Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
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D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)<br />
As we approach the goal of realizing our intention of listing club events in a searchable format,<br />
we take a step back before taking two steps forward. In this issue, while we do list<br />
regular recurring events at some clubs, we do not have detailed listings. Please visit the<br />
clubs’ websites or use the phone number provided for further information. We apologize<br />
for this temporary inconvenience.<br />
120 Diner<br />
120 Church St. 416-792-7725<br />
120diner.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: PWYC ($10-$20 suggested)<br />
Every Tue 6pm Leslie Huyler Group; Every<br />
Wed 6pm Madoka Murata: Discovery<br />
Through the Arts; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls<br />
Night Out Jazz Jam; Nov 2 6pm Julie Michels<br />
& Kevin Barrett; Nov 3 4pm Michelle Lecce<br />
“Courage”; CD Celebration; Nov 4 6pm Tanya<br />
Wills Quartet; Nov 5 6pm Richard Lam $20;<br />
8:30pm Rob Kempson (SOLD OUT); Nov 7<br />
8:30pm Moulann; Nov 9 5pm Indieweek:<br />
Roger Beckett Songwriting Circle; Nov 10<br />
5pm Indieweek: Chris Birkett Songwriter’s<br />
Showcase; Nov 11 5pm Indieweek: Mississauga<br />
Music Showcase; Nov 12 6pm<br />
David Warrack Presents $20; 8:30pm John<br />
Pugh $20; Nov 14 8:30pm La-Nai Gabriel;<br />
Nov 16 6pm Kim Doolittle; Nov 17 7pm Kenton<br />
Blythe; Nov 18 6pm Lesley Mitchell-Clarke<br />
$10; Nov 19 6pm Shakura Dickson feat. David<br />
Gall, $20; 8:30pm Bobby Hsu’s Ob-Sessions;<br />
Nov 21 8:30pm Sarah Siddiqui; Nov <strong>23</strong> 6pm<br />
Ryley Murray; Nov 24 6pm Denielle Bassels;<br />
Nov 25 Jyoti Janardan & Lisa Simone; Nov 26<br />
6pm Wendy Lands $20; 8:30pm Kat Leonard;<br />
Nov 28 8:30pm Mason Chance & Friends;<br />
Nov 29 12am Boozy Broadway Open Mic;<br />
Nov 30 6pm Jonas M.<br />
Alleycatz<br />
2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865<br />
alleycatz.ca<br />
All shows: 9pm unless otherwise indicated.<br />
Call for cover charge info.<br />
Every Mon 8:30pm Salsa Night. Every Tue<br />
Bachata Night. Every Wed Midtown Blues<br />
Jam. Every Thurs Jazz Night.<br />
Nov 3 9:30 Red Velvet. Nov 4 9:30 Sound<br />
Parade.<br />
Artword Artbar<br />
15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512<br />
artword.net (full schedule)<br />
Nov 2 8pm Radio Dial Band $15; Nov 3 8pm<br />
Cootes Paradise $15; Nov 4 8pm Rae Billing<br />
and Crybaby $15; Nov 5 7pm Barry James<br />
Payne and String Bone $15; Nov 8 Water Bear<br />
and Guests PWYC tip jar; Nov 9 8pm Marcelo<br />
Puente and Guests $10; Nov 10 8pm Jennis<br />
$10; Nov 11 8pm Men of Jazz Octet $15<br />
Bloom<br />
<strong>23</strong>15 Bloor St. W. 416-767-1315<br />
bloomrestaurant.com<br />
All shows: 19+. Call for reservations.<br />
Nov 30 7pm Sophia Perlman Trio $45 dinner<br />
and concert<br />
Burdock<br />
1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033<br />
burdockto.com (full schedule)<br />
Castro’s Lounge<br />
2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272<br />
castroslounge.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: No cover/PWYC<br />
Every Tue Every Fri 5:30pm The Straight<br />
Eights; 10pm I Hate You Rob. Every Sat 6pm<br />
Theolonius Hank. Every Sun 9pm Watch This<br />
Sound - Vintage Jamaican Music.<br />
C’est What<br />
67 Front St. E. (416) 867-9499<br />
cestwhat.com (full schedule)<br />
Emmet Ray, The<br />
924 College St. 416-792-4497<br />
theemmetray.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: No cover/PWYC<br />
Gate 403<br />
403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930<br />
gate403.com<br />
All shows: PWYC.<br />
Every Mon 7pm Jazz Mondays with the<br />
Jim Hamel Trio and featured guests. Every<br />
Wed 7pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. Every<br />
Sat 5pm Bill Heffernan’s Saturday Sessions.<br />
Grossman’s Tavern<br />
379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000<br />
grossmanstavern.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: No cover (unless otherwise noted).<br />
Every Sat 4.30 The Happy Pals Dixieland jazz<br />
jam. Every Sun 4pm New Orleans Connection<br />
All Star Band; 10pm Sunday Jam with<br />
Bill Hedefine. Every Wed 10pm Action Sound<br />
Band w/ Leo Valvassori. Nov 2 10pm Mike<br />
Sedgewick; Nov 3 6pm Hold the Bus w/ Rebecca<br />
Campbell; Nov 3 10pm Rob Pearl & Pat<br />
Rush; Nov 4 10pm Mike McDonald & Pat Rush.<br />
Hirut Cafe and Restaurant<br />
2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560<br />
Every Sun 3pm Nicola Vaughan’s Hirut Sundays.<br />
Nov 2 8pm Franklin Ave Swingtet.<br />
PWYC. Nov 6 8pm The Tequila Mockingbirds<br />
Community Singalong. Free. Nov 7 & 21<br />
8pm Finger Style Guitar Association. PWYC.<br />
Nov 10 8:30pm & 10pm E=Jazz and Latin Jazz<br />
with Don Naduriak. PWYC/Donation. Nov 24<br />
9pm Hirut Hoot Cabaret. $5.<br />
Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, The<br />
Hugh’s Room<br />
2261 Dundas St. W 416 533 5483<br />
hughsroom.com<br />
All shows: 8:30pm unless otherwise noted<br />
Nov 2 & 3 Leonard Cohen Tribute<br />
$30/$25(adv); Nov 4 Quique Escamilla - Day<br />
of the Dead $30/$25(adv); Nov 5 Kat Goldman<br />
- CD Launch $25/$20(adv); Nov 8 Catherine<br />
MacLellan $30/$25(adv); Nov 9 Avery Raquel<br />
$25/$20(adv); Nov 10 & 11 A Stan Rogers<br />
Tribute $35/$30(adv); Nov 14 Arlene<br />
Bishop (CD Launch) & Fraser Anderson<br />
$30/$25(adv); Nov 16 The Kruger Brothers<br />
$40/$35(adv); Nov 17 Kellylee Evans<br />
$40/$35(adv); Nov 18 Séan McCann - CD<br />
Release $35/$30(adv); Nov 19 An Evening<br />
with Rebecca Codas $25; $15(st); Nov <strong>23</strong> &<br />
24 The Last Waltz – A Musical Celebration of<br />
The Band $50/$45(adv); Nov 25 Tom Waits<br />
Tribute $30/$25(adv); Nov 26 Ken Whiteley’s<br />
Sunday Gospel Matinée $30/$25(adv);<br />
Nov 27 The Young’uns $30/$25(adv);<br />
Nov 29 The Achromatics CD Launch<br />
$25/$20(adv); Nov 30 The Arrogant Worms<br />
$40/$35(adv); Dec 1 John Sheard Vinyl<br />
Café Tribute $30/$25(adv); Dec 2 Tribute to<br />
Muddy Waters & Howlin’ Wolf $38/$35(adv);<br />
Dec 3 Còig $30/$25(adv); Dec 6 Minor<br />
Empire - CD Launch $30/($25(adv); Dec 7 The<br />
Bills 20th Anniversary Show $30/$25(adv)<br />
Jazz Bistro, The<br />
251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299<br />
jazzbistro.ca<br />
Every Wed 6pm James Dunbar. Nov 2-4 9pm<br />
PJ Perry w/ Bernie Senesky Trio; Nov 8 8pm<br />
Gov Fest - Battle of the Bands; Nov 9 9pm<br />
Mark Eisenman Quartet; Nov 10 & 11 9pm<br />
Patsy Gallant Sings Piaf; Nov 12 7pm Ros<br />
Kindler & Lynda Covello - Jazz Sisters; Nov 14<br />
8 pm Music Can Heal; Nov 15 9pm Dave<br />
Young/Terry Promane Octet - CD release;<br />
Nov 16 9pm Johanna Sillanpaa; Nov 17 9pm<br />
Ahmed Michel; Nov 18 9pm John Alcorn Quintet;<br />
Nov 19 7pm Simone Morris; Nov 21 8pm<br />
Laura Marks & Bernie Senensky Trio; Nov 22<br />
8pm Lazo; Nov <strong>23</strong> Colin Hunter & Anthony<br />
Terpstra Big Band - Mostly Frank; Nov 24 &<br />
25 8:30pm Colin Hunter & Joe Sealy Quartet;<br />
Nov 26 7pm Mary Pitt & David Warrack;<br />
Nov 28 8pm Stevie Vallance & The Masters of<br />
Jazz; Nov 29 8pm Arash Behzadi - Solo Piano;<br />
Nov 30 9pm Jesse Ryan & Bridges.<br />
Jazz Room, The<br />
Located in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N.,<br />
Waterloo. 226-476-1565<br />
kwjazzroom.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: 8:30pm-11:30pm unless otherwise<br />
indicated. Attendees must be 19+.<br />
Nov 3 François Jalbert & Jerome Beaulieu<br />
Duo $16; Nov 4 Ted Quinlan Quartet<br />
$18; Nov 10 Top Pocket COREtet $16;<br />
Nov 16 8pm Jason Raso Funktet - CD<br />
Launch $20; Nov 11 Harley Cord Quartet<br />
$18; Nov 17 Nick Maclean Quartet - CD<br />
Release $20; Nov 18 Johanna Sillanpaa $18;<br />
Nov 24 Lily Frost $20; Nov 25 Trevor Giancola<br />
Trio $16; Dec 1 New Vibes $18; Dec 2 Louis<br />
Simao Ensemble $25.<br />
Lula Lounge<br />
1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307<br />
lula.ca (full schedule)<br />
Every Fri 7:30pm Early Jazz & World Sessions<br />
free before 8pm; Every Fri 10:30pm<br />
Havana Club Cuba Libre Fridays $15; Every<br />
Sat 10:30pm Salsa Saturdays $15. Nov 1 Migel<br />
de Armas CD Release (What’s to Come); Nov 2<br />
6:30pm On a Night Like This: A Celebration of<br />
Bob Dylan with Robert Morgan and Friends<br />
$25/$<strong>23</strong>(adv); $15(st); 9pm Gladiator Records<br />
Presents Juliana Album Release Party:<br />
Sunset; Nov 3 6:30pm World/Jazz Fridays:<br />
Chris Bottomley; 8:30pm Havana Club Friday:<br />
Sun, Nov 12 at 4:30pm<br />
Bernie Senensky Trio<br />
Bernie Senensky, piano;<br />
Neil Swainson, bass;<br />
Brian Barlow, drums<br />
Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.<br />
(north of St. Clair at Heath St.)<br />
Admission is free; donations are welcome.<br />
Sunday Nov 5, 8pm<br />
hosted by<br />
BIG RUDE<br />
JAKE<br />
benefits<br />
The Red Door<br />
Family Shelter<br />
in Toronto<br />
Lula Lounge<br />
1585 Dundas St W, Toronto<br />
bluesforthereddoor.ca<br />
Yani Borrell + DJ Suave; Nov 5 8pm Blues for<br />
the Red Door $25<br />
Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club<br />
951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440<br />
manhattans.ca (full schedule)<br />
All shows: PWYC.<br />
Every Tue Open Stage hosted by Paul, Pete<br />
& Ron.<br />
Mây Cafe<br />
876 Dundas St. W. 647-607-2032<br />
maytoronto.com (full schedule)<br />
Nov 3, 24, Dec 2 8pm Sounds of the City;<br />
Nov 10 8pm By Request Live; Nov 11 8pm<br />
Zeib Next Door Band; Nov 18 9pm The Local<br />
Group; Nov 27 9pm Acoustic w/ Becca TG<br />
Mezzetta Restaurant<br />
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687<br />
mezzettarestaurant.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: 9pm, $8 (unless otherwise noted).<br />
Every Wed 9 & 10:15pm Wednesday Concert<br />
Series. Cover $10. Nov 1 Espresso Manifesto.<br />
Nov 8 An Evening of Jobim Music.<br />
Nov 15 Rob Piltch & Gary Schwartz (Guitar<br />
Duet). Nov 22 Ben Bishop, guitar & Perry<br />
White, tenor sax. Nov 29 Ron Davis, piano &<br />
Ross McIntyre, bass.<br />
Monarch Tavern<br />
12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833<br />
themonarchtavern.com (full schedule)<br />
Every Tues 9pm Vinyl Night $5; Every<br />
Thu 10pm Monarch Karaoke $5; Nov 13<br />
7:30pm Martin Loomer & His Orange Devils<br />
Orchestra $10; Nov 16 8pm The Di Palmas w/<br />
The Haunted Lovers.<br />
Featuring some of Toronto’s best<br />
jazz musicians with a brief reflection<br />
by Jazz Vespers Clergy<br />
Sun, Nov 26 at 4:30pm<br />
Paul Novotny, bass;<br />
Robi Botos, piano<br />
416-920-5211<br />
www.thereslifehere.org<br />
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