September/October 2008 Publication Mail # 40047729
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® Our 36th Year - Issue 4 – September/October 2008 • The Hadley Caliman Quintet featuring Thomas Marriott • Don Berner and the Brass Knuckles • Dino Dominelli Group • Audrey Ochoa Presents: The J-Team • Rachelle van Zanten • John Stetch Trio • Lina Allemano Four • Billy Bang Quartet • Don Thompson Quartet • Sheila Jordan 80th Birthday Celebration • goo! • Morgan Childs Quintet • Gravitas Quartet Publication Mail # 40047729 EDMONTON JAZZ SOCIETY 11 TOMMY BANKS WAY (Corner of 102 St & 86 Ave) EDMONTON AB T6E 2M2 Edmonton Jazz Society’s Board of Directors YARDBIRD 2007•2008 Jasiek Poznanski • President SUITE Adrian Albert • Vice-President 11 Tommy Banks Way (corner of 102 St & 86 Ave) Shelley Chebry • Secretary Edmonton, Alberta T6E 2M2 Paul Wilde • Treasurer Phone: (780) 432-0428 Board Members Dave Babcock • Chris Brown Pam Josey • Craig Magill THEYARDBIRDCREW Yardbird Suite Our Volunteer House Managers PROGRAMMING • Adrian Albert, Julie • Bill Hume • Judy Hume • Pam Josey King, Craig Magill, Jasiek Poznanski • Tracy Kolenchuk • Rhonda Netterfield PRODUCTION • Lisi Sommer • Mary Richards • Marilyn Rude JAM SESSIONS • Dave Babcock • Rosalynn Ruptash • Suzanne Slade Raymond Baril • Collette Slevinsky • Karen Voller LITTLEBIRDS DIRECTOR • Joel Gray • Gail Wozny FINANCE • Suzanne Morter PRESS RELEASES • Paul Wilde TRANSPORTATION • Alan Spence Yardbird Suite HOUSE MANAGER & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR • Pam Josey Newsletter The Yardbird Newsletter is published five times per year by the Edmonton Jazz Society. Yardbird Suite Jazz is a registered EDITORS • Adrian Albert, Jasiek Poznanski trademark of the Edmonton Jazz Society (1973). ADVERTISING • Shelley Chebry NEWSLETTER DESIGN • Vikki Wiercinski GRAPHIC LAYOUT • Kim Deley, Critical Path Return undeliverable Canadian Marketing Communications addresses to: DISTRIBUTION • Monique Bielech, EDMONTON JAZZ SOCIETY Shelley Chebry, Bill Harper 11 TOMMY BANKS WAY EDMONTON AB T6E 2M2 PRINTING • Nisku Printers (1980) Ltd. www.yardbirdsuite.com Canadian Publication Mail Product Sales Agreement # 40047729 YARDBIRDSUITE • EVENTS • YARDBIRDSUITE 3 Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm unless otherwise stated FRIDAY & SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 19 & 20 The Hadley Caliman Quintet featuring Thomas Marriott From Seattle and Edmonton MEMBERS $16 • GUESTS $20 Hadley Caliman - saxophone Thomas Marriott - trumpet Chris Andrew - piano Mike Lent - bass Sandro Dominelli - drums www.hadleycaliman.com • www.thomasmarriott.net FRIDAY • SEPT 26 SATURDAY • SEPT 27 Don Berner Dino and the Brass Dominelli Knuckles Group From Edmonton From Edmonton MEMBERS $12 MEMBERS $12 GUESTS $16 GUESTS $16 Don Berner - alto saxophone Audrey Ochoa - trombone, Dino Dominelli - tenor saxophone Robbin J. Harris - drums Joel Gray - trumpets euphonium, tuba Jim Head - guitar Doug Berner - trumpets, bass Marc Beaudin - tuba, bass Andrew Glover - piano J.C. Jones- trombone Sandro Dominelli - drums Brendan Rothwell - bass www.donberner.com www.dinodominelli.com FRIDAY • OCT 3 SATURDAY • OCT 4 Audrey Ochoa Rachelle Presents: van Zanten The J-Team YARDBIRD From Edmonton SUITE BLUES MEMBERS $12 MEMBERS $18 GUESTS $16 GUESTS $22 Audrey Ochoa - trombone Marc Beaudin - bass Rachelle van Zanten - acoustic Joby Baker - drums Don Berner - alto sax Jamie Cooper - drums guitar, piano, vocals Joel Gray - trumpet Graham Guest - piano Rob Thompson - piano Kit Johnson - bass www.audreyochoa.com www.rachellevanzanten.com 4 YARDBIRDSUITE • EVENTS • YARDBIRDSUITE Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm unless otherwise stated FRIDAY • OCT 10 SATURDAY • OCT 11 John Stetch Lina Allemano Trio Four From New York From Toronto MEMBERS $18 MEMBERS $14 GUESTS $22 GUESTS $18 John Stetch - piano Lina Allemano - trumpet Doug Weiss - bass Brodie West - alto sax Rodney Green - drums Andrew Downing - bass Nick Fraser - drums www.johnstetch.com www.linaallemano.com FRIDAY • OCT 17 SATURDAY • OCT 18 Billy Bang Don Thompson Quartet Quartet From New York From Toronto MEMBERS $22 MEMBERS $16 GUESTS $26 GUESTS $20 Billy Bang - violin Don Thompson - piano, vibes Andy Bemkey - piano Phil Dwyer - sax and piano Todd Nicholson - bass Jim Vivian - bass Newman Taylor Baker - drums Terry Clarke - drums www.myspace.com/billybangartist www.myspace.com/donthompsonjazz FRIDAY & SATURDAY • OCTOBER 24 & 25 Sheila Jordan 80th Birthday Celebration From New York and Edmonton MEMBERS $20 • GUESTS $24 Sheila Jordan - vocals Mike Lent - bass Kent Sangster - saxophone Sandro Dominelli - drums Andrew Glover - piano www.sheilajordanjazz.com YARDBIRDSUITE • EVENTS • YARDBIRDSUITE 5 Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm unless otherwise stated FRIDAY • OCT 31 SATURDAY • NOV 1 goo! Morgan From Denmark/Canada Childs Quintet From Vancouver MEMBERS $14 MEMBERS $14 GUESTS $18 GUESTS $18 Morgan Childs - drums Chris Davis - trumpet Brodie West - alto sax Amanda Tosoff - piano Simon Toldan - piano Kevin Brow - drums Evan Arntzen - sax Graig Earle - bass Sean Cronin - bass www.myspace.com/gooband www.myspace.com/morganchildsjazz FRIDAY • NOV 7 Gravitas Quartet From Seattle/Vancouver ADVANCETICKETS • TICKETMASTER.CA 780-451-8000 MEMBERS $20 GUESTS $24 • for more info • YARDBIRDSuiTE.COM Wayne Horvitz - piano Ron Miles - trumpet Peggy Lee - cello Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon www.waynehorvitz.net Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of members of the Edmonton Jazz Society (1973) will be held at the Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way, Edmonton, Alberta, on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM for the purpose of: 1. Receiving the report of the president; 2. Receiving and considering the report of the treasurer of the Society for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 including the appointment of the auditors for the coming year; 3. Election of the board of directors and officers of the Society; 4. The transition of such further business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Further information regarding the business to be discussed at the annual general meeting can be obtained by contacting the Yardbird Suite at telephone 780-432-0428. Dated at the city of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, this first day of September, 2008. 6 SHOWiNFORMATiON • PERFORMERBiOS Lina Allemano Four Billy Bang Quartet Lina Allemano Four is a group known for Billy Bang’s hard-edged tone, soulful their forward motion and inventiveness, and sense of traditional swing and evocatively they are definitely not afraid to take musical expressive style has enhanced over two risks. These four creative musicians cross dozen albums by top names in a variety of over from improvised music to jazz in their genres, from the blistering funk of Bootsy musical lives, and hence lend a fresh and Collins and the harmolodic groove of Ronald free-spirited feel to their music, combined Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society to the with a strong melodic concept and an intergalactic uproar of Sun Ra. inherent openness. A stimulating dynamic of With more than 15 albums under his own interaction and spontaneity assures that the leadership, nearly a dozen more in co-led group’s live performances are always light- endeavours, and five more with the String hearted and full of surprises. Trio of New York (which he co-founded in Lina Allemano Four’s newest CD, Pinkeye, 1977 with guitarist James Emery and bassist showcases the leader’s quirky yet deeply John Lindberg), Billy Bang is one of the lyrical songwriting style combined with the more prolific and original members of the band’s expressive flair and knack for the progressive scene. unexpected. Born William Vincent Walker, in junior Past highlights include feature high school he was nicknamed Billy Bang performances at jazz festivals across after a cartoon character, and over his initial Canada, major tours across Canada, and protests, it stuck. Around the same time, his recordings for CBC Radio and TVO. Lina primary interest turned to music, and he took Allemano Four has been nominated for up the violin, switching to percussion in the the Canadian Independent Music Awards’ early ‘60s when he became captivated by Favorite Jazz Group and the National Jazz Afro-Cuban rhythms. Awards Acoustic Group of the Year. While attending a Massachusetts prep Alto saxophonist Brodie West recently school under full scholarship, he met and spent a year living in Europe, and has toured began playing with fellow-student, folk-singer and recorded with Dutch master drummer Arlo Guthrie. Drafted into the army following Han Bennink. Bassist Andrew Downing won graduation, Bang was sent to Vietnam, an a Juno Award and the Grand Prix de Jazz for experience that profoundly affected his his group The Great Uncles of the Revolution. life, often quite painfully. Returning home Drummer Nick Fraser co-leads the group and radicalized, Billy became active in the Drumheller and is one of Toronto’s most in- anti-war movement, and by the late ‘60s had demand musicians. returned to music. Heavily inspired by the exploratory fire of “Lina Allemano Four revels in interactive John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman challenges and sophisticated tension... and the liberating energy of the free-jazz adventurous”. – The Toronto Star movement, Bang returned to the violin as his principal means of expression. Attending “Lina Allemano Four balance the infinite New York’s Queens College, and studying possibilities of free improvisation with the privately with renowned violinist Leroy structure and discipline of playing over Jenkins, Bang became a key member of the changes; it’s a daring twist that works dynamic New York avant-garde scene