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Jazzfest 2024 coverage preview list for subscribers
I would say it's reasonably complete now! This will be my first time covering the jazzfest.
Will Chernoff
William Ross Chernoff, known as Will to friends and colleagues, founded Rhythm Changes in 2020 and plays bass.
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Ruth Saphir: Accolades of Time
Saphir on vocals / flute with Kate Wyatt, Adrian Vedady, Mili Hong, & Geneviève Gauthier
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David Hodgson: Felt Like Falling EP
4-tracks of chordless saxophone trio recorded DIY in his family home while back from Toronto
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Sarah Stevenson: Vocalist, Nanaimo to McGill, First Year
I heard Sarah play in Nanaimo at the Vault Cafe; we spoke at her family's home the next day
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Last Ark Out: Lift
The shredding, the drumming, the riffs, the licks, the intensity gets your neurons firing
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The Cowboy Bebop Band weeknight sellout at Hero’s Welcome
Steven Zhu’s band with Gordy Li, RJ Abella, Afu Keteca, Rick Son, Patrick Kao, & Piyotr Kao
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Cyrille Aimée vs. Nicky Schrire: booking agents
On how much an artist makes versus their agents, and how to talk about who deserves it
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Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa - Known & UnKnown: Solo Piano Works by Rodney Sharman
Over an hour of piano with some voice, dramatic, theatrical but soft, occasionally vulgar
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Daniel Janke Winter Trio: Available Light
The Yukon-based pianist-composer recorded the album with two European musicians in France
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Jon McCaslin: Drums, Calgary, Four on the Floor, Curation
Jon talks about publishing about jazz drums at Four on the Floor for 15 years and counting
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Nova Pon & Turning Point Ensemble: Symphonies of Mother & Child
Inspired by birth, infancy, and the composer Pon's relationship with her firstborn child
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The Brenan Brothers: Valley of Silence
Trombonist Craig & saxophonist Jim Brenan's work sounds to me more Adderleys than Breckers