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Peter Leitch Trio • David Liebman Group • Ruthie NEWSLETTER OF THE ® Volume 22, Issue 2 – March/April 2004 Volume • Peter Leitch Trio • David Liebman Group • Ruthie Foster and Cyd Cassone • Thom Golub’s Alterations Band • Chris Andrew Trio CD Release • Dave Babcock CD Release • Juno Awards Weekend • Andrew Glover Band • Mike Herriott Sextet • Bill Prouten Group • David Braid Sextet • Peter Manley Trio • Birth of the Cool • Simon Fisk Trio EDMONTON JAZZ SOCIETY 11 TOMMY BANKS WAY (Corner of 102 St & 86 Ave) EDMONTON AB T6E 2M2 Publication Mail # 1516698 membership Your Edmonton Jazz Society Membership supports a variety of activities and ensures that the best of live jazz will continue to have a home in our city. 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Board of Directors for 2003-2004: Tara Benoit, Leah Wilson President: Tara Benoit Office: Fred Elgert Doors: 8pm • Show: 9pm Vice-President: Adrian Albert Transportation: Dwayne Hrynkiw Treasurer: Murray Walford Press Releases: Paul Wilde Secretary: Shelley Chebry Jam Sessions: Blake Kinley, Marcus Taylor Members at large: Norma Davis, Sandro Dominelli, Dwayne Hrynkiw, Yardbird Suite Newsletter is published five Craig Magill, Jasiek Poznanski, times per year by the Edmonton Jazz Allan Stoski, Leah Wilson Society (1973) Memberships: Ken Knight Littlebirds Directors: Newsletter Editor: Allan Stoski Craig Brenan, Randy Witte Contributing Writers: Adrian Albert, Craig Magill, Jasiek Poznanski, Bruce Stovel Yardbird Suite Jazz is a registered Advertising: Shelley Chebry trademark of the Edmonton Jazz Graphic Design: Kim Deley, Critical Path Society (1973). Marketing Communications Distribution: Monique Bielech, Shelley Chebry, Bill Harper Canadian Publication Mail Printed by: Nisku Printers (1980) Ltd. Product Sales Agreement www.yardbirdsuite.com # 1516698 david•braid•sextet Although originally trained in musicians - John McLeod on trumpet, Mike from Toronto classical music, pianist David Murley on saxophone, Gene Smith on Braid was intrigued with jazz trombone, Steve Wallace on bass and Terry and entered the Jazz Performance Clarke on drums. It's not often that a young Program at the University of Toronto on a player can attract players of such stature to four year scholarship. Graduating with perform, record and tour with him. honours, at 28 he is now the youngest Braid's eponymous debut CD was faculty member in the same program. released in 2002. It featured eight of his He has accomplished a lot in a very compositions performed by the sextet short time. In 1998, he was a semi-finalist which will be appearing at the Yardbird at the Martial Solal Jazz Piano Competition Suite. The group was nominated in the in Paris. That same year, he was category of Best Canadian Jazz Ensemble commissioned by the Global Knowledge at the 2003 National Jazz Awards. David March 2004 Canadian tour. Foundation to write and perform an was nominated personally for Best Pianist One of David Braid's goals is to original piece honouring Dr. Stephen and Best Composer. Listeners are disseminate a musical experience to his Hawking. He has performed with most of astounded by the remarkable dynamic audience that will maintain and revitalize the top Toronto-based jazz musicians. between the band members and Braid's interest in jazz for a newer generation of Braid is also becoming well-known as an original compositions. In all, Braid has musicians and jazz lovers. He wants to outstanding composer. composed thirty originals specifically for engage and sustain the curiosity of his Perhaps the greatest tribute to his this sextet. audience, producing a rich and inspiring talents as a player and a composer is that A second album recorded live at the musical experience which will emphasize he has been able to form his own sextet Top O' The Senator in Toronto will be the beauty and complexity of jazz featuring several of the best Canadian released to coincide with the group's harmony, melody and rhythm. David Braid - piano Gene Smith - trombone FRIDAY • MARCH 5 John McLeod - trumpet Steve Wallace - bass DOORS 8PM • SHOW 9PM • MEMBERS $14/GUESTS $18 Mike Murley - sax Terry Clarke - drums simon•fisk•trio Following his from Vancouver graduation from St. Francis Xavier University, Halifax-born bassist Simon Fisk moved to Vancouver in 1995. Almost immediately upon his arrival he great American bassist sought-after bassist in great new talents of the started working with Gary Peacock, a veteran Vancouver and developed Canadian music scene. pianist Chris Gestrin. of many outstanding national stature through Tom Foster is an The following year Tom piano trios. One of his touring with Edmonton native who Foster took the drum Simon's main performing Kaeshammer as well as has lived on the west chair to form the Simon credits is as the bassist other west coast-based coast for many years Fisk Trio. for the Michael groups. now. Any time he visits This eight year old Kaeshammer Trio for The other members the Yardbird Suite, it's a group has issued one three years. These of the trio, Chris Gestrin very welcome return. recording, 2002's experiences have helped and Tom Foster, are both Trainwrecks, a Western him develop an individual highly-regarded members Canadian Music Awards style and given him a of the Vancouver jazz nominee in 2003 for deep appreciation for the community. Chris Simon Fisk - bass Outstanding Jazz trio format. "I like the Gestrin is a Berklee Chris Gestrin - piano Recording, and has a live interaction that the trio graduate who is Tom Foster - drums recording with a concert setting provides," says emerging as one of the DVD scheduled for Fisk. release in early 2004. He has become a Fisk studied with the SATURDAY • MARCH 6 DOORS 8PM • SHOW 9PM • MEMBERS $7/GUESTS $11 MARCH • APRIL 2004 • 3 YARDBIRD SUITE BLUES Three ruthie•foster•and•cyd•cassone Days! Ruthie comparing her to Ella Ruthie's own M.O.D. Canmore and Vancouver m fro Foster was Fitzgerald and Aretha (“My Own Damned”) Folk Festivals. Last fall, Texas the surprise Franklin. Her songs are record label in 1997; Ruthie and Cyd made hit at Edmonton's Folk a hybrid of blues, gospel, Crossover appeared on their first appearance on Music Festival in 2002, roots and folk music rich Blue Corn in 1999 and television's Austin City and had two sold out with spirituality and Runaway Soul on Blue Limits, gaining exposure shows last June here at emotion. Ruthie will be Corn in 2002. Touring to an international the Yardbird Suite. The accompanied by mainly as an acoustic audience. young blues and gospel percussionist Cyd duo, Ruthie and Cyd singer from Texas and Cassone, who also does have appeared at her accompanist, Cyd backup vocals and festivals such as the Folk Cassone, are returning to manages the Ruthie Alliance in Nashville, the the Yardbird Suite for a Foster Band. Cyd comes Kerrville Folk Festival in Ruthie Foster - vocals, guitar three day engagement. from a folk and gospel Texas, and the Cyd Cassone - percussion, vocals Ruthie Foster is a background and has Waterfront Blues Festival remarkable vocalist, with been performing with in Oregon. In Canada, a powerful, earthy voice. Ruthie since 1996. they have become Ruthie's simply amazing The two put out their favorites at the vocal abilities have critics first CD, Full Circle, on Winnipeg, Edmonton, “Runaway Soul is not so much
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