062810 Medeski Martin & Wood, Ottawa, ON
Can it be that June 28th, 2010 was the last time I saw Medeski, Martin & Wood…
Category: Ticket Stories
062613 The Doobie Brothers/10 Years of The Triplets of Belleville, Ottawa, ON
Aretha Franklin was forced to cancel her Ottawa jazz festival performance just three weeks before the show. And can you believe that the festival actually managed to book a replacement…
062508 Salif Keita, Ottawa, ON
A scientific study recently proved that it’s lucky to be superstitious, if you can believe that…
062415 Huey Lewis and the News/The Sun Crescent Barbeque Stompers, Ottawa, ON
One really great element of Ottawa’s annual jazz festival that I often overlook in these missives are the free lunchtime concerts that happen daily in (or around) Confederation Park…
062311 Robert Plant, Ottawa, ON
Of course Robert Plant will always commandeer a prominent chapter in the history of popular music as the lead vocalist for Led Zeppelin, and with very good reason…
062207 Bill Evans, Ottawa, ON
On June 22nd, 2007 I sauntered down to the Ottawa jazz festival main stage in lovely Confederation Park to watch a headlining set by the well-known jazzer Bill Evans. You know, the guy who played with Miles Davis…
062114 The Bad Plus/Colin James, Ottawa, ON
This was simultaneously the most and least challenging concert I had seen The Bad Plus play…
062013 Dr. John, Ottawa, ON
What better way to kick off the Ottawa jazzfest than an opening night set from Mr. New Orleans himself…
061995 Grateful Dead/Bob Dylan, East Rutherford, NJ
This would prove to be my last Grateful Dead concert…
061893 Grateful Dead/Sting, Chicago, IL
June 18th, 1993 was the last night of my first first-ever Grateful Dead mini-tour…
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