SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE! GUARANTEE 2015– 2016 Season 2015 – 2016 Season YOUR SEAT! In next year’s season we take you on a 2015 -2016 Season cultural tour through the heart of different countries and different eras, starting off with a Subscription Packages Detroit and Chicago-style chicken and rib shack QUINTET (5 concerts) vibe, a combination of meets Gene BLOWIN’ THE Ammons and Clark Terry led by the Subscriber: $165 BLUES AWAY Steve Kirby legend Mike LeDonne on piano and organ. (One Subscription) Supporter: $334 Next up is the fabulous Omer Avital, known for his exotic and (One Subscription + $169 tax receipt) The Mike LeDonne innovative bass playing. Omer and his quintet put a unique spin Quintet on old new and familiar jazz songs and rhythms in a high energy Patron: $665 extravaganza of jazz mixed with a tinge of the Middle East. (One Subscription + $500 tax receipt) Benefactor: $1,654 November’s show is a tribute to three of the high priestesses of jazz MEDITERRANEAN MIX vocals. The all-star line up features vocalist Carla Cook, a New (Two Subscriptions + $1,324 tax receipt) The Omer Avital York legend that many believe was cut from the same cloth as QUARTET (4 concerts) Quintet these great singers. With innovative piano virtuoso Lynne Arriale, Subscriber: $149 and Downbeat poll winner Grace Kelly on tenor saxophone, these (one subscription) ladies will deliver a legacy of beauty, power, wit and poignancy. Supporter: $296 In the spring we will feature the rising stars of today’s jazz scene. (One subscription + $147 tax receipt) CELEBRATING THE MUSIC Pianist Aaron Diehl is taking New York by storm with his Patron: $595 OF NINA SIMONE, ABBY dynamic super quartet. Diehl will be joined by singer Charanee LINCOLN & JONI MITCHELL Wade, a favorite performer at . Wade has (One subscription + $446 tax receipt) been described as following in the footsteps of Nancy Wilson. Benefactor: $1,432 (Two subscriptions + $1,134 tax receipt) Lynne Arriale, Carla Cook, Grace Kelly We end the season with a celebration of the music of Stevie Wonder, bringing back the talented Kenny Washington, a versatile Student Subscriptions: Quintet $82 Quartet $75 RISING STARS and powerful tenor voice that can deliver it all - anything from a ballad to a pop song, to R & B to the most sensitive jazz. You can expect a barn -burning finale of yet another stellar season. We look Purchase your SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE forward to seeing you there! online at: www.radyjcc.com or call Debbie Figowy at 204-477-7534 The Aaron Diehl e-mail [email protected] Quartet

Steve Kirby, Artistic Director Beverly Aronovitch, Producer A Tribute to Stevie Wonder Sponsored by: in association with: Izzy Asper Jazz Performances Kenny Rady Jewish Community Centre Washington B100-123 Doncaster Street, VICKAR Winnipeg, MB R3N 2B3 Chev Olds www.radyjcc.com Sponsored by: in association with: GUARANTEE YOURGUARANTEE SEAT THE MIKE LEDONNE TO THE AARON DIEHL THEHOTTEST QUINTET TICKET QUARTET Saturday, Sept. 19,2015 8:00 p.m. ININ TOWN!TOWN! With New York vocalist Charenee Wade Sunday, Sept. 20,2015 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16,2016 8:00 p.m. 2015– 2016 Season Sunday, April 17,2016 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Get your groove on with this swinging program of blues favorites from renowned groove master and New York piano and B3 organ Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “the most promising icon, Mike LeDonne. Praised by as discovery that [Wynton] Marsalis has made since ”, “one of the most talented pianists of this era”, Aaron Diehl has captured the attention of the jazz world LeDonne has been one of the most in-demand NINA SIMONE, ABBY LINCOLN with many awards including the 2013 Jazz Journalists’ session musicians in New York for over Association Award for Up-And-Coming Artist and the 2011 30 years, backing jazz legends like Milt & JONI MITCHELL Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz of the American Pianists’ Jackson, , Clark Terry, Dizzy Lynne Arriale, piano; Carla Cook, vocals; Association. Diehl has performed with the Gillespie and . Accompanied Grace Kelly, saxophone Septet, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The by a stellar band of saxophonist Jimmy Symphony Orchestra, Benny Golson, , and p.m. Greene, drummer Greg Hutchison and Saturday, Nov. 7,2015 8:00 , to name a few. With vocalist bassist Steve Kirby, this is a guaranteed Sunday, Nov. 8,2015 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Charanee Wade, a first runner-up in the knock-out season opener! 2010 prestigious Three outstanding female artists combine forces to salute the great Vocal Competition, you’ll witness women in music. Lauded by critics worldwide, “Arriale’s brilliant the next major stars musicianship places her among the top jazz pianists of the day” on the jazz galaxy! (New York Times), “Arriale’s stunning piano work is putting the heart back in jazz” (The Sunday Times London). With 13 chart-topping CDs and 20 of international touring, Downbeat THE OMER AVITAL describes her as “a powerhouse. …haunting, gorgeous.” QUINTET Twenty-two year old saxophone prodigy Grace Kelly, Winner of Downbeat Critics’ Poll Alto Saxophone Rising Star, has taken the Saturday, Oct. 17,2015 8:00 p.m. jazz world by storm. She’s a huge new talent who has already A TRIBUTE TO STEVIE WONDER performed with a long list of big names, including Wynton Sunday, Oct. 18,2015 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. p.m. & p.m. Marsalis, , and . Saturday, May 14,2016 3:30 8:00 Praised by critics as, “extraordinary” (New York Times), “roaringly Critics describe Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Carla Cook as Winnipeg Art Gallery inventive” (JAZZIZ), and, “one of the most exciting musicians to “a jazz singer who truly re-covers the standard waterfronts featuring vocalist Kenny Washington with come onto the jazz scene in the last 20 years” (DownBeat), with fresh coats of paint. ….a straight ahead jazz diva with a The University of Manitoba Jazz Faculty Ensemble Israeli-born Omer Avital’s ensemble fuses exotic Middle gospel soul, big band heart, classical cool We’ve put together the best talent in town to pay homage to Eastern grooves, its endless colors and joyful rhythms with and improv hot.” (Jazz Times). Motown legend Stevie Wonder. To headline this all-star salute traditional jazz language to create a unique Backed by Evan Gregor on chocked full of Wonder‘s most beloved hit songs, we welcome blending of two musical traditions and bass and Ross Pederson back “the Superman of the Bay Area jazz scene” (San Francisco cultures. Avital has recorded and toured on drums, these three artists will make Chronicle), vocal jazz virtuoso Kenny Washington, with Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, who consistently thrills audiences with his Brian Blade, Joshua Redman, Brad incredibly beautiful music together! soulful interpretations, seemingly Mehldau, Roy Haynes and many limitless range, and rapid-fire others. His last sell-out appearance on scatting. Backed up by the Berney stage brought him standing Steve Kirby’s top-notch band ovations from the ecstatic audiences. and singers, you’re in for a We’re bringing him back for more! not-to-be-missed season closer! painting by BRUNI Sabian-www.BruniJazzArt.com painting by BRUNI