Jazz

Mark Guiliana Brought the Precision and Punctuality

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 28

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

Perhaps the most exclusive slot of the festival thus far, it was only with some effort that even the illustrious press were able to make th...

Borrowed Instruments and Soggy Skies Couldn't Keep the Mary Ancheta Quartet Down in Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 26

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

Battling less-than-great air quality and some frankly unpredictable weather at the festival's 6:30 pm main stage slot, we were greeted by t...

Little Animal! Showed Ottawa Their Weirdo-Jazz Bonafides

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 26

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

Mercifully tented, the OLG stage was the place to be on a stormy Monday night; shielding from the elements, incubating the jazz. The 7:30 s...

Peter Brötzmann, Celebrated Free Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 82

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2023

Peter Brötzmann — the acclaimed German free jazz saxophonist who released over 50 albums across his career and recorded with Cecil Taylor,...

Posthumous jaimie branch Album Announced with New Song "take over the world"

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2023

A posthumous album by late American trumpeter and composer jaimie branch has been announced. Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))...

Meshell Ndegeocello Unleashes a Whirlwind of Jazz on 'The Omnichord Real Book'

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2023

Bassist and neo-soul heavyweight Meshell Ndegeocello took almost five years to craft her debut offering on legendary American jazz label Bl...

Winnipeg International Jazz Fest Announces Additional Headliners Rêve, Keyon Harrold and More

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023

After announcing their original slate of headliners in April, the TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival has announced a new crew of headl...

Watch Joni Mitchell Perform First Headline Concert in Over 20 Years

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023

Following her surprise Newport Folk Festival set last year, Joni Mitchell returned to the stage this past weekend for her first official he...