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Ben Allison Wants Us To Think Free.
Ben Allison began taking a new direction with his 2005 release Cowboy Justice and he continues his quest on his latest, Think Free.
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Dorothy Ashby One Of The Great Jazz Harpists
Together with another Detroit Native; Alice Coltrane, Dorothy captivated audiences in the 50's and 60's with her extraordinary musical ability and technique on the harp.
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Terry Clarke Takes The Lead On It's About Time.
Drummer Terry Clarke, One of Canada's most celebrated and recorded jazzmen commemorates fifty years in the music with his debut as a leader.
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Roy Hargrove latest is Emergence.
Throughout his career Roy Hargrove always showed an amazing ability to be comfortable in any style. On Emergence he fits right in with the grooves of the big band.
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Robert Glasper Gets Double Booked.
Robert Glasper's new disc on the Blue Note label continues his quest to blur the boundaries between the acoustic, electric and electronic side of jazz.
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Allen Toussaint Latest The Bright Mississippi.
Allen Toussaint dips into his extensive bag of musical ideas, switches gears and takes on a brilliant trip through musical tradition and into The Bright Mississippi.
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John McLaughlin And Chick Corea Reunites.
Chick Corea and John Mclaughlin first met while working for Miles Davis, years later they are back with a new CD that continues the vision of Miles 70's fusion years.
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Cellar Live Jazz From Canada's West Coast.
For many of Canada's West Coast musicians, playing at The Cellar and getting recording and distributed by the label has helped boost many careers.
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Lorraine Desmarais Goes Big With Her New Band.
With a new band stacked with many Quebec's top musicians; Lorraine's new self titled album lets her fans into a whole new area of her musical personality.
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Strange Fruit A Jazz Sound Of Protest.
Strange Fruit the song started life as a poem written by school teacher Abel Meeropol, but when Billie poured her heartache into it, it became a song of protest.
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Eliane Elias Releases Two Gems On Blue Note
Eliane Elias flexes some versatile musical muscle on her two latest releases:
Something For You, a Bill Evans tribute and a nod to her heritage with Bossa Nova Stories
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Joe Harriott Innovative Free Form Jazz Creator.
Harriott moved to England in 1952 and immediately created an impact on the British Scene with his total command of the popular Be-Bop style and his excellent musicality.
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Hazel Scott Jazz Pioneer And Activist.
Hazel Scott was born in Trinidad, grew up in the US. She mesmerized audiences with her piano skills, married a congressman and ended up on Joe McCarthy's blacklist.
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Gary Burton Quartet Live On Stage And Recorded.
It was intended to be a one time event. A gathering of musicians that he had worked with in the 70's; Three years later the Gary Burton Quartet tour ends in Toronto.
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Hiromi And SonicBloom Plays Jazz At The Lake.
In 2007 Hiromi with Sonicbloom opened for the Band Trio Beyond on a hot Toronto night; she almost stole the show and left a new legions of fans gasping for more.
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Branford Marsalis Plays Toronto Jazz festival.
With A Brand New CD Metamorphosen on the Jazz Charts. Branford Marsalis embarks on A Summer tours with a stop right here at the 2009 Toronto Jazz Festival.
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Raisin In The Sun Celebrates 50 years.
On March 11th 1959 Raisin In The Sun opened at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore theatre. It was a landmark moment for its writer and the African American community.
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Luminato Returns For Its Third Exciting Year.
The 3rd edition of the Luminato festival will soon takeover many areas of the Toronto landscape and is a true indicator of how hot The Toronto summer scene gets.
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Canadian Stage in Toronto Ends Its Hot Theatre Season With Doubt
It is the unwavering conviction of certainty that makes Bronx NY native John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt a Parable such a powerful compelling piece of drama.
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Toronto Jazz Festival Gets Set for 23rd Edition
Toronto Downtown Jazz continues to program excellent choices, local and international, for the summer festival that brings great performances to the eager jazz public
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Legendary Pianist Randy Weston Plays At York U
Randy Weston's concert at York University's Tribute Community Recital Hall was the highlight of their Black History Month celebrations.
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Delmark Records Independent Blues and Jazz
Independence has always been the root of jazz and blues. It helped create the early sound and giants of this music and Delmar Records is continuing that fine tradition.
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Geoffrey Keezer Aurea gets South American Hue.
Working with some of the most exciting musician from Nigeria the US and South America Geoffrey Keezer new CD Aurea showcases some of his most inspired compositions.
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Palmetto Records: Shaping Jazz Future Now
Since its' humble beginnings in 1990 Palmetto records has grown to become one of Jazz' leading labels winning awards and attracting award winning musicians.
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Mavis Staples In Concert At Massey Hall
Mavis Staples brought her band, her legacy, her great music and her forever strong and golden voice to a very appreciative audience at Toronto's Massey Hall
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Molly Johnson Swing Classic Standards On Lucky
Molly Johnson is feeling Lucky these days; buoyantly and soulfully lucky. It facts she wants you to know that, so she calls her latest album, you guessed it: 'Lucky'
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RockSteady Monty And Ernest Ode To Studio One
It has been said that you can't go home again, but legendary Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander give it's a great try on Rocksteady.
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One Night With Blue Note Highlights Excellence
Sometime in the late sixties one of the most important and innovative labels in the world of jazz recordings was allowed to go silent.
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Bobbi Humphrey a Jazz Fusion legend
Bobbi Humphrey is known as the first lady of the flute, by both critics and lovers of her music, and her sound is still as important and dynamic as it ever was.
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Donald Harrison Free Style Is Bold and Swingin'
Donald Harrison has been making bold, beautiful and adventurous statements in Jazz for many years and Free Style released in 2005 continues that bold tradition
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Denys Baptiste: Let Freedom Ring is challenging!
We have all heard the speeches played over and over: "I Have A Dream", "Let Freedom Ring", "Free At Last." Denys Baptiste also heard the music he could make from them.
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The Trane Studio: A Unique Gathering Space
It is the cultural appeal of the Trane studio that has made it quickly gain a reputation as Toronto's, hippest jazz club to be seen at; either as a musician or a patron.
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Elizabeth Shepherd's Parkdale is a Pleasure
Elizabeth Shepherd released her latest CD Parkdale mid year and it soon had her growing legion of fans buzzing. It was her third disc for the indie label Do Right Music.
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Jazz At Massey Hall Is Always Special
Over its' many years of existence, Massey hall, Toronto's world renown house of culture has played host to many great jazz performances
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Talking Heads. Simply A Great Play
Alumnae Theatre's latest production "Talking Heads" takes us on a journey through the lives of three women, each with their own special charm.
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ECM Records Touchstones, Gems Worth Hearing.
ECM Records is celebrating its' 40th anniversary and you the jazz fans gets forty of its best jazz titles to let your ears luxuriate.
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Day Trip Musical Ride Is Worth It.
Pat Metheny has two sides. The one that plays trippy New Agey music with his band, and the Trio works. His latest project 'Day Trip' is with a brilliant trio.
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Tonight At Noon An Opus On Love .
Sue Mingus' life with Charles was tumultuous, passionate, worrisome and joyful
She relives those moments with her book named after one of his greatest compositions.
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Dreyfus Night In Paris is Memorable.
Jamming together for the first time Miller, Petrucciani and friends quickly etched out a performance that would stay in that Paris audiences' memory for a long time.
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'A life In Time': A Roy Haynes Retrospective.
It seems like Roy Haynes has been around forever, maybe he has. He was there at the beginning of Bop and worked with innovators like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Trudeau Stories: Memoirs Of A Friendship.
Trudeau Stories, told through the words and action of a partner in that friendship, adds to the exotic mystique of Theatre Passe Muraille's quartet of plays.
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ODETTA Queen of American Folk visits TO.
She was known as the voice of the Civil Rights Movement during the sixties and today despite being wheel chair bound Odetta continues to inspire musicians and fans alike.
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Miles From India Hits All The Right Notes
Miles From India is a brilliant project that combines the genius of Miles' art and vision with the craft and technology of today's present studio wizards and musicians.
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Jazz Icons Classic Jazz Viewing
For Jazz Lovers, the introduction of DVD's did not make high quality Jazz Concerts any easier to get until now. The Jazz Icons DVD series is changing jazz viewing.
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Billy Bang Heats up Toronto
Billy Bang leaned into his violin and bowed out the opening strains of the Miles Davis Classic 'All Blues'
as a warm hush fell over the Trane's audience.
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Hot Toronto Theatre Season for 2008-2009
Toronto's official theatre season is about to be kick-started with with plays dealing with topics as varied as suicide and the internet, war, family pain and politics.
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