Jazz Saturday Night at 918 Bathurst

Get your jazz on this Saturday evening at 918 Bathurst. Admission is PWYC, or $5, which will be donated to St. Alban's in our area.
Cheers,
Vanessa

Upcoming Jazzy Saturday at The Trane

This rolled into my inbox from our neighbour, musician Jordan Klapman... sounds like a fabulous evening!
"I'd love to invite you to an end-of-summer music bash that just happens to be my first ever jazz double-header!

2 gigs in one night...
2 superb and very different all-star jazz groups...
2 very different repertoires...
2 cool for words!

ADI BRAUN; JAZZ CABARET
and
THE JK SEXTET: A TRIBUTE TO ROY ELDRIDGE

Here are the details...

The TRANE STUDIO 964 BATHURST STREET, TORONTO
(416) 913-8197

Saturday AUGUST 28, 2010

7:30 pm: AdiBraun Quartet - A Jazz Cabaret
New York cabaret and jazz classics with the brilliant vocalist ADI BRAUN. Wonderful songs of the Great Americcn Popular Songbook performed with a superb trio of top Toronto musicians!

Adi Braun - Vocals
Jordan Klapman -Piano TonyQuarrington - Guitar
Henry Heillig - Bass

Cover: $15

9:45 pm: Jordan Klapman Sextet - A Tribute to Roy Eldridge Internationally-acclaimedNew York trumpeter JON SEIGER headlines an all-star Canadian tribute tohis teacher,the legendary Roy Eldridge.

Swing, jump blues, big band and bop-inspiredclassics fromEldridge’s eclectic career, plus duets with extraordinary vocalist JULIE MICHELS of Eldridge’s wonderful recordingswith Anita O’Day!

Joined by sax monster Rich Underhill (Shuffle Demons),Bassist Henry Heillig(Manteca, Heillig Manoeuvre), ace Drummer Glenn Anderson (Swing Rosie, Alex Pangman) andJordan Klapman (AdiBraun Quartet, Donna Greenberg) on keys.

A concert of rollicking, swingin’, good-time partymusic you won’t want to miss!
Cover: $15

Reservations are highly recommended!
I hope to see you there!"

Enjoy!
Vanessa

GumboFunk'n Griot

This rolled into my inbox from an Annex resident:
"Don't Miss Out! Annex-based, TorontoJazzBuzz presents: GumboFunk ‘n Griot* MARDI GRAS comes to TORONTO – in a concert featuring traditional New Orleans music / & musicians, Grammy winners (from the Harry CONNICK Jr Orchestra - who have performed on the David
Letterman Show), a 2008 CBC Canada Reads nominee, a TORONTO STAR “Critics Choice”
event produce, & “Transcendent moments of soulfully swinging bacchanal” that will have YOU
dancing in YOUR seats!
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This event depends on word-of-mouth. Please tell your friends!
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Cheers,
Vanessa