"JazzWorks Presents"
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The “JazzWorks Presents” Concert & Performance Workshop Series, created in 2018, features award-winning Canadian and international jazz artists and educators playing alongside local and regional jazz musicians. This series offers adult amateur musicians, jazz lovers and students in the Outaouais the opportunity to experience high-calibre, live jazz performances. Our concerts are held in an intimate “jazz club” atmosphere at Festival Japan Restaurant, where the audience can feel the pulse of the performance up close.
Performance Workshops, led by our featured artists and offered in conjunction with our concerts, allow student and Community jazz musicians the opportunity for up-close, personal interaction with top-notch jazz musician-educators. Presented in Masterclass style, participants are encouraged to bring their instrument and perform with the visiting jazz artists, who will give them real-time feedback to help them hone their skills. Our artist-educators are carefully chosen for not only their performance skills, but also their ability to teach in a nurturing and professional way. The ”JazzWorks Presents” Concert & Performance Workshop Series is funded by the Government of Canada. Keep an eye out for upcoming performances and workshops on our News and social media pages. Scroll down to see an archive of our past concerts. Tickets for concerts and workshops can be purchased in advance on Eventbrite.ca (search "JazzWorks"). |
The Wojtek Justyna TreeOh! with Miguel des Armas July 15, 2023
About Wojtek Justyna TreeOh!:
Composed of an international group of musicians hailing from Portugal, Germany, Poland and The Netherlands, The Netherlands-based Wojtek Justyna TreeOh! fuses the energy of funk-jazz and the colours & rhythms of world music with fresh sonic explorations. Combining soaring fuzzy leads with the rootsy sounds of traditional African instruments and throbbing synth bass lines, the TreeOh! is brings this scintillating performance to Ottawa on July 15. For their third album “THRICE” (2022), the musicians have blended their creative compositional talents to write a set of music that is packed with head-bopping grooves, intriguing harmonies and vigorous melodies that are bound to captivate the listener.
Countless worldwide performances in clubs and renowned jazz festivals such as Jazz in Daegu (South Korea), Delft Jazz Festival, State-X New Forms, Bevrijdingsfestival (The Netherlands), Jazzmeile Thüringen, jazzahead! (Germany) and Letni Festiwal Jazzowy (Poland) have earned the TreeOh! a reputation of an electrifying live act full of dynamics, colorful textures and fiery interplay between the band members.
About Miguel de Armas:
Joining the TreeOh! in concert is Cuban-born, Ottawa-based pianist Miguel de Armas. Miguel de Armas is a versatile jazz pianist and composer. He weaves strands of Cuban and American jazz influences in a compellingly eclectic way. Born in Havana, Cuba, Miguel studied at the Conservatory Amadeo Roldan and graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte with a Bachelor in Cuban Percussion. Now Miguel has brought his musical talents to the city Ottawa, Canada which he considers his adopted home. His hope is to introduce Canadians to the works of an original Cuban talent whose performances are nothing short of a master class in original Cuban jazz rhythms.
This event is in part sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ottawa and Steve's Music Ottawa.
Composed of an international group of musicians hailing from Portugal, Germany, Poland and The Netherlands, The Netherlands-based Wojtek Justyna TreeOh! fuses the energy of funk-jazz and the colours & rhythms of world music with fresh sonic explorations. Combining soaring fuzzy leads with the rootsy sounds of traditional African instruments and throbbing synth bass lines, the TreeOh! is brings this scintillating performance to Ottawa on July 15. For their third album “THRICE” (2022), the musicians have blended their creative compositional talents to write a set of music that is packed with head-bopping grooves, intriguing harmonies and vigorous melodies that are bound to captivate the listener.
Countless worldwide performances in clubs and renowned jazz festivals such as Jazz in Daegu (South Korea), Delft Jazz Festival, State-X New Forms, Bevrijdingsfestival (The Netherlands), Jazzmeile Thüringen, jazzahead! (Germany) and Letni Festiwal Jazzowy (Poland) have earned the TreeOh! a reputation of an electrifying live act full of dynamics, colorful textures and fiery interplay between the band members.
About Miguel de Armas:
Joining the TreeOh! in concert is Cuban-born, Ottawa-based pianist Miguel de Armas. Miguel de Armas is a versatile jazz pianist and composer. He weaves strands of Cuban and American jazz influences in a compellingly eclectic way. Born in Havana, Cuba, Miguel studied at the Conservatory Amadeo Roldan and graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte with a Bachelor in Cuban Percussion. Now Miguel has brought his musical talents to the city Ottawa, Canada which he considers his adopted home. His hope is to introduce Canadians to the works of an original Cuban talent whose performances are nothing short of a master class in original Cuban jazz rhythms.
This event is in part sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ottawa and Steve's Music Ottawa.
JazzWorks Presents T.K. Blue Dec. 16, 2022
JazzWorks Canada launches its 2022-23 “JazzWorks Presents” Concert Series with saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger and educator T.K. Blue on December 16th, 2022 from 7:30 to 10:30 pm at Festival Japan Restaurant, located at 149 Kent Street, in Ottawa.
“Blue’s brand of music is honest, sincere, graceful and direct. […] He’s about the music and feeling it creates, both in the artist and the listener.” - Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz.com
T.K. Blue is a musician of the highest calibre who is at the peak of his creative output. T.K.’s artistry is found on over eighty-five recordings, and he has performed with a long list of great international artists such as Don Cherry, Jaki Byard’s Apollo Stompers, Ted Daniels’ Big Band and Abdullah Ibrahim, to name a few. Blue released his 11th CD, entitled Amour, as band leader in 2017, and it was cited as one of the best jazz recordings of the year by Downbeat magazine. Based in New York, Blue holds a master’s degree in Music Education from Columbia University. He will be joined in concert by Ottawa pianist Steve Boudreau, Montreal bassist Alec Walkington and Ottawa drummer Michel Delage.
T.K. Blue will present a special Master Class on Thursday, December 15th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm entitled, “Using the Blues as a Vehicle for Jazz Improvisation: The African Aesthetic”. The workshop will take place at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Limited parking is available off Argyle Avenue and in the Glashan Public School parking lot, located at 28 Arlington Avenue.
T.K. Blue will also present a special Master Class on Thursday, December 15th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm entitled, “Using the Blues as a Vehicle for Jazz Improvisation: The African Aesthetic”. The workshop will take place at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
“Blue’s brand of music is honest, sincere, graceful and direct. […] He’s about the music and feeling it creates, both in the artist and the listener.” - Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz.com
T.K. Blue is a musician of the highest calibre who is at the peak of his creative output. T.K.’s artistry is found on over eighty-five recordings, and he has performed with a long list of great international artists such as Don Cherry, Jaki Byard’s Apollo Stompers, Ted Daniels’ Big Band and Abdullah Ibrahim, to name a few. Blue released his 11th CD, entitled Amour, as band leader in 2017, and it was cited as one of the best jazz recordings of the year by Downbeat magazine. Based in New York, Blue holds a master’s degree in Music Education from Columbia University. He will be joined in concert by Ottawa pianist Steve Boudreau, Montreal bassist Alec Walkington and Ottawa drummer Michel Delage.
T.K. Blue will present a special Master Class on Thursday, December 15th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm entitled, “Using the Blues as a Vehicle for Jazz Improvisation: The African Aesthetic”. The workshop will take place at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Limited parking is available off Argyle Avenue and in the Glashan Public School parking lot, located at 28 Arlington Avenue.
T.K. Blue will also present a special Master Class on Thursday, December 15th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm entitled, “Using the Blues as a Vehicle for Jazz Improvisation: The African Aesthetic”. The workshop will take place at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
Keyboardist, Arranger & Producer A.T.N. Stadwijk
Drummer-Composer Jae Sinnett
The Amy London Trio
