal.
“Dahlen has an extremely alluring voice, one that could sell rainwater in a snowstorm.”
(Pascal-Denis Lussier, All About Jazz)
"...(N)ous avons eu droit à cette matière riche, fruit d'une auteure-compositrice-interprète folkie, pianiste et guitariste dont la connaissance du travail harmonique propre au jazz, aussi aux musiques classique ou contemporaine, s'avère nettement supérieure à la moyenne chansonnière."
(Alain Brunet, La Presse, Montreal, CA)
To see Sienna on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iizIhllMk8o
More information about Sienna Dahlen is available at www.siennadahlen.com/
In addition to performing, Sienna has taught at many universities and jazz camps in Canada and has given workshops throughout the country and around the world, including at the Performance House Jazz Camp in Silkeborg, Denmark and the Konsort Music Academy in Moscow, Russia. Sienna currently teaches jazz voice and small ensembles at McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal.
“Dahlen has an extremely alluring voice, one that could sell rainwater in a snowstorm.”
(Pascal-Denis Lussier, All About Jazz)
"...(N)ous avons eu droit à cette matière riche, fruit d'une auteure-compositrice-interprète folkie, pianiste et guitariste dont la connaissance du travail harmonique propre au jazz, aussi aux musiques classique ou contemporaine, s'avère nettement supérieure à la moyenne chansonnière."
(Alain Brunet, La Presse, Montreal, CA)
To see Sienna on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iizIhllMk8o
More information about Sienna Dahlen is available at www.siennadahlen.com/
Amy London
Vocals
Amy London is known and loved in New York City jazz and Broadway circles for her effortless sound, impeccable musicianship and depth of emotion. Her three critically acclaimed Motema CD's as a leader, The Royal Bopsters Project, Let's Fly and When I Look In Your Eyes have led her to engagements in Greece, Russia, Italy, Turkey, France, Brazil, England, Belgium, Czech Republic, Canada, and across the US.
The Royal Bopsters' sophomore CD on Motema, Party of Four, is scheduled for release on November 13, 2020. London’s seasoned career also includes three years in the 6 Tony Award Winning Broadway hit 'City of Angels' (singing on its Grammy nominated original cast album), and City Center's production of 'Promises Promises' starring Martin Short, plus tours with Charles Aznavour, Larry Elgart and Tom Browne.
Ms. London has enjoyed more than 30 years of performing at New York's top venues, such as Dizzy's, The Rainbow Room, Lincoln Center, Birdland, Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Kitano, BB King's, Jazz Forum, Smalls and more. Her most recent CD, Bridges, a retrospective of her recordings from the 1980’s and 90’s with such luminaries as Fred Hersch, Bob Mintzer, Dr. Lonnie Smith and more, was released in 2017 and has received rave reviews and worldwide airplay.
The Royal Bopsters Project comprises the vocal quartet of Amy London (soprano), the late Holli Ross (alto), Darmon Meader (tenor) and Dylan Pramuk (bass.) The album received rave reviews, including 4.5 stars from Downbeat, and Best CD’s of 2015 from Downbeat, JazzTimes, Jazziz and Talkin’ Broadway. Singing along with the Bopsters are 5 BeBop vocalese royalty: Mark Murphy, Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks, Bob Dorough and Sheila Jordan.
In 2016, three-time Grammy nominated arranger Pete McGuinness replaced Darmon Meader as the tenor in the quartet, and the “Bopsters” continue to appear regularly in NY, across the US and internationally. Recent highlights include performances at the 2019 Newport Jazz Festival with Sheila Jordan - met with standing ovations, and a 2019 New Year’s Eve broadcast on bassist Christian McBride’s Sirius JAZZ XM Radio show, The Lowdown which continues to appear in frequent rotation.
A world-renowned jazz educator, Ms. London is one of the principal architects of New School’s Jazz BFA vocal program and has been a faculty member since 1992. Amy is also on faculty at City College Jazz at CUNY, Hofstra University and Jazz House Kids, and has presented her ‘Sing Along with Ella’ workshops at IAJE/JEN. Ms. London has been directing summer camp vocal programs worldwide since 2003.
More information about Amy London is available at amylondonsings.com/
The Royal Bopsters' sophomore CD on Motema, Party of Four, is scheduled for release on November 13, 2020. London’s seasoned career also includes three years in the 6 Tony Award Winning Broadway hit 'City of Angels' (singing on its Grammy nominated original cast album), and City Center's production of 'Promises Promises' starring Martin Short, plus tours with Charles Aznavour, Larry Elgart and Tom Browne.
Ms. London has enjoyed more than 30 years of performing at New York's top venues, such as Dizzy's, The Rainbow Room, Lincoln Center, Birdland, Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Kitano, BB King's, Jazz Forum, Smalls and more. Her most recent CD, Bridges, a retrospective of her recordings from the 1980’s and 90’s with such luminaries as Fred Hersch, Bob Mintzer, Dr. Lonnie Smith and more, was released in 2017 and has received rave reviews and worldwide airplay.
The Royal Bopsters Project comprises the vocal quartet of Amy London (soprano), the late Holli Ross (alto), Darmon Meader (tenor) and Dylan Pramuk (bass.) The album received rave reviews, including 4.5 stars from Downbeat, and Best CD’s of 2015 from Downbeat, JazzTimes, Jazziz and Talkin’ Broadway. Singing along with the Bopsters are 5 BeBop vocalese royalty: Mark Murphy, Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks, Bob Dorough and Sheila Jordan.
In 2016, three-time Grammy nominated arranger Pete McGuinness replaced Darmon Meader as the tenor in the quartet, and the “Bopsters” continue to appear regularly in NY, across the US and internationally. Recent highlights include performances at the 2019 Newport Jazz Festival with Sheila Jordan - met with standing ovations, and a 2019 New Year’s Eve broadcast on bassist Christian McBride’s Sirius JAZZ XM Radio show, The Lowdown which continues to appear in frequent rotation.
A world-renowned jazz educator, Ms. London is one of the principal architects of New School’s Jazz BFA vocal program and has been a faculty member since 1992. Amy is also on faculty at City College Jazz at CUNY, Hofstra University and Jazz House Kids, and has presented her ‘Sing Along with Ella’ workshops at IAJE/JEN. Ms. London has been directing summer camp vocal programs worldwide since 2003.
More information about Amy London is available at amylondonsings.com/
Lorne Lofsky
Guitar
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Lorne Lofsky is an internationally recognized jazz guitarist. Born and raised in Toronto, he has been playing professionally for the last 42 years. He has played/toured or recorded with a who's who of the jazz world, including Oscar Peterson, Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, Chet Baker, Joey DeFrancesco, Pepper Adams, Ray Brown, Neils Henning Orsted Pederson, Rosemary Clooney, Kirk MacDonald, Dave Holland, and many other respected members of the international jazz community. In addition, he has been a faculty member at York University's Fine Arts/ Music program since 1978 and also teaches at the Humber College Community Music Program. Lorne is a mainstay of the Toronto jazz scene and performs extensively in the Greater Toronto Area. He has also given clinics and performed concerts at St. FX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
For more information, visit: lornelofsky.com |
Jocelyn Gould
Guitar
Guitar
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JUNO winner Jocelyn Gould has been called “a leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists” by Howard Paul, CEO of Benedetto Guitars. Her joyful energy has captivated audiences around the world and her passion for music is infectious. She has absorbed the influences of the jazz guitar greats and has woven them into an exciting personal sound. Jocelyn’s unique ability to connect with audiences always leaves them wanting more.
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Jocelyn Gould has performed internationally in the groups of Grammy nominated vocalist Freddy Cole, trumpeter Etienne Charles and DownBeat Critics Poll winner trombonist Michael Dease. She can be heard on albums led by Michael Dease, Caity Gyorgy, The Ostara Project, Jon Gordon, Diego Rivera, Randy Napoleon, and Will Bonness. She is the 1st place winner of the 2018 Wilson Centre International Jazz Guitar Competition.
Jocelyn is a full-time professor and Head of Guitar at Humber College in Toronto. She is endorsed by Benedetto Guitars.
Website: jocelyngould.com
YouTube Links
Jocelyn is a full-time professor and Head of Guitar at Humber College in Toronto. She is endorsed by Benedetto Guitars.
Website: jocelyngould.com
YouTube Links
Ron Horton
Trumpet
Since 1982, trumpeter Ron Horton has been an integral part of New York's flourishing jazz scene and he stands out both as an exemplary instrumentalist and as a highly progressive composer and arranger. Whether called upon as a sideman or as a leader of one of his own ensembles, he shows that he is committed to further expanding the existing perimeters of jazz. Horton has had many long musical associations with leaders such as saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and pianist Andrew Hill.
Horton was a member of Hill's sextet from 1998 until 2003 and appears on the group's critically acclaimed album, Dusk (Palmetto 2000). He was also musical director and co-arranger for Hill's big band, and is featured on the album, A Beautiful Day (Palmetto 2002). Horton has also had an integral collaboration with New York's Jazz Composers’ Collective, going back to its inception in 1992, and appears on several albums by the other members of the group, such as Ben Allison, Frank Kimbrough, Ted Nash and Michael Blake, as well as the Collective's Herbie Nichols Project.
Horton was a member of Hill's sextet from 1998 until 2003 and appears on the group's critically acclaimed album, Dusk (Palmetto 2000). He was also musical director and co-arranger for Hill's big band, and is featured on the album, A Beautiful Day (Palmetto 2002). Horton has also had an integral collaboration with New York's Jazz Composers’ Collective, going back to its inception in 1992, and appears on several albums by the other members of the group, such as Ben Allison, Frank Kimbrough, Ted Nash and Michael Blake, as well as the Collective's Herbie Nichols Project.
In 1995, Horton went to the Library of Congress and uncovered over three dozen of Nichols' songs that had never been recorded. Several of these works appear on the three albums released by the Herbie Nichols Project on Soul Note and Palmetto.
Horton has released four albums under his own name: Genius Envy (OmniTone), featuring Jane Ira Bloom. Sub-textures (Fresh Sounds), Everything in a Dream (Fresh Sounds), and It's a Gadget World (ABEAT).
Ron's Videos
Ron's latest album - A Prayer for Andrew
For more information, visit: ronhorton.net
Horton has released four albums under his own name: Genius Envy (OmniTone), featuring Jane Ira Bloom. Sub-textures (Fresh Sounds), Everything in a Dream (Fresh Sounds), and It's a Gadget World (ABEAT).
Ron's Videos
Ron's latest album - A Prayer for Andrew
For more information, visit: ronhorton.net
Janis Steprans
Saxophone
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Janis Steprans was born in Montreal and studied music at Mcgill University and later at the New England Conservatory. As a saxophonist, Janis has performed with ensembles such as George Russell’s Living Time Orchestra, the Vic Vogel Big Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the European Broadcast Union Big Band and the Latvian Radio Big Band. He has also accompanied visiting artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Michel Legrand, and John Pizzarelli. Janis presented his jazz quartet at the World Saxophone Congress in 2000, and in 2008 he performed on clarinet in an ensemble formed to accompany Dave Brubeck at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Janis’ participation on Jim Hillman’s cd The Merlin Factor earned him a Juno Award in 1994 in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album category. He also played on Rémi Bolduc’s Hommage à Charlie Parker album which earned the 2011 Prix Félix in the category of Best Jazz Album. In addition to the six cd's Janis has released under his own name, he has recorded often for Radio-Canada and CBC radio. In 2019, Janis was invited to direct the youth big band Jugen-Jazzorchester Sachsen in Saxony, Germany. He has given masterclasses in Canada, England, Brazil and Guadeloupe. Janis is Professor of Jazz Studies at the Faculté de musique, Université Laval, in Quebec City, where he teaches jazz saxophone, jazz history and jazz arranging, as well as having directed the university's big band from 2005 to 2022. |
Check out Janis on Youtube: Live at the Clarendon, Janis Steprans and Viv Rodd DUO In A Sentimental Mood, Janis Steprans/Viv Rodd--Solar, One for Vedady'O - Ben Deschamps Big Band
Christopher Smith
Trombone
Christopher Smith teaches jazz composition and arranging at Vanier College, where he also directs the Concert Band and was named “Professor of the Year - part-time category” in 2004-2005. He has composed and arranged for a variety of groups in diverse styles from big band to symphony orchestra and musical theatre. His regular musical activities include playing trombone and tuba for Altsys Jazz Orchestra, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke, Opus Lib brass quintet, and Streetnix. He is leader of the J.L. Big Band and has his own ballroom big band Le Big Bang Orchestra. Christopher has his Master’s degree in Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media from the Eastman School of Music, and his Bachelor’s in Trombone Performance from McGill University. He has won prizes from DownBeat magazine and the International Association for Jazz Education for his arrangements and compositions.
Nick Fraser
Drums
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Nick Fraser (drums) has been an active and engaging presence in the Toronto new jazz and improvised music community since he moved there from Ottawa in 1996. He has worked with a veritable who's-who of Canadian jazz and improvised music. Nick's recorded works as a leader include Owls in Daylight (1997) and Nick Fraser and Justin Haynes Are Faking It (2004). Nick is a founding member of the Association of Improvising Musicians of Toronto, a non-profit organization dedicated to the Toronto improvising community. He is presently on faculty at the University of Toronto music department.
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Jae Sinnett
Drums
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A native of Donora, PA, Jae Sinnett came to Virginia in the mid-‘70s and after completing his military service, he began his music career by attending Norfolk State University as a Music Education major. He evolved into a consummate drummer, composer and bandleader who has produced fifteen albums. He has also created instructional videos, scores music for five documentaries and written over 250 original compositions. Jae hosts the popular radio show Sinnett in Session as well as The R&B Chronicles.
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As a jazz educator, Jae taught history, theory and percussion at the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, VA for eight years. He also directed the GSA Big Band and Jazz Combos. He was an adjunct drum set and jazz ensemble instructor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. He is a Sonor Drums and Sabian Cymbals artist and has been sponsored by both companies for over twenty years. He is also a tutoring clinician and music educator, conducting master classes at many universities and appearing as a guest artist with the ensembles performing his compositions.
Jae has performed with many artists over the years, including Branford and Ellis Marsalis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Chuck Mangione, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Carol Sloane, Jon Hendricks, Randy Brecker, James Moody, Kenny Drew Jr., Fred Hersch, Mulgrew Miller, James Williams, Jack Walrath, Makoto Ozone, JoAnne Brackeen, Andrew White and Frank Morgan, to name a few.
Jae’s awards include the prestigious Scott Willis Jazz Impact Award and the Duke Dubois Jazz Humanitarian Award at the JazzWeek Jazz Chart Summit. Jae has also been nominated several times for the Jazz Radio Programmer of the Year Award.
https://jaesinnett.com/
Jae has performed with many artists over the years, including Branford and Ellis Marsalis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Chuck Mangione, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Carol Sloane, Jon Hendricks, Randy Brecker, James Moody, Kenny Drew Jr., Fred Hersch, Mulgrew Miller, James Williams, Jack Walrath, Makoto Ozone, JoAnne Brackeen, Andrew White and Frank Morgan, to name a few.
Jae’s awards include the prestigious Scott Willis Jazz Impact Award and the Duke Dubois Jazz Humanitarian Award at the JazzWeek Jazz Chart Summit. Jae has also been nominated several times for the Jazz Radio Programmer of the Year Award.
https://jaesinnett.com/
Kate Wyatt
Piano/Composition
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“Pianist and composer Kate Wyatt is making some of Canada’s most exciting and engrossing small-ensemble jazz these days”. (Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen)
Originally from Victoria BC, pianist and composer Kate Wyatt is now recognized as one of the top jazz musicians of Montreal. She has been praised as having “musical ideas and a style of playing and writing that is on par with the current jazz piano elite: Mehldau, Yaron Herman, Shai Maestro, Fred Hersch.”, and has been hailed as “one of the top artists of Montreal, Quebec, or even Canadian jazz.” (Cardin/Brunet, panm360.com). In July 2022 Wyatt released her debut album Artifact to excellent critical reviews. Joined by Lex French (trumpet), Adrian Vedady (bass) and Jim Doxas (drums) she leads a quartet whose effortless chemistry fosters deep interaction and high intensity. As one reviewer described, “Artifact is filled with melody, spirit, and a joy for playing together that brings the listener hope. This album is a gem. Highly recommended!!” (Richard Kamins, Step Tempest) Kate Wyatt has performed with many recognized and respected musicians, including Kenny Wheeler, Jay Clayton, Ira Coleman, Itamar Borochov, Christine Jensen, Yannick Rieu, Ranee Lee, Don Thompson, Barry Elmes, Al McLean, and the Orchestre national de jazz de Montreal (ONJ). She has a passion for improvisation and innovation, and strives for a high level of sensitivity and interaction in her performances. Her music has been recognized with multiple awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, FACTOR, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal. As well as being a passionate performer and composer, Wyatt is a deeply invested music educator. She conducts masterclasses and heads the jazz program at Marianopolis College. Kate has been working as part of the Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs du Canada (CAMMAC) teaching team for |
Kate's socials:
Website: Kate Wyatt Piano | Jazz Piano Player | Montreal
Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp
Videos:
Succession - Kate Wyatt,
Kate Wyatt Quartet Going to the Sun,
Jay Clayton and Kate Wyatt playing Young and Foolish
Website: Kate Wyatt Piano | Jazz Piano Player | Montreal
Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp
Videos:
Succession - Kate Wyatt,
Kate Wyatt Quartet Going to the Sun,
Jay Clayton and Kate Wyatt playing Young and Foolish
Josh Rager
Piano
Josh is a JUNO and ADISQ nominated pianist/organist, arranger, composer, and teacher based in Montreal, Canada. Throughout his 20-year career he has performed extensively in Japan, Europe, and North America. In 2005 he was nominated for the Prix du Festival at the Montreal International Jazz festival. In 2007 he played Carnegie Hall with Nikky Yanofsky appearing also on her JUNO nominated debut DVD/CD “Ella...I swing of thee”. In 2009 he received a commission from The European Broadcasting Union to compose a jazz suite for two pianos which was recorded by CBC at its premiere and broadcast internationally. His 2018 album “Dreams and Other Stories” was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year by ADISQ. In addition to his own projects, Josh is an in-demand sideman performing with visiting national and international artists and appearing on Juno nominated albums. Josh is also a dedicated educator at Concordia University where he is associate professor. Some of the names that Josh has performed and/or recorded with include: Ingrid Jensen, Walt Weiskopf, Donny McCaslin, Ed Cherry, Steve Davis, Ira Coleman, Joe Morrello, Pat Labarbera, and Kevin Dean.
From the Press:
Montreal pianist-composer Josh Rager's music encompasses a lot of sounds from the acoustic jazz oeuvre of the past 40 years. He brings a fresh sound from deep within the tradition. Karen Plato, Vancouver sun
Josh Rager is one of the new breed of Quebec musicians offering up a sweet, smoky, fast-paced brand of fusion and uptempo jazz. Paul Marck, See magazine
Album Reviews:
“Top 10 of 2012...The disc’s focus on solo piano and trio tracks makes clearer than ever Rager’s stature as a player and composer of considerable substance and feeling.” Peter Hum, JazzBlog.ca
Josh's Youtube channel
From the Press:
Montreal pianist-composer Josh Rager's music encompasses a lot of sounds from the acoustic jazz oeuvre of the past 40 years. He brings a fresh sound from deep within the tradition. Karen Plato, Vancouver sun
Josh Rager is one of the new breed of Quebec musicians offering up a sweet, smoky, fast-paced brand of fusion and uptempo jazz. Paul Marck, See magazine
Album Reviews:
“Top 10 of 2012...The disc’s focus on solo piano and trio tracks makes clearer than ever Rager’s stature as a player and composer of considerable substance and feeling.” Peter Hum, JazzBlog.ca
Josh's Youtube channel
Roddy Ellias
Guitar
Roddy Eliias' music has been described as “unapologetically beautiful” (All About Jazz) and his creativity “both startling and inspiring” (Just Jazz Guitar). A passionate improviser and prolific composer, Canadian guitarist Roddy Ellias is an artist whose work defies simple definition.
His musical journey has taken him from his early roots in pop and R&B bands and classical music, to the improvised world of jazz, through African and other world beats all the way to writing an opera, and everything in between. Along the way he’s performed with some of the great names in music, including Lee Konitz, David Liebman, Tom Harrell, Nat Adderley, Cleo Laine, Michel Legrand, the Montreal Symphony, Joel Frahm, Dr. Lonny Johnston and many more.
Roddy’s latest project, Moon Over Lake, just released, is a solo album of original pieces and improvisations. He’s currently working on a jazz symphony.
Original Compositions:
Sonnet (with Marc Copland and Adrian Vedady)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUR8GhpS5bc
Chant (from my new solo album "Moon Over Lake")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a7_PrGL8mY
Prelude (spontaneously improvised piece, from my new solo album "Moon Over Lake")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qw4OrWJFQo
Excerpt from puppet opera, "Sleeping Rough"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBufizXS2jE
His musical journey has taken him from his early roots in pop and R&B bands and classical music, to the improvised world of jazz, through African and other world beats all the way to writing an opera, and everything in between. Along the way he’s performed with some of the great names in music, including Lee Konitz, David Liebman, Tom Harrell, Nat Adderley, Cleo Laine, Michel Legrand, the Montreal Symphony, Joel Frahm, Dr. Lonny Johnston and many more.
Roddy’s latest project, Moon Over Lake, just released, is a solo album of original pieces and improvisations. He’s currently working on a jazz symphony.
Original Compositions:
Sonnet (with Marc Copland and Adrian Vedady)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUR8GhpS5bc
Chant (from my new solo album "Moon Over Lake")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a7_PrGL8mY
Prelude (spontaneously improvised piece, from my new solo album "Moon Over Lake")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qw4OrWJFQo
Excerpt from puppet opera, "Sleeping Rough"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBufizXS2jE
Steve Boudreau
Piano/Vocal Accompanist
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Steve Boudreau is an Ottawa-based pianist who specializes in jazz and popular music. He currently teaches piano privately and as part of Carleton University's Music Performance program. He also works frequently as a vocal accompanist in many genres. In 2010 he received a Master of Music degree in jazz performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston. He has toured North America with multiple musical productions and has performed as both leader and sideman at various Canadian jazz festivals. His current projects include original music for piano trio, collaborative original works for piano and voice, and getting deeper into the music of Oscar Peterson, Wayne Shorter, Northern India and Björk.
https://www.steveboudreaumusic.com/ |
Chad Linsley
Piano/Vocal Accompanist
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Chad has performed with many of Montreal’s finest musicians including Grammy award winner Jennifer Gasoi, Juno award winners Lorraine Klaasen and the legendary Ranee Lee, Félix award winner Natalie Choquette, and flautist Carolyn Christie of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He can also be heard on Mike Rud’s Notes On Montreal with vocalist Sienna Dahlen, winner of the 2014 Juno award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. As an accomplished arranger, he has done well over a hundred arrangements for Musicnotes.com, the world’s largest e-commerce sheet music retailer and publisher. His work as an educator has earned him a teaching award from McGill’s Schulich School of Music. Chad has studied with Angie Tysseland, Tania Miller, Gordon Foote, Jan Jarczyk, Tilden Webb, Wray Downes, André White, and Tom Plaunt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRPD33sTok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upB3hDJaNBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1yIOi9_Kp0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cy_FPtgn_k |