Kingston Jazz Society

The Kingston Jazz Society is excited to announce our full Live @ Your Library 2012 line-up. The theme for the Series, “Jazz Around the Corner and Around The World” features a diverse mix of styles and artists, combining jazz fusion, traditional, and avant garde styles, and highlighting artists of both regional, national, and international acclaim.

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

Live @ Your Library: Jazz Around the Corner and Around the World

Concerts held Sundays at 2pm in The Wilson Room of the Kingston Public Library, 130 Johnson Street.

February 19: Phil Dwyer, John Geggie, Chet and Jim Doxas

• Phil Dwyer – piano and sax
• John Geggie – bass
• Chet Doxas – sax
• Jim Doxas – drums

As a saxophonist, composer, arranger, pianist, and educator, Canadian musician Phil Dwyer is recognized as a master of his craft. Amongst over 100 recordings, he has appeared on Juno Award winning releases with Guido Basso, Joe Sealy, Terry Clarke, Don Thompson, Molly Johnson, Hugh Fraser, and the Phil Dwyer/Dave Young Quartet.

Phil Dwyer, John Geggie, Jim and Chet Doxas

A resident of his native Vancouver Island since 2004, Phil remains busy as a performer and as a composer and arranger for concert and recording projects. This includes orchestral projects with Sarah Slean and the CBC Orchestra, big band work with Hard Rubber Orchestra, and several projects with the Art Of Time Ensemble, of which he is a founding member. Phil was twice named “arranger of the year” at the National Jazz Awards.

Ottawa’s John Geggie is a versatile musician and creative composer who has toured extensively with Chelsea Bridge and the Juno-nominated DD Jackson Trio. He has also performed or recorded with a who’s who of improvised music including Jon Christensen, Andy Milne, Sheila Jordan, Andrew Cyrille, Donny McCaslin, Matt Brubeck, Ted Nash, Billy Hart, Marilyn Crispell, Myra Melford, Cuong Vu, Peter Lutek, Marilyn Lerner, Peggy Lee, Justin Haynes, Jean Martin and double bassist Mark Dresser.

Juno-nominated saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Chet Doxas has brought together some of Montreal’s brightest musical voices on the indie-rock and jazz and folk scene to create his new project, Muse Hill. Chet is joined by brother Jim Doxas on drums. Jim has appeared on more than twenty albums and has played along side such musicians as Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano.

Concert sponsored by Concert sponsored by Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd.

March 11: Autorickshaw

• Suba Sankaran – Vocals
• Ed Hanley – Tabla
• Rich Brown – Bass
• Patrick Graham – Multi-percussionist

March 18: New York Jazz Fender Rhodes Project

• Quincin Nachoff – Sax
• Andy Milne – Rhodes Keyboard
• Dan Weiss – Drums
• Russ Johnson – Trumpet

March 25: Peripheral Vision

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

Our full five-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 Old Farm Fine Foods.

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The Kingston Jazz Society is excited to announce our full Live @ Your Library 2012 line-up.  The theme for the Series, “Jazz Around the Corner and Around The World” features a diverse mix of styles and artists, combining jazz fusion, traditional, and avant garde styles, and highlighting artists of both regional, national, and international acclaim.

Tickets are available at Brian’s Record Option and will of course be available at the door.  Series passes will be available for $75 for all 5 shows.  Tickets for each concert will be $20.  In an effort to expose the series to new audiences, $5 student tickets will be available at the door at each concert, space permitting.

2012 Live @ Your Library: Jazz Around the Corner and Around the World

Concerts held Sundays at 2pm  in The Wilson Room of the Kingston Public Library, 130 Johnson Street.

January 15: Ewa Heiwa

• “Come Together” featuring Njacko Backo, Valery Woloshyn – kalimba (African thumb piano), ngoni & zaa koua (African harps), djembe and ashikos (African drums), Paul Clifford – bass,  Kyoko Ogoda – Marimba, Japanese taiko drums.

A fusion of sounds from Cameroon, Japan, and Kingston

February 5: Adi Braun

• Adi Braun – vocals, Jordan Klapman – piano, George Koller – bass

A traditional jazz trio of vocals, piano and bass.  Adi has a long list of cabaret, concert and theatre successes to her credit. She has performed in every major jazz and concert venue in Toronto, has toured Canada, the United States, and Europe.

February 19: Phil Dwyer, John Geggie, Chet and Jim Doxas

• Phil Dwyer – piano and sax, John Geggie – bass Chet Doxas – sax, Jim Doxas – drums

Multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger Phil Dwyer burst on the jazz scene in Canada, and internationally in his late teens and by his early 20s was, to quote Globe & Mail journalist Mark Miller, “startling jazz audiences with his unprecedented command of both tenor saxophone and piano” and with his “extraordinarily authoritative playing….set the country on it’s ear”.  Phil is joined by Ottawa bassist John Geggie and Chet and Jim Doxas (Sax and drums.)

March 11: Autorickshaw

• Autorickshaw features: Suba Sankaran – vocals, Ed Hanley – Tabla, Rich Brown – Bass, Patrick Graham – Multi-percussionist

Autorickshaw’s music lies on the cultural cutting edge, as contemporary jazz and funk easily rub shoulders with the classical and popular music of India. Formed in 2003, Autorickshaw has become one of the most intriguing acts on the world music and jazz landscapes, garnering 2004 and 2007 JUNO nominations for World Music Album of the Year, winning a Canadian Independent Music Award in 2005 and a John Lennon Songwriting Competition Grand Prize in World Music in 2008.

March 25: Peripheral Vision

• Peripheral Vision features 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 1960′s 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 1960′s jazz and garage bands, the music takes shape as a collective process.

Our full five-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 Old Farm Fine Foods.

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The Kingston Jazz Society is incredibly excited to announce a trio performance by Canadian jazz greats Dave Young (bass) Robi Botos (piano) and Rob Piltch (guitar)

Oscar Peterson Tribute by Young, Botos and Piltch Nov 27 at 2pm, tickets $20

The Sunday November 27th concert at 2pm will be the Kingston Jazz Society’s return to the Baby Grand.  We will also be announcing our Live @ Your Library 2012 line-up at the show.

$20 tickets will be available through the Grand Theatre box office. (613-530-2050)

Dave Young is one of Canada’s most recognized jazz musicians. The three- time JUNO award-winner and Officer of the Order of Canada continues to teach, play, and record. Young is well known for his three-decade professional relationship with jazz giant Oscar Peterson, during which he toured around the world as a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio.

• Tuesday:  Paul Clifford Trio at Olivea 6-9
  

  Paul Clifford Trio. Every Tuesday from 6-9 @ Olivea

  Each Tuesday evening, The Paul Clifford Trio performs live at Olivea restaurant (39 Brock Street) in downtown Kingston. There is no cover charge and food is top class. Feel free to come for drinks or dessert as well.

• Wednesday: Zappas Lounge 8pm

• Friday: Rubbaboo at the RCHA 5:30-8:00
  Featuring:
  • Cameron Schaefer: Rhodes piano
  • Jak Thrasher: Percussion
  • Bobv Arlidge: Bass
  • Dan Charbonneau: Guitar

  On Sundays from 5-8pm, you can catch The Downtown Trio at The Mansion.The group performs a mix of instrumental jazz standards and original compositions by:
  

  

  Rubbaboo - Fridays at the RCHA

• Sunday: Downtown Trio at The Mansion 5-8
  • James Wannamaker – saxes
  • Noah St. Amand – bass
  • Sean Jensen – drums

While not strictly jazz, we think that many jazz fans will enjoy Tone Deaf 10, “a festival of adventurous sound performance.”  The festival runs October 27-29 in The Baby Grand at 8pm.

Oct 27

• Charles Hayward (London UK)
• Neven Lochhead (Kingston)

Oct 28

(curated by Tone Deaf founder Craig Leonard)

• Gen Ken Montgomery (NY)
• TORSO (Halifax)
• The One Family (Sarnia)

Oct 29

• c_RL: Alison Cameron, Nicole Rampersaud, Germaine Liu (Toronto)
• Malcolm Goldstein (Montreal)

Oct 22 – Nov 5

• Cecily Taylor (Kingston)

RATTLES TO RIDDLES:  LITTLE BITS OF OUR CONTEMPORARY SOMETHING
Installation at The Verb Gallery, inside Wayfarer Books (85 Princess St.)
Free admission. Exhibition open during store hours.

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Come check out Mauricio Montecinos and the Multifusion Band live at Brandees (178 Ontario St.) Doors at 9pm, so you can make it after the Kandinsky Effect show! Latin music, with latin drinks and snacks to match.