Jazz
Nels Cline
Lovers
PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2016
Journeyman virtuoso and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline shines on Lovers, a carefully orchestrated jazz opus 25 years in the making. Cline's new...
Lauryn Hill Returns to Canada on North American Tour
PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2016
Following a series of summer jazz festival performances, soul and hip-hop icon Lauryn Hill has announced she's coming back to Canada on an...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 17
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2016
With the exception of a half hour rain-and-lightning assault that interrupted Lauryn Hill's set Tuesday night (July 12), the Halifax Jazz F...
Tal Wilkenfeld
Imperial Bell, Quebec City QC, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2016
Known best as a bass guitarist who has recorded and toured with everyone from Jeff Beck to Macy Gray, Tal Wilkenfeld admitted that a lot ha...
Catherine LeBlanc Quartet
Le Cercle, Quebec City QC, July 7
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2016
With the release of her debut LP Some Place Else late last year, Catherine LeBlanc looked to make jazz music more accessible to those who m...
Taylor McFerrin
L'Astral, Montreal QC, July 4
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2016
On the Monday night (July 4) of Montréal Jazz Fest, Taylor McFerrin worked a Sequential Prophet-6 synth and a sampler as he treated the cro...
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 29
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2016
Wynton Marsalis, the distinguished New Orleans-born trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, was master of ceremonies in...
Chick Corea
Koerner Hall, Toronto ON, June 29
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2016
63 Grammy nominations, with 23 wins. That's the tally for the recordings of keyboardist/composer/bandleader Chick Corea, a true titan of ja...