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NEWSLETTER OF THE Volume 20, Issue 3 - May-June, 2002 ® At the SUITE • JIM BRENAN QUARTET • BOB TILDESLEY’S INDIGENOUS ALIENS • BLUES: JACKIE PAYNE/STEVE EDMONSON AND EDDIE BO • BENNY GREEN • NOJO • QUANTUM FEATURING PRASANNA, ALPHONSO JOHNSON & AIRTO MOREIRA • GMCC BIG-BANDS • CHARLIE AUSTIN QUINTET • WHO TRIO • RENEE ROSNES QUARTET • FRANCOIS CARRIER WITH BOBO STENSON • PAUL CRAM ORCHESTRA BENNY GREEN QUANTUM - featuring Prasanna, Alphonso Johnson & Airto Moreira EJS 11 TOMMY BANKS WAY (Corner of 102 St & 86 Ave) EDMONTON AB T6E 2M2 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. Membership Options (check one): ❒ Gold Card $200 tax receipt & free admission for one year..................$387.25 ❒ Silver Card free admission for one year ...................................................$187.25 ❒ Regular .....................................................................................................................$32.00 ❒ Student or Senior..................................................................................................$22.00 Make cheques payable and mail to: Edmonton Jazz Society, 11 Tommy Banks Way, Edmonton AB T6E 2M2 Name _______________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ City ________________________________________________________________ Postal Code _____________________Phone _______________________________ Email Address ________________________________________________________ Purchase Date ________________________________________________________ Amount paid for membership _______$ ___________________________________ Amount of tax deductible donation___$ ___________________________________ Total amount enclosed __________$ ___________________________________ Bringing the best in live jazz to Edmonton since 1973 Yardbird Suite 11 Tommy Banks Way Edmonton Jazz Society (1973) (corner of 102 Street & 86 Avenue) 11 Tommy Banks Way Edmonton, Alberta T6E 2M2 (corner of 102 Street & 86 Avenue) Phone: (780) 432-0428 Fax: (780) 433-3773 Edmonton, Alberta T6E 2M2 Programming: Adrian Albert, Frank Peterson, Phone: (780) 432-0428 Jasiek Poznanski, Bruce Stovel Fax: (780) 433-3773 Production: Jasiek Poznanski House Managers co-ordinator: Calvin Wong Board of Directors for 2001-2002: Office: Fred Elgert, Calvin Wong President: Tara Benoit Transportation: Dwayne Hrynkiw, Thom Golub Vice-President: Adrian Albert Press Releases: Paul Wilde Treasurer: Norma Davis Jam Sessions: Calvin Wong Secretary: Calvin Wong Monique Bielech, Shelley Chebry, Yardbird Suite Newsletter is published five times Eric Filpula, Dwayne Hrynkiw, per year by the Edmonton Jazz Society (1973) Frank Peterson, Jasiek Poznanski, Kent Sangster, David Trump Newsletter Editor: Jasiek Poznanski Memberships: Ken Knight Contributing Writers: Adrian Albert, Bruce Stovel Littlebirds Directors: Advertising: Shelley Chebry Craig Brenan, Mike Yuzwenko Graphic Design: Kim Deley, Critical Path Yardbird Suite Jazz is a registered Marketing Communications trademark of the Edmonton Jazz Distribution: Monique Bielech, Society (1973). Shelley Chebry, Bill Harper Printed by: Nisku Printers (1980) Ltd. Canadian Publication Mail Product Sales Yardbird Suite on the Net: Agreement www.yardbirdsuite.com # 1516698 Jim Brenan Quartet Saxophonist Jim Brenan is a Kenny Barron describes Jim graduate of the jazz studies Brenan as “a thoroughly modern programs at both Grant MacEwan tenor saxophonist with a deep Community College in Edmonton, understanding of jazz tradition. He and Nova Scotia’s St. Francis Xavier plays with an intense maturity rare University. Graduate studies at in musicians of his age.” With Rutgers University in New Jersey musical influences in Steve led to a Masters Degree of Jazz Grossman, Ralph Bowen, John Studies, after which Jim returned Coltrane, Joe Henderson, and to Alberta to assume the Sonny Stitt, Jim’s role as performer, responsibilities of Professor of educator, and clinician is a busy Woodwinds at Keyano College in Ft. and exciting one. McMurray, as well as maintaining a busy performing schedule across Alberta and Canada. During the time spent in the tri-state area, New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey, Jim had occasion to play with Michael Mossman, Ralph Bowen, Kenny Barron, Slide Jim Brenan Quartet Jim Brenan - sax Hampton, Kenny Wheeler, Ravi Chris Andrew - piano Coltrane and Kenny Drew jr. among Rubim de Toledo - bass others. Ron Samsom – drums FRIDAY • MAY 3 DOORS 8PM • SHOW 9PM MEMBERS $5/GUESTS $9 Bob Tildesley’s Indigenous Aliens Spring has sprung and the Aliens have landed (again). But not the reptilians or the grays, they are warm blooded and friendly, and want to take the listener on a celestial journey! But there is no need of a spaceship, just ride the beautiful sound current earthlings call music... Bob Tildesley - trumpet & keyboard Bryan Sim - keyboards Mo Lefever - guitar Brett Miles - sax & percussion Bill Jamieson - sax & flute Cliff Minchau - bass Dwayne Hrynkiw - percussion John Logan - drums & percussion SATURDAY • MAY 4 DOORS 8PM • SHOW 9PM MEMBERS $5/GUESTS $9 MAY.JUNE Page 3 ardbird Suite BLUES The Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band Vocalist Jackie Payne and guitarist songs. And so at the Yardbird Suite, Steve Edmonson have become one of Jackie, Steve, and the band will be the hottest blues acts in California, and performing blues standards by artists they make their first appearance in such as Little Willie John, Albert King, Canada at the Yardbird Suite in May. and Muddy Waters. Jackie Payne is an extraordinary Jackie Payne has had a long career singer who has been the vocalist for the singing the blues and made his first Johnny Otis Band for some fifteen years record in Houston at the age of 17 as and performs on three Johnny Otis CDs, Little Jackie Payne. He sang in the including Spirit of the Black Territory bands of many of the biggest names on Bands, which was nominated for a the Texas blues scene, guitarists such as Grammy in 1993. Jackie and guitarist Johnny Copeland, Gatemouth Brown, Little Johnny Taylor, not so much Josh White. In the 1980s he toured the Steve Edmonson performed for some and Freddy King. He also served more because he has imitated them, but United States with his father as a guitar years together in San Francisco's hard- than a year as the singer in the band of because he is one of them." duo, performing blues, jazz, folk, and rocking, nationally touring band The the late Albert Collins. By 1986, he had Steve Edmonson has performed and mariachi music. Dynatones. They joined forces on the joined the Johnny Otis Orchestra and recorded with a variety of musicians, widely acclaimed 2001 CD Soulful Blues, has made three world tours with the including James Cotton, Luther Tucker, Jackie Payne – vocals which features Jackie on vocals, Kenny band. He put out his own CD, Day in the Van Morrison, and Maria Muldaur. He is "Blue" Ray on lead guitar, and Steve on Life (of a Bluesman) in 1998 and a live Steve Edmonson - guitar the son of Travis Edmonson of the Bob Tildesley - trumpet rhythm guitar. CD Ain't Nothin' But a Party on his own famous folk duo Bud and Travis and In the past two years, Jackie and Shades of Blues label in 2000. In the Kent Sangster - saxophone recalls seeing his father perform with Graham Guest - piano Steve been performing regularly at liner notes for Soulful Blues, Steve blues legends such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Dave Bridges - bass many of the leading blues venues in Edmonson explains why this is a must- Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, and California. They have also recorded a see show for blues fans: "In Jackie's Grant Stovel - drums new CD, Ballads & Blues, which is due voice, you can hear echoes of O. V. to be released later this year and which, Wright, James Brown, Otis Redding, and like Soulful Blues, mainly consists of Wilson Pickett, as well as Muddy Waters, FRI & SAT • MAY 10 & 11 soul-stirring covers of classic blues Junior Parker, Bobby Blue Bland, and DOORS 8PM • SHOW 9PM MEMBERS $11/GUESTS $15 bandleader, session player, and talent ability to perform any request - and so River of Song. He showed a whole new scout for Joe Ruffino's Ric Records -and well that most days his show ended side of his talent when in 2000 he Eddie Bo as if that wasn't enough, he taught with members of the audience coming joined with two Baton Rouge swamp- himself carpentry and built the onstage to sing along with him. blues veterans, guitarist Tabby Thomas Pianist Eddie Bo is one of the most company's recording studio. And when Eddie Bo, whose real name is Edwin and harmonica player Raful Neal, to colourful musicians to come out of New an electrical fire in 1998 destroyed the J. Bocage, was born and raised in the form a downhome band, The Hoodoo Orleans, a city noted for flamboyant recording studio that he had built over Ninth Ward, the musical heart of New Kings. This band, put together to performers such as Professor Longhair, nine years, Eddie rebuilt the studio Orleans. His mother, Iona Bocage, was a perform at one blues festival, has since Guitar Slim, and Dr. John. single-handedly in twelve months and gospel singer and self-taught blues become a favourite act on the Ever since he started performing then in 2001 recorded in it his pianist who taught him to play. When international blues circuit and recorded and recording in the 1950s, Eddie has comeback CD, We Come To Party. For he began