Kingston Jazz Society

Hi Jazz Fans:

The board of The Kingston Jazz Society is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2009 “Live @ Your Library” concert series. This will be the 6^th consecutive year that the KJS has presented this series of intimate Sunday afternoon concerts featuring some of Canada’s greatest jazz artists. This year’s line-up will feature musicians from all across Canada, New York City and of course some Kingston’s favorite players.

Tickets are available through the Grand Theatre box office (613-530-2050) and at the door and are once again $15 per show, $20 for the Sunday March 15th concert.  Tickets for the entire series are $70.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

• Matt Wilson – drums (NY)
  
• Nancy Walker – piano (Toronto)
  
• John Geggie – bass (Ottawa)
  

Sunday, February 22, 2009

• The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio

Sunday March 15, 2009

• Mike Murley - Tenor saxophone
• Tara Davidson – alto saxophone
• David Braid – piano
  
• Jim Vivian – bass
• Ian Froman – drums

Sunday, April 26, 2009

• Seamus Blake – tenor saxophone (NY but originally from BC)
• Chris Gestrin – piano (Vancouver)
  
• Nick Fraser – drums (Toronto)
  
• John Geggie – bass (Ottawa)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

• The Mike Allen Quartet, featuring Jake Langley

with Field Trip Trio‘s Patrick Reid on bass and Mark Nelson on drums

Mike Allen

Described by the Globe and Mail as “a supremely melodic improviser,” Vancouver saxophonist Mike Allen has become an important name on the Canadian jazz scene. His album “Love One Another” was hailed as the #1 Canadian Jazz Album of 2005 by the Ottawa Citizen.

Guitar-great Jake Langley is now based in New York and gained international attention touring the world with the renowned Joey Defrancesco Trio.

Jake Langley

Young-guns Patrick Reid-bass and Mark Nelson-drums round out the band; They’re best known for their work with the outstanding Montreal-based group “Field Trip Trio” who are regular visitors to Kingston.

Patrick Reid and Mark Nelson

The afternoon of joyous, swinging music will be steeped in the tradition of the great saxophone-led groups of Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, and Mike’s former teacher and musical mentor, Joe Henderson.