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The KJS Presents The PRAM Trio May 19 at The Mansion

May 8, 2012 Leave a comment

The Kingston Jazz Society is once again pleased to be showcasing Toronto’s PRAM Trio on Saturday May 19 at 7pm at The Mansion. PRAM played a fantastic show in Kingston last May to an enthusiastic crowd.

Tickets are $10 at the door or $7 in advance at Brian’s Record Option.

The trio features:

  • Jack Bodkin – Piano
  • Mark Godfrey – Bass
  • Rich Piasetski – Drums
You can have a listen to the band on either their Bandcamp or MySpace pages.

PRAM trio – Saturday May 19, 7pm @ The Mansion

Categories: Past performances

HomeGrown Live 2012: May 12 at the RCHA

April 22, 2012 Leave a comment

HomeGrown Live 2012: Jazz at the RCHA

The Kingston Jazz Society is proud to be lending a hand to the Homegrown Live Music Festival once again.  As with last year, there will be a full afternoon and evening if live jazz.  We will again be on the 3rd floor of the RCHA Club.  (193 Ontario.)  This year, food will be available through The Pasta Shelf.

Be sure to check out their full schedule.  The jazz portion will be as follows:

The RCHA Club (193 Ontario Street) is Homegrown Live’s venue for Jazz. This year’s Jazz lineup is:

4:00 Spencer Evans
5:00 Rubbaboo
6:00 Sara Hamilton and David
7:00 Glenna Green
8:00 Downtown Trio
9:00 Blue Swing Quartet
10:00 Kingston Jazz Composers Collective
11:00 Mauricio Montecinos and Latin Fusion

This is the fourth year of the Homegrown Live Music Festival, which celebrates area talent for a jam-packed day of music.  All musicians graciously donate their time to the event.

As with last year, bracelets are $10, $5 with a donation of food.  All proceeds from the day go to Joe’s M.I.L.L. and the Partners in Mission Foodbank.  You can read more about the festival here.

Tonight: Kingston Symphony Simply Sinatra

April 13, 2012 Leave a comment

Kingston Symphony presents SIMPLY SINATRA

Friday, April 13 2012, 8pm

Ol’ Blue Eyes is considered to be one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century. His colourful personality, vocal virtuosity, and unique way of delivering a lyric ensured his top billing in pop-culture history. Award-winning performer Steve Lippia honours Sinatra with a roster of timeless music. His youthful, energetic talent and powerful show will create a perfect blend of then and now. Come fly with us as we get sentimental over that old black magic under a blue moon.

Adults – $49 to 20; Seniors – $45 to 20; Students – $25 to $15; Children – $10; all plus HST and handling fee.

Glen Fast, Conductor
Steve Lippia, Vocals

Saturday April 21: The Battle of Santiago at The Mansion

April 7, 2012 Leave a comment

The Battle of Santiago: Live at The Mansion Apr 21

The Battle of Santiago is a performance battle between strong Latin rhythms and deeply cultured Canadian influences, pushed into an improvisational post-Afro-Cuban-rock theatre. The members of The Battle of Santiago have backed up a diverse array of artists – from Oscar Peterson and Tito Puente to I Mother Earth – and have schooled at the top jazz schools in Canada along with being in-demand producers. These guys know music.

This fantastic seven-piece band will be in Kingston performing at The Mansion on Saturday, April 21 at 7pm. Tickets are $5 at the door.

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Categories: Past performances

March 24: Dee Dee Bridgewater at The Grand Theatre

March 21, 2012 Leave a comment

Grand Theatre Presents: Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater: March 24

In 2011, Dee Dee Bridgewater, who qualifies as something of a legend herself, won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. The Grammy, her third, is for her splendid Billie Holiday homage, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. While remaining reverent to Holidays spirit, the celebrated vocalist gives a fresh spin to such Holiday classics as God Bless the Child, “Strange Fruit” and Lady Sings the Blues.

Dee Dee Bridgewater will be in The Rosen Room of The Grand Theatre on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30pm.  When buying tickets, use promo code gardenia for a 15% discount!

Live @ Your Library March 25: Peripheral Vision

March 18, 2012 Leave a comment

Live @ Your Library 2012 concludes on Sunday March 25th with a final concert by Toronto-based Peripheral Vision.

We will also be announcing the full line-up for the 2012 Kingston Jazz Festival, running June 21, 22 and 23.

Tickets ($20) are available at Brian’s Record Option and will of course be available at the door. In an effort to expose the series to new audiences, $5 student tickets will be available at the door at each concert, space permitting.

March 25: Peripheral Vision

March 25: Peripheral Vision

March 25: Peripheral Vision

  • Don Scott – Guitar
  • Michael Herring – Bass
  • Nick Fraser – Drums
  • Trevor Hogg – Sax

Peripheral Vision is an exciting and innovative Toronto-based jazz quartet. The creative leaders of the group are long-time musical collaborators, guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring. They have assembled a synergistic musical unit designed to push the boundaries of jazz while engaging the listener with a grooving, toe-tapping immediacy. You can hear the influences of the classic 1960s era of jazz – Wayne Shorter, Booker Little, Charles Mingus – mixed with the modern New York scene with hints of Radiohead, reggae and electronica.

Peripheral Vision has just released their second album, “Spectacle: Live!”. Scott and Herring are joined by saxophonist Trevor Hogg and drummer Nick Fraser. While the compositions are Herring and Scott’s, Peripheral Vision is defined by its group rapport. Bringing back the anything-is-possible democratic approach of both 1960s jazz and garage bands, the music takes shape as a collective process.


Our full concert line-up is made possible by the support of The City of Kingston, The Kingston Arts Council, Carolyn Thornburrow of Sun Life Financial, GoSaBe Development and Design, Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd., Chez Piggy, Novel Idea, and Main Street Market.

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