UK trio The Comet is Coming – Shabaka Hutchings on saxophone and clarinet, Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue) on keyboards, and Max Hallet (aka Betamax) on drums – shape an intergalactic adventure through rich synths, distorted drum machines and the alternately soothing and stressful sound of Hutchings’ sax.
If the point of this album is to implore the listener to trust in something greater than themselves, it more than accomplishes its goal.
Read MoreJazzFest x CMHR, coming June 18, is our festival within a festival.
The immersive concert experience at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is like a ‘choose your own adventure’ night. We’re programming great music in a multitude of spaces throughout the museum, which will have its award-winning galleries fully open during the event.
It’s a lot to take in, but here are few sample plans on how to maximize your experience.
Read MoreSometimes, getting the band back together to put out another album after a long stretch can fall flat to fans’ expectations.
For award-winning saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman, however, his latest album is yet another indication that whatever project he touches turns into musical gold.
Released in March, Come What May is the first album for the Joshua Redman Quartet – although Redman has released numerous other projects – since 2001’s Passage of Time.
Read MoreIt’s not news that hip-hop and jazz share a longstanding relationship. Both genres are still expanding and changing constantly, and today’s artists are building that relationship deliberately.
Winnipeg’s jazz and hip-hop communities are closely intertwined, with groups like Super Duty Tough Work seamlessly blending the two. We spoke with some of the city’s mainstays in both genres about those connections.
Read MoreIt’s here! The full lineup of performers at 2019’s TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival is out today!
As has been the case throughout the festival’s three decades of history, this year’s JazzFest includes a wide range of local, Canadian, and international artists – pairing the best in jazz with artists and groups representing every genre under the sun.
Read MoreSaxophonist and electronic composer Joseph Shabason’s Anne is an enveloping, lush album that explores the frailty and complexity of degenerative illness.
The album is a calm and peaceful – if not somber and painful – reflection on the Toronto musician’s experiences with his mother Anne through her battle with Parkinson’s disease, although you wouldn’t know about the deeply sad subject matter at first listen.
Read MoreThere is something familiar yet different with Dominique Fils-Aimé’s sophomore album Stay Tuned!, which has been out for a month now on (virtual) record shelves.
The Montreal-based singer-songwriter continues the magic from her debut of somehow being impactful with her vocals by being subdued.
Read MoreIt may be almost 80 years since its 1930s heyday, but hot club jazz is alive and well in Winnipeg.
Juvel is a group of four women – Lindsay Woolgar on upright bass, Soshana Goldenberg on violin, Chenoa McKelvey and Gabi Ocejo on guitar – who got started four years ago after jamming on some Django Reinhardt classics.
Read MoreCongratulations to this year’s crop of JUNO Award winners in the three jazz categories!
Although the JUNOs have a long, rich history of recognizing Canadian jazz talent – with luminaries like Oscar Peterson, Oliver Jones, Holly Cole, and Diana Krall among the honourees – the current configuration of award categories is fairly recent.
Read MoreCreating original and mesmerizing audio-visual live shows, appearing on albums with famous DJs, and receiving high praise from rock n’ roll royalty – this only begins to describe the achievements of three Winnipeg-based artists making musical waves rippling far beyond our city’s borders.
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