Montreal born Charlotte Cardin took the stage (designed especially for this virtu-fest) and kicked off the second night of Montreal Jazzfest. At just 25 years old, she has taken some impressive strides in her profession, having earned several awards and nominations in Canada’s music industry. She started her set off with Les Èchardes, one of …
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The “digital” Montreal International Festival launched last night, opening with Malika Tirolien, Guadeloupeean Singer/song writer and pianist. Tirolien has such a beautiful and soothing voice. The music she and her band played was a symphonic glorious mix of world music, digitally mastered by Tirolien and her electronics. What I really loved about her music are …
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Tonight the festival featured the Kellylee Evans and saxophonist Seamus Blake. This Juno award winning artist from Scarborough Ontario is a soulful jazz singer with a slew of accolades under her belt and is an esteemed academic at Carlton University. James Hale asked Evans some really pertinent questions and Kekkylee’s replies were outstanding. We learned …
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Tonight on the Ottawa JazzFest stream, host of OLG Chats James Hale met with award winning Elisapie Isaac. Elisapie, born in Nunavit and now based in Montreal, talked about her influences growing up and how she started singing hymns in an Anglican church choir when she was a child. Her mother pointed her in that …
Tonight the Ottawa Jazz fest streamed a live performance of pianist Dan Tepfer’s brain child, Natural Machines. In a world with so many technical advancements, this show fits right in. Tepfer defines his creation best as “ It’s a project where I explore the intersection, in music, between natural and mechanical processes. I do free …
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Prime Rib Band with guest saxophonist Joel Frahm Tonight the Festival streamed a promo video of Ottawa’s own Prime Rib Band with special guest saxophonist and grammy winner, Joel Frahm. The song, Crunch, is a track from the band’s latest album, Choice Cuts. I’m guessing Ed really likes meat because of the album name choice …
This event was such a great experience! It was an interactive performance using a phone app Tinmendo and ZOOM, which certainly raised the bar on “audience participation.” The concept was that we as passengers on a space vessel, were on our way to a new planet. Our mission is to release as many green house …
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Great news! The Ottawa Jazz Festival is streaming online from June 19th to the 28th. Catch some live and improvisational shows, that will feature a slew of local talent and also from all over the globe. Today they kicked off their virtu-fest, Tenacity, with James Hale interviewing pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Anna Webber, and …