Jazz
TD Niagara Jazz Festival Gets Laila Biali, Alex Pangman, John Sherwood for 2023 Edition
PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023
Celebrating a decade of bringing some of the world's best jazz music to the Niagara Region, the 10th-anniversary edition of the TD Niagara...
Jeff Goldblum Adds Toronto Date to North American Tour
PUBLISHED May 31, 2023
Hot on the heels of announcing a West Coast tour, Jeff Goldblum — actor, musician and all-around smooth operator — has added a Toronto date...
Jeff Goldblum Announces West Coast Tour with Vancouver Stop
PUBLISHED May 17, 2023
Actor Jeff Goldblum moonlights as a jazzy piano man, and having recently released an EP called Plays Well with Others, he has announced a f...
Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts's Jazz Recordings Collected for New Album 'Anthology'
PUBLISHED May 10, 2023
When not keeping time as drummer of the Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts pursued jazz music as a bandleader and sideman onstage and in the stu...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Alfa Mist Pushes Toward an Even Bolder Future on 'Variables'
PUBLISHED May 4, 2023
Around this time last year, I was fortunate to catch a remarkable set by Alfa Mist, who enthralled a Toronto crowd of around 100 with his t...
Stream Harrison's New Album 'Birds, Bees, the Clouds & the Trees'
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2023
If you're looking to refresh your spring soundtrack, Harrison has you covered. Today, the Toronto artist has delivered new album Birds, Bee...
Eric Andre on the Upright Bass: "Don't Play It. Pick Another Instrument"
PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2023
Years before considering a career in comedy, discovering photocopier life hacks and having his acclaimed talk show air for six seasons, Eri...
Azymuth Drummer Ivan "Mamão" Conti Dies at 76
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023
Ivan "Mamão" Conti — the founding drummer and percussionist of Brazilian jazz-funk trio Azymuth — has died. News of Conti's passing was sha...