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…
Tag: Ottawa Jazz Festival
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…
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…
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