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https://jazzvictoria.ca/brekky-boy/ $32 (service charges may apply) “Few greater joys exist than hearing something that surprises the hell out of you – like music did when you were 16. Brekky Boy does that.” - John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald Moments of energetic rhythms mixed with beautiful nostalgia, Sydney-based trio Brekky Boy blends instrumental electronic jazz to evoke the emotions felt when watching a Studio Ghibli film. Drawing on artists such as GoGo Penguin, Tigran Hamasyan, and BADBADNOTGOOD, Brekky Boy has carved out an invigorating original sound that incorporates elements of jazz, electronic, rock & soundtrack. The Montreux Jazz Award nominees have sold out shows across Australia, as well as touring internationally, featured at SXSW, Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazzahead, Tallinn Music Week & more. Taylor Davis piano/synthesizer, Ryan Hurst bass, Alex Hirlian drums
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https://jazzvictoria.ca/brandee-younger-trio/ $42 (service charges may apply) “No harpist thus far has been more capable of combining all of the modern harp traditions — from Salzedo, through Dorothy Ashby, through Alice Coltrane — with such strength, grace and commitment.” - Ravi Coltrane, The New York Times A leading voice of the harp, Brandee Younger has performed and recorded across countless genres with artists including John Legend, The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Common, Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Ron Carter, and Charlie Haden. She recently made history at the 2022 Grammy Awards as the first Black female solo artist nominated in the “Best Instrumental Composition” category for her song “Beautiful Is Black." The mesmerizing track is from her 2021 critically well-received major label debut album, Somewhere Different, that also received a 2022 NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental.” Additionally, her original composition “Hortense” was featured in the Netflix Concert-Documentary, Beyoncé: Homecoming, and in 2019, the tireless musician was selected to perform her original music as a featured performer for Quincy Jones and Steve McQueens’ “Soundtrack of America.” Her ability to seamlessly inject the harp into arrangements and venues where it has historically been overlooked is a testament to her deep love for and exemplary command of the instrument. Her latest 2023 album, Brand New Life, includes features by Makaya McCraven, Meshell N’degeocello and Mumu Fresh, and she’ll play songs from that record and more with her trio, Allan Mednard drums and Rahsaan Carter bass.
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Jobarteh is “Africa’s first female Griot kora virtuoso… blending traditional music, blues, and Afropop to impressive effect.” – The Guardian Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from one of five principal West African Griot families. The Kora, a 21-stringed African harp, belongs exclusively to Griot families, and Jobarteh is a pioneer in an ancient male-dominated hereditary practice. Reputed for her skill as an instrumentalist, distinctive voice, and her grace on stage, Jobarteh has rapidly risen to international success. As well as her dedication to spreading powerful humanitarian messages through her music, she is active in social change, as seen in the 2022 CBS TV 60 Minutes segment that explored how she singlehandedly set up The Gambia Academy – an institution dedicated to achieving educational reform across Africa. Her latest album, Badinyaa Kumoo, released in 2022, and she last appeared to a sold-out audience in Victoria in 2019 for TD JazzFest. Opening for this evening will be STORRY
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“Mischievous and teasing, Molly makes magic, and her voice uniquely sets a tone for story and message and carries you as far as you want to go and need to go.” – Jazz.fm Molly Johnson’s voice speaks to an emotional depth that few vocalists in any genre ever reach, mixing groovy funk, soul and jazz. A JUNO winner and CBC Radio 2 host for five years, Johnson is also an Officer to the Order of Canada, and most recently, was among the esteemed Canadians to be recognized at the 2023 Governor-General’s Performing Arts Awards for her philanthropic work and international contributions to the arts. She has performed to sold-out halls throughout Canada and the world, including performances for the Prince and late Princess of Wales, as well as Nelson Mandela and legendary producer/multi-instrumentalist Quincy Jones. Opening for this evening will be Phil Dwyer Trio
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TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: BADBADNOTGOOD Wednesday, June 28| Royal Theatre | 7:30pm $85/$69/$53.50 https://jazzvictoria.ca/badbadnotgood/ “No group has embraced the median zone between hip-hop and jazz as prolifically as Toronto four-piece BADBADNOTGOOD.” – NPR Toronto-based Grammy award-winning jazz ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD makes expansive music that straddles the line between ’70s soul-jazz, alternative hip-hop, and experimental electronica. Since gaining attention for hip hop covers in the early 2010s, they have balanced working on their own original songs, as on 2016’s album, IV. The group combines jazz musicianship with a hip hop production perspective and have collaborated with such artists as Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar, Kendrick Lamar, and more. They been nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning two for “Best Rap Album” 2018 and “Best Progressive R&B Album” 2021, as a producer. Their latest, fifth solo album, Talk Memory, is a mostly improvisational work, produced and written by the band with contributions from featured American instrumentalists Laraaji, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, and Brandee Younger.
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TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: An Evening With Chris Botti Tuesday, June 27 | Royal Theatre | 7:30pm $116/$100/$79 https://jazzvictoria.ca/an-evening-with-chris-botti/ “Botti’s work functions both on the level of flickering intimacy and thundering grandiosity.” – The New York Times Grammy award-winning American trumpeter/composer Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music, and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 jazz albums, as well as multiple awards. Nominated for five Grammy awards and most recently winning the Grammy for “Best Pop Instrumental” for his album, Impressions, Botti continues to perform worldwide. Selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. Over the past three decades, Botti has recorded and performed with the best in music, including Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, and Frank Sinatra. Chris Botti has thoroughly established himself as one of the important, innovative figures of the contemporary music world. Welcome Chris Botti back to Victoria and witness his musical ingenuity live!
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TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: Snarky Puppy Thursday, June 22 | Royal Theatre | 8pm $105/$85/$64 https://jazzvictoria.ca/snarky-puppy/ FOUR-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING GENRE-DEFYING 18-MEMBER SUPER-BAND Four-time Grammy Award-winning Texas-bred powerhouse Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk, and represents the convergence of many different music cultures from around the world. After over a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, including their last performance in Victoria as a part of TD JazzFest 2015, this super-collective suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as one of the major figures in the jazz world. With as many as 20 members in regular rotation, four Grammy awards (“Best R&B Performance” in 2014, “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album” in 2016, 2017, and 2021), and multiple Reader’s and Critic’s Poll Awards from JazzTimes and DownBeat Magazine, the defining characteristic of Snarky Puppy’s music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively. Their latest and eagerly anticipated fourteenth album, Empire Central, was released in September 2022 and most recently nominated for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album” at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Empire Central shouts from the rooftops how far Snarky Puppy have come since bassist, composer, and bandleader Michael League formed the group at the University of North Texas in 2004. It also raises the question – where will Snarky Puppy go next? For Snarky Puppy fans, the answer to this question is a very exciting prospect, and for those in Greater Victoria and beyond, look no further than June 22 at the Royal Theatre as a part of the 40th edition of TD Victoria International JazzFest!
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
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SUNNA GUNNLAUGS TRIO Tuesday, June 28 ~ 7PM HERMANN’S JAZZ CLUB $35 “Her music possesses such timeless virtues as lyricism and grace . . . and elegantly bridges soul-searching passages with uncluttered swing.” – Washington Post Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release, Mindful, was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Washington Post. Her 2010 release The Dream, jumped to number 2 on the Canadian radio charts. Her albums have received extremely positive reviews in leading jazz magazines across the world, and all her albums have been nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards, winning “Performer of the Year” in 2013. Not only is Sunna Gunnlaugs Iceland’s premier jazz pianist, but she’s an internationalist who has spent a lot of time in NYC polishing her craft and deepening her compositional skills. Her latest album, Ancestry, was released in 2018. Gunnlaugs returns to TD JazzFest with her working trio, bassist Thorgrimur Jonsson and drummer Scott McLemore. -
TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: Ranky Tanky w. Lisa Fischer $76.50/$63.50/$43.50 https://jazzvictoria.ca/ranky-tanky-w-lisa-fischer/ Ranky Tanky are “lively, soulful honey to the ears.” – NPR Lisa Fischer “in concert is addictive. Every performance is so enriching, so exciting, so transcendent.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune Grammy Award-winning quintet Ranky Tanky performs timeless music born from the Gullah culture of the southeastern Sea Islands. Playful game songs, ecstatic shouts, and heartbreaking spirituals can all be found on their latest release Good Time. Joining them at the 2022 TD JazzFest, and returning to Victoria, will be Ms. Lisa Fischer, who after four decades of featured background singing with icons like Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, and Nine Inch Nails, as well as having been featured in the 2013 Best Documentary Oscar winning film “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” she has set out to take center stage.
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MARTA ELENA SALSA SEXTET FRIDAY, JUNE 24 ~ 9:30PM VICTORIA EVENT CENTRE $32 https://jazzvictoria.ca/marta-elena-salsa-sextet/ “Marta Elena’s personality, powerful voice, and stage presence make her the total package of entertainer, composer and gifted artist.” – Es Mi Musica Productions Singer, composer, percussionist, and band leader Marta Elena belongs to a younger generation of Cuban musicians who are happy to honour the island nation’s Afro-Latin musical roots, while looking for new ways to express the music that courses through the veins of the country. While in Cuba, she performed with the famous Cuban female band Anacaona and toured extensively with Caribbe Girl female band. After so many years of performing with different bands in Cuba and worldwide, Marta Elena immigrated to Toronto in 2011, and started performing in the Canadian scene at various local venues and Canadian festivals. Marta Elena has created an extensive library of original compositions that can be heard on Marta’s new album, De la Habana a Toronto, which showcases Cuba’s bright traditional blasts; Guaracha, Cha-Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Rumba and Salsa in an eclectic selection of danceable and delicious rhythms, in a unique and intoxicating style to break all the rules.
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MALIKA TIROLIEN SATURDAY, JUNE 25 ~ 9:30PM VICTORIA EVENT CENTRE $32 https://jazzvictoria.ca/malika-tirolien/ “Whether it’s on this big stage or an intimate club, Tirolien’s powerful commanding voice has incredible range, a warm tone, and remarkable control…” – Noisey Vice Now living in Montreal, Malika Tirolien is a remarkable vocalist, musician, songwriter and producer from Guadeloupe. She is garnering international attention with her creative collaborations, and her latest release Higher is the second in a tetralogy featuring earth, air, fire and water themes. It is a shining example of afro-futuristic styling, and showcases a new genre called “high soul,” mixing R&B, soul, hip hop and jazz. She has toured over 20 countries with her band, Bokanté, and two brilliant albums from the band have already earned them worldwide acclaim and a Grammy nomination. Tirolien’s electrifying performance on “I’m Not The One” (1.9M+ YouTube views) is a prime track on the Grammy-winning album by Snarky Puppy, inspiring countless covers worldwide. Tirolien’s love, passion, and respect for music can be felt in each song, as well as her sparkling authenticity. Nadia Baldé vocals, Nancy Dassas vocals, Jean-Michel Frédéric keyboards, Philippe L’ Allier guitar, Caulder Nash OR Mark Haynes bass, Harvey Bien-Aimée drums
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untilLAURA ANGLADE ROYAL THEATRE: FRIDAY, JUNE 24 ~ 7:30PM HOTEL GRAND PACIFIC: FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 24 & 25 ~ 9PM https://jazzvictoria.ca/laura-anglade/ Toronto-based French/American jazz singer Laura Anglade is making a name for herself on the Canadian jazz scene and beyond. Anglade’s singing is reminiscent of many of the great vocal stylists of the 20th century: Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Anita O’Day, Shirley Horn, and Blossom Dearie. She has made several appearances on the New York, Toronto, Québec City and Montreal scenes and has performed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal over the past three years. Her debut album I've Got Just About Everything, which came out in June 2019 on Justin Time Records, has been met with praise by critics and fans alike, and her new second duo record will be released in May 2022. Miles Black piano
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LAILA BIALI FRIDAY, JUNE 24 ~ 9:30PM HERMANN’S UPSTAIRS $39 “There’s no boxing Laila Biali in … Capable of making you laugh and cry all at once, her delivery Out of Dust is divine.” – All About Jazz Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, and pianist Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. In 2019, Biali’s eponymous release won her a Juno for “Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.” She received her first Juno nomination for Tracing Light (2011), and a spot on DownBeat Magazine’s “Best Albums of the Year” for Live in Concert (2013) and Out of Dust (2020). In September of 2017, Biali was brought on as the host for CBC Music’s national radio show, Saturday Night Jazz, a weekly show broadcast to listeners across Canada. Biali’s latest album, Out of Dust, which features multiple Grammy nominees and winners including Lisa Fischer, Alan Ferber, John Ellis, and Larnell Lewis, released March 27, 2020 and was also nominated for a 2021 Juno award. She now tours with her band, drummer Ben Wittman and bassist Ken Lister.
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JULIAN LAGE TRIO F. SCOTT COLLEY & DAVE KING SATURDAY, JUNE 25 ~ 9:30PM HERMANN’S UPSTAIRS $39 https://jazzvictoria.ca/julian-lage-trio/ “Lage’s incisive musicality and clean fretwork go a long way to bridging aesthetic divides.” – Downbeat Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation and “highest category of improvising musicians” (New Yorker), Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains of American musical history via impeccable technique, free association, and a spirit of infinite possibility. The California-born New York-based musician boasts a prolific resume on his own accord in addition to collaborating with Gary Burton and John Zorn, as well as duo projects with Nels Cline, Chris Eldridge and Fred Hersch, among others. As Lage set out to record his debut for Blue Note Records, the virtuoso guitarist reflected on the label’s storied history and the way his own music connected with it. The result is Squint (released June 2021), a striking new album that weds incisive, expressive songwriting with the profound interplay Lage has honed over the past few years. He returns to Victoria with four-time Grammy-nominated bassist Scott Colley and The Bad Plus drummer Dave King.
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Joel Ross Good Vibes
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JOEL ROSS GOOD VIBES TUESDAY, JUNE 28 ~ 9:30PM HERMANN’S UPSTAIRS $32 https://jazzvictoria.ca/joel-ross-good-vibes/ “Particularly on his own compositions, Mr. Ross and the band treat rhythm as both fundamental and unfixed, while dousing the music in harmonies derived from modern gospel.” — The New York Times Brooklyn-based composer and rising star Joel Ross is the most thrilling new vibraphonist in America. Ross is basically a living blur of mallets, talent, and ideas. In 2019, he joined the Blue Note Records roster, adding his name to an illustrious jazz vibraphone legacy on the label that extends from Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson to Stefon Harris. In 2019, Ross released his debut on Blue Note, KingMaker, with the five-piece band he calls Good Vibes. Now, Ross has topped the DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star category for vibraphone — graduating beyond the Rising Star to well-honed artist in 2021 after releasing his 2020 album, Who Are You?. The Parable of the Poet, Ross’ third album for Blue Note Records is set to release in spring 2022. -
TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Jocelyn Gould Quartet
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JOCELYN GOULD QUARTET MONDAY, JUNE 27 ~ 7PM HERMANN’S JAZZ CLUB $35 https://jazzvictoria.ca/jocelyn-gould-qua/ “[Gould] has soaked up the influences of Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell and Joe Pass, and she wears that collective mainstream, swinging attitude on her sleeve, not only stylistically, but also in her sense of the joy of creation”— All About Jazz Jocelyn Gould is a jazz guitarist/vocalist based in Toronto. Influenced by Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, and Joe Pass, she has performed internationally with Grammy-nominated vocalist Freddy Cole, trumpeter Etienne Charles, and DownBeat Rising Star trombonist Michael Dease. She currently holds the guitar chair of The Gathering Orchestra, a big band based in Detroit under the directorship of bassist Rodney Whitaker. She recorded her debut album as a leader in September 2019, and her latest album, Elegant Traveller, won the 2021 Juno award for “Jazz Album of the Year.” -
IMMANUEL WILKINS QUARTET SUNDAY, JUNE 26 ~ 9:30PM HERMANN’S UPSTAIRS $32 https://jazzvictoria.ca/immanuel-wilkins-quartet/ “Anyone trying to tune into the present moment in jazz could do a lot worse than starting with Immanuel Wilkins, an alto saxophonist whose playing is at once dazzlingly solid and perfectly lithe” – New York Times Brooklyn-based saxophonist, rising star, and composer Immanuel Wilkins attended the Juilliard School in 2015, where he met trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire, who mentored Wilkins and helped him navigate the jazz scene. He also met a musician who would change his professional life, Jason Moran, the prominent pianist and composer who took the young saxophonist on tour. In what was one of Wilkins’ biggest gigs to date, he played alto in Moran’s “In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall, 1959,” a series of live performances honoring the great legacy of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. Wilkins has since worked with a diverse range of artists including Solange Knowles, Gretchen Parlato, Wynton Marsalis, Gerald Clayton, Aaron Parks, and Joel Ross, making a striking appearance on the vibraphonist’s 2019 Blue Note debut KingMaker. Wilkins’ acclaimed debut album Omega was named the #1 Jazz Album of 2020 by The New York Times, followed by his 2022 album, The 7th Hand.
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HILARIO DURAN CONTUMBAO FRIDAY, JUNE 24 ~ 7PM HERMANN’S JAZZ CLUB $35 https://jazzvictoria.ca/hilario-duran-contumbao/ “Durán has been wowing the world with his creative approach to Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, one breathtaking concert after another.” – WholeNote Winner of multiple Juno awards and internationally recognised as a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader of the highest order, Cuban-born Hilario Durán returns to TD JazzFest with his quartet Contumbao to perform tunes from his acclaimed, Juno-nominated eponymously-titled album, Contumbao. This evocative and well-conceived project continues exploring the deep roots of the entire spectrum of Afro-Cuban music. People who have seen Hilario Durán any time know he goes above and beyond the reputation of so many great Cuban pianists.
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TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: Gregory Porter plus Laura Anglade $95.50/$82.50/$62.50 https://jazzvictoria.ca/gregory-porter/ “He possesses a soulful, R&B-meets-jazz voice, yet there is an everyman aura about him.” – Times Gregory Porter has achieved international recognition with his two Grammy Award winning records for “Best Jazz Vocal Album”, Liquid Spirit in 2014 and Take Me To The Alley in 2017. Liquid Spirit took Porter from being the biggest name on the jazz scene to being one of the most sought-after singers around today. 2018 was yet another landmark year for Porter after his 2017 album, Nat King Cole & Me, hit number three on the Official UK Album Chart and received a 2019 Grammy nomination. All Rise, his 2020 sixth studio album and also Grammy-nominated, marks a return to Porter’s beloved original songwriting — heart-on-sleeve lyrics imbued with everyday philosophy and real-life detail, set to a stirring mix of jazz, soul, blues, and gospel. Now with his new album Still Rising, released in November 2021, Porter once again cuts through the noise of genres and the mess of life to reach audiences everywhere, and will bring the heart and soul to TD Victoria International JazzFest in 2022.
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TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: GoGo Penguin $55.50/$45.50 https://jazzvictoria.ca/gogo-penguin/ “GoGo Penguin have spent almost a decade refining and redefining a take on jazz, electronica and modern classical that’s always sounded more sophisticated than stuck-up.” – Loud and Quiet Magazine GoGo Penguin are a collective who channel electronic and club culture atmospheres alongside minimalist jazz and rock influences to create music that pulses and flows from the dance floor to meditative inner worlds. They return to TD JazzFest in Victoria for a third time to perform music from their 2020 Blue Note Records release, the self-titled GoGo Penguin, together with new music and favourites from their luminous back catalogue. 2022 also marks the touring debut of the band’s latest member, drummer Jon Scott, who brings his own uniquely propulsive style to the Manchester-based trio’s exhilarating music. Chris Illingworth piano, Nick Blacka bass
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TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: Twin Bill: Ghost-Note & Louis Cole Big Band $39 (plus service charges) SAVE BIG! Buy all 3 nights in the “Funk & Soul in the Township (Esquimalt)” series at checkout for $99! (plus service charges) https://www.rmts.bc.ca/production-detail-pages/2022/ghost-note-and-louis-cole/ Multi-Grammy award-winning artists Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth take percussion out of the shadows and into the spotlight with Ghost-Note. World renown for their ongoing catalog with international sensation Snarky Puppy, this dynamic duo expands their rhythmical voice into a celebration of music in all its forms. This is music that takes listeners on a mind-blowing journey, inspired by the influences of James Brown, Prince, and J Dilla to name a few. Since forming, Ghost-Note’s sound has evolved to a state that can best be described as ‘conscious funk’ – an elaborate and sonically powerful surge of the tremendous talents that each of the players provides, with the bandleaders leaning back and letting the band go. The core lineup is a rotating cast of heavy hitters, (including former Prince bassist, Dywane “MonoNeon” Thomas) – all stretching to meet the expanding nature of the band. Ghost-Note’s bold and in-your-face performances create seductive danceable grooves and a contagious, feel-good energy, as each show offers a chance to let loose and connect for both fans and the musicians alike. One half of the LA duo KNOWER and collaborator with Thundercat, Vulfpeck, and Snarky Puppy, future-sonic-funk drummer and keyboardist Louis Cole is a singer-songwriter and Grammy-winning producer known today as one of the world’s most celebrated musicians. Cole’s sound is a seemingly simple and totally addictive mix of electro-funk missiles shot clearly on refrains and steamy nostalgic strolls. With a mission “to create deep feelings through music” his comedic YouTube videos aren’t far from the real thing. Viral video favourites like “F It Up” mirror his live big band show experience, featuring LA’s best instrumentalists seen creating hot funk whilst crammed into his modest living room. Louis Cole’s 12-member Big Band follows in similar fashion: weird, wild, and wonderful. This will be a night to remember. Rai Thistlethwayte keyboards, Petter Olofsson bass, Shai Golan saxophone, Doug Mosher saxophone, Henry Solomon saxophone, Zach Ramacier trumpet, Rob Sheppard flute, Vikram Devasthali trombone, Jon Hatamiya trombone, Genevieve Artadi bvox, Isis Giraldo bvox
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 ~ 7PM HERMANN’S JAZZ CLUB $35 https://jazzvictoria.ca/ernesto-cervinis-tetrahedron/ “Bold Canadian drummer Ernesto Cervini exemplifies ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.’” – Downbeat Magazine Ernesto Cervini is one of the most exciting and electric drummers in North America. He has been leading the wave of Canadian modern jazz for the last 10 years, whether it’s with his quartet, sextet Turboprop, or the trios Myriad3 and TuneTown. Tetrahedron is an exciting new addition to his roster, featuring two of Canada’s top improvisers (Luis Deniz on alto saxophone and Rich Brown on electric bass), and special guest, guitar phenomenon Nir Felder from New York City. The group plays originals as well as rearranged standards in an engaging, toe-tapping, highly entertaining way which has been described as “brilliant” and “masterful.” It’s a groovy, energetic trip!
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untilELIZABETH SHEPHERD & MICHAEL OCCHIPINTI (ES:MO) HOTEL GRAND PACIFIC: MONDAY – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 – 29 ~ 9PM ROYAL THEATRE: TUESDAY, JUNE 28 ~ 7:30PM https://jazzvictoria.ca/esmo/ COVER CHARGE Please contact Hotel Grand Pacific for more details. (250) 386-0450 After years of touring together, decorated Canadian artists Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti have teamed up to create ES:MO - a musical duo focused on genreless creativity and exploration. Their album The Weight of Hope received a 2022 Juno nomination for “Vocal Jazz Album of The Year.” With extensive musical backgrounds, international acclaim, and a lengthy list of prestigious awards and nominations, namely, their combined fifteen Juno nominations, both artists have had successful, independent careers before embarking on their new venture. Shepherd, a multi-dimensional vocalist/pianist, has twice been long-listed for the Polaris Prize and has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Auditorium Parco della Musica. Occhipinti, a versatile, creative guitarist, has performed with jazz legends such as Don Byron and Sam Rivers, as well as Bruce Cockburn, DVSN, and the Barenaked Ladies. Now, they have teamed up to create an album of re-imagined musical works and atmospheric, compelling original music.
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Dan Wilson Quartet
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DAN WILSON QUARTET WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 ~ 9:30PM HERMANN’S UPSTAIRS $32 ”Wilson hails from the Wes Montgomery/Grant Green/George Benson tradition of mainstream guitar with R&B and gospel inflections.” — Jazziz Grant Green meets Wes Montgomery meets George Benson. Not quite, but that gives some idea of what you’ll hear from composer/guitarist Dan Wilson. Highly endorsed by none other than Pat Metheny, Wilson’s reputation as a first-rate jazz guitarist has permeated the walls of the elite in the upper echelon of jazz guitar. This Grammy-nominated artist has already cemented his place as a world-class player, and his recent exploits show that he has no plans of slowing down. His career has taken him on an exploratory journey into foundations laid down by the guitar/organ tradition. Dan Wilson recorded and toured with jazz great Joey DeFrancesco, which later led him to joining and touring with bassist Christian McBride and his band, Tip City. McBride then served as producer on Wilson’s 2021 album, Vessels of Wood and Earth, which brings a wide palette of originals and inventive interpretations inspired by Motown, gospel, and jazz traditions. -
$76.50/$63.50/$43.50 https://jazzvictoria.ca/cecile-mclorin-salvant/ “Cécile McLorin Salvant sings, composes, creates visual art and can generally be relied upon to do the unexpected. — BBC Music Magazine Composer/singer Cécile McLorin Salvant has developed a passion for connecting vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Winner of the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010, she has won three Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album: The Window (2019), Dreams and Daggers (2018), and For One To Love (2016). Her brand new 2022 album, Ghost Song, is a breathtaking, fully realized conceptual work, and she will showcase these new songs and more at TD JazzFest 2022.