Toronto Jazz

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  Boz Scaggs

  Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2013

  Call it truth in advertising. After he and his five-piece band warmed up the crowd with a laidback bluesy tune, Boz Scaggs warned them "We'...

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  Bettye LaVette / The James Hunter Six

  Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON, June 27

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2013

  A less than capacity crowd was on hand for this nicely complementary double bill. Sharon Jones was to be the headliner, but soul veteran La...

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  John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension / Courtney Pine

  Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON, June 23

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2013

  When English saxophonist/composer Courtney Pine burst onto the scene in the mid-'80s, he played relatively orthodox jazz. He has gone on to...

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  Willie Nelson

  Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2013

  The choice of Willie Nelson as opening act of the Toronto Jazz Festival drew raised eyebrows (and a facile Toronto Star feature), but it ca...

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  Phil Dwyer: A Canadian Songbook Featuring Laila Biali

  Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto ON June 27

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2012

  Saxophonist/composer Phil Dwyer won a Juno this year for his adventurous Changing Seasons album. His current cross-Canada festival tour, ho...

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  George Benson

  Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON June 26

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2012

  Few veteran artists have had as versatile a career as George Benson. His ten Grammy wins have been for both vocal and instrumental performa...

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  Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Bilal

  Enwave Theatre, Toronto ON June 25

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2012

  Robert Glasper's music is ostensibly jazz, except when it's not. In incorporating elements of hip-hop, soul and R&B, the sound that is the...

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  Bettye LaVette

  Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON June 23

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2012

  Working with just a four-piece band, legendary soul singer Bettye LaVette proved less can be more at her Toronto Jazz Fest set, commandeeri...