062315 Dirty Dozen Brass Band with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ottawa, ON
The two acts played together, they played separately, they made me dance, they made me gape in awe…
Tag: Ottawa Jazz Festival
062208 Herbie Hancock, Ottawa, ON
To my mind there is no greater compliment that can be given to a pop star than for a bunch of jazz heavies to give their catalogue the treatment…
062615 Joel Plaskett, Ottawa, ON
I write for several reasons…
062910 Roy Hargrove, Ottawa, ON
As I stood on the lawn of Confederation Park and watched Roy Hargrove’s headlining set, I couldn’t possibly have imagined that…
062710 John Scofield, Ottawa, ON
Not only was the legendary guitar player playing at his very best, he had also put together a star-studded swampy-gospel blues/funk New Orleans-based band…
070410 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Ottawa, ON
I couldn’t even begin to guess how many times I saw Sharon Jones…
070209 Wayne Shorter, Ottawa, ON
So there I was standing amongst many of my like-minded jazzy friends, a fistful of plastic cups in my mitt, watching Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade play live music not a hundred feet away…
063013 Wayne Shorter/Rob Frayne’s Dreamband, Ottawa, ON
On June 30th, 2013 Wayne Shorter took me to church…
062914 Bobby McFerrin, Ottawa, ON
I can report a couple of things…
062810 Medeski Martin & Wood, Ottawa, ON
Can it be that June 28th, 2010 was the last time I saw Medeski, Martin & Wood…
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