041000 The Dave Holland Quintet, Ottawa, ON
On April 10th, 2000 my good friend Wayne brought the Dave Holland Quintet to the Alumni Theatre at Carleton University…
Tag: jazz
062901 Medeski Martin & Wood with John Scofield/DJ Logic/Metalwood, Montreal, QC
While MMW at Montreal’s best live venue might have drawn several of us to the city, it was the inclusion of both DJ Logic and John Scofield that filled the cars that night…
062307 Dave Brubeck, Ottawa, ON
Dave Brubeck was almost ninety years old so I wasn’t expecting much more than an appearance really, but even at that stage of the game the now-late pianist was still right on time, as it were. It was a beautiful night out and the amazing weather was perfectly augmented by the high-quality on-kilter compound jazz…
062115 Chris Botti/Timber Timbre, Ottawa, ON
A viola player dies and finds himself banished to Hell. He takes his seat in the string section of a large orchestra and starts playing along…
033116 Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA
In so many ways, the Preservation Hall band just screams “New Orleans!” and it screams it loud. When you walk into the small, square room you’d swear that jazz had been living there forever…
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