NOVEMBER 4-10, 2007 - Yardbird Suite

12SHOWINFORMATION • PERFORMERBIOSDon Berner QuartetDon Berner is the lead alto player inthe Edmonton Jazz Orchestra and wasco-producer of Edmonton’s Yardbird JazzFestival in 2005 and 2006. He is currentlythe director of the 2007 EdmontonInternational Jazz Festival’s JazzWorksprogram. In addition, he hosts “A Time forJazz” on the CKUA Radio Network eachSaturday afternoon. He can be heard onnumerous CD’s including his own debutCD, “Sextet”. In addition, he has performedwith P.J. Perry, Bobby Shew, Hugh Fraser,Slide Hampton, Bob Stroup, ChuchoValdez, Lew Tabackin, and Tommy Banks,and commercial talents E.C. Scott, FrankieValli, and the Temptations.A former Grant MacEwan Outreachinstructor, he maintains a busy performing,workshop leading, and teaching scheduleand has just released his second album“Fortress of Solitude”.Jerrold Dubyk QuartetWith his debut recording ‘The WayYou See It’, Edmonton’s Jerrold Dubykemerges as a versatile jazz saxophonistwith a distinctive and soulful sound.Created as a reflection of Jerrold’sexperiences spanning his 12 year careeras a jazz musician, ‘The Way You See It’invites listeners to conceptualize their ownimage of what his music evokes.The disc features 8 original compositionswritten by Jerrold, plus an original bydrummer Victor Lewis. Conceived byrecent study and performance experiencesin the New York area for the last numberof years including a Master’s degreefrom Rutgers University in New Jersey,inspiration was taken from the roots ofjazz masters including Joe Henderson,John Coltrane and Ralph Bowen. “TheWay You See It” is a personal reflectionof enthusiasm, honesty, integrity andemotion evident in Jerrold’s playing.‘I wanted to write music whichreflected the era of the jazz legendswhile incorporating some modern popinfluences as well. There is some deeplyenigmatic music on the album, but alsosome whimsical tunes played with astraight ahead approach.’The InhabitantsThe Inhabitants are an instrumental fourpiecegroup from Vancouver, featuring JPCarter on acoustic and amplified trumpet/effects, Dave Sikula on guitar/effects, PeteSchmitt on bass/effects, and Skye Brookson drums. Close dissection of their musicmay reveal elements of experimentaljazz, noise rock and free improvisation.However, the band prefers to approachtheir music without preconception ofgenre, creating a self-defined channel ofcomposition and sound.All active in the Vancouver creative musicscene, the Inhabitants released theirself-titled debut in 2005 (Drip Audio), analbum Down Beat magazine described as“an aural introduction to a dream”. Textura.Org also voiced approval, saying the band“strikes just the right balance betweenexperimentation and structure”. Later thatyear, the group received the CBC GalaxieRising Star Award at the 2005 VancouverInternational Jazz Festival.The current tour is in support of “TheFurniture Moves Underneath”, theirsecond-full length album on the DripAudio label. The album documents a bandcontinuing to push forward into newsonic territory, further exploring a singularapproach to experimental sound, intuitivegroup interplay and instrumental songwriting.kaufmann - gratkowski - de joodeThe improvising chamber trio of AchimKaufmann, Frank Gratkowski, and Wilbertde Joode was formed in 2002. Theysubsequently toured in various Europeancountries and released two CDs, ‘kwast’(Konnex) and ‘unearth’ (nuscope). Theirthird CD, entitled ‘palaë’, will be released