Volume 24 Issue 3 - November 2018
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
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Dan McKinnon<br />
Robb Cappelletto<br />
JEN SQUIRES<br />
opportunity to focus on growth and development in a manner that<br />
isn’t always accessible in one-off gigs. Having a residency at Poetry,<br />
says McKinnon, “was pivotal to my development as a musician, bandleader<br />
and artist. Since that first gig over three years ago, my group<br />
won the 2017 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search, the Amy Louie<br />
Grossman’s Music Scholarship, and recently put out a well-received<br />
album this spring. None of this would have been possible if not for the<br />
residency I had at Poetry.”<br />
The issues: There are many positive aspects to Toronto’s many fine<br />
residencies, but they are not without their issues. The first, and most<br />
obvious, is financial: for most of the aforementioned gigs, there is no<br />
financial guarantee. Musicians are typically compensated by passing<br />
the hat, through a percentage of bar sales, and occasionally through a<br />
percentage of a cover charge. This is not to say that it isn’t possible to<br />
make a fair fee playing in a residency – it can sometimes be the case,<br />
on a good night, that a group earns more than they may have if they<br />
were playing for an average preset guarantee – but it is certainly not<br />
always the case. There can also be other, unforeseen musical consequences<br />
of playing the same music with the same people in the same<br />
venue over an extended period of time. Nick Teehan, who held residencies<br />
at The Cameron House and The Rex for a number of years,<br />
makes the point that while playing consistently “really cemented the<br />
sound of [his] band,” providing “a regular audience who knew what<br />
to expect,” it also, unexpectedly, made the recording process harder.<br />
It “took a lot of effort to re-configure the songs” for the studio, Teehan<br />
says, as “some of the energy we felt was propelling our shows didn’t<br />
sound so great in a studio setting.”<br />
Even with these issues, however, residencies are an important part<br />
of any healthy live-music scene, and, for most of the musicians who<br />
spoke to me about this column, participating in a residency is an overwhelmingly<br />
valuable, positive experience that fosters the growth<br />
both of individual musicianship and of the community at large. So,<br />
this month: check out a residency! As an audience member, it may<br />
become your regular gig, too.<br />
MAINLY CLUBS, MOSTLY JAZZ QUICK PICKS<br />
!!<br />
NOV 1, 9:30PM: Saxophonist Jeff LaRochelle celebrates the release of his new<br />
album Lenses Extend at Burdock; with opening set from singer/guitarist Sabine<br />
Ndalamba.<br />
!!<br />
NOV 6, 10PM: JUNO-nominated modern jazz quartet Peripheral Vision plays at The<br />
Tranzac in the <strong>November</strong> installment of their monthly residency.<br />
!!<br />
NOV 7 AND 8, 9:30PM: Leading alto saxophonist Dave Binney returns to The Rex for<br />
two evenings with his new quartet.<br />
!!<br />
NOV 30, 9PM: Guitarist Robb Cappelletto brings his electric trio to Poetry Jazz Café<br />
as part of his monthly residency.<br />
Colin Story is a jazz guitarist, writer and teacher based in Toronto. He<br />
can be reached at www.colinstory.com, on Instagram and on Twitter.<br />
D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)<br />
120 Diner<br />
120 Church St. 416-792-7725<br />
120diner.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: PWYC ($10-$20 suggested)<br />
Alleycatz<br />
<strong>24</strong>09 Yonge St. 416-481-6865<br />
alleycatz.ca<br />
All shows: Call for cover charge info.<br />
Mondays 8:30pm Salsa Night with DJ<br />
Romantico with free lessons No cover before<br />
10:00pm.<br />
Tuesdays 8:30pm Bachata Night with Weekly<br />
Guest DJ with free lessons Ladies free before<br />
10:30pm.<br />
Wednesdays 7pm Midtown Blues Jam hosted<br />
by Andrew “Voodoo” Walters.<br />
Thursdays 8pm Canadian Discovery Series.<br />
Fri & Sat 9:30pm Funk, Soul, R&B Top 40 $10<br />
cover after 9pm.<br />
Sat 3pm-6pm Matinee Jazz.<br />
Nov 1 Alicia Cinnamon. Nov 2 Gyles<br />
Band. Nov 3 Lady Kane. Nov 8 Ray Robinson.<br />
Nov 9 Parkside Drive. Nov 10 Sound<br />
Parade. Nov 15 Veronica Tynes. Nov 16 Gyles<br />
Band. Nov 17 York Jazz Ensemble (matinee),<br />
Disco Party w/Escapade (evening).<br />
Nov 22 Mel Dube. Nov 23 Lady Kane.<br />
Nov <strong>24</strong> Blonde Ambition. Nov 29 Carlos Morgan.<br />
Nov 30 Lady Kane.<br />
Artword Artbar<br />
15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512<br />
artword.net (full schedule)<br />
All shows at 8pm unless otherwise noted.<br />
The Blue Goose Tavern<br />
1 Blue Goose St. 416-255-<strong>24</strong>42<br />
thebluegoosetavern.com (full schedule)<br />
Bloom<br />
2315 Bloor St. W. 416-767-1315<br />
bloomrestaurant.com<br />
All shows 7pm 19+. Call for reservations.<br />
Nov 29 Michael Dunston Trio.<br />
Burdock<br />
1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033<br />
burdockto.com<br />
Ticket prices vary by show, but typically<br />
$10-$20; check website for individual show<br />
prices.<br />
Nov 1 9:30pm Jeff LaRochelle w/ Sabine<br />
Ndalamba. Nov 2 9:30pm Chris Antonik<br />
& Ashley Belmer. Nov 3 3:30pm Space<br />
Chums w/ The Freckles, 6:30pm Alex<br />
Mason w/ Clementine, 10pm Minor Empire.<br />
Nov 4 3:30pm The Fuddles, 6:30pm Emm<br />
Gryner, Luke Michielsen & Chris Trapper,<br />
9:30pm Jerelle w/ Special Guests. Nov 5<br />
6:30pm Stephanie Laing, 9:30pm Highgate<br />
Road. Nov 6 9:30pm Rabbys World. Nov 7<br />
9:30pm Andrea Ramolo. Nov 8 9:30pm Ten<br />
Kills The Pack w/ Jena Gogo & Jay Mitchell<br />
Nov 9 6:30pm Danielle Knibbe w/ Alyson<br />
McNamara, 9pm Tamara Williamson w/<br />
Charles Spearin (9pm show at 201 Geary).<br />
Nov 10 6:30pm Jordan Hart & Emily Shultz.<br />
Nov 12 8pm Dark Day Monday 09 / Everyday<br />
Magic. Nov 13 9:30pm Charlie Looker<br />
(Psalm Zero), Tryal & Clarinet Panic. Nov 16<br />
6:30pm Ken Tizzard. Nov 17 6:30pm Marshall<br />
Veroni w/ Cold Tea. Nov 19 6:30pm Will<br />
Melville. Nov 21 6:30pm Rachel Beck, Mark<br />
Fossen & Annie Sumi, 9:30pm Daniel Isaiah &<br />
Blunt Chunks. Nov <strong>24</strong> 6:30pm Gregg Lawless.<br />
Nov 25 6:30pm and 9:30pm Christine Fellows<br />
w/ John K. Samson. Nov 26 9:30pm Mayer/<br />
Purcell, Jeremy Voltz & Taylor Hubbard.<br />
Nov 28 9:30pm The Koven Collective.<br />
Cameron House<br />
408 Queen St. W. 416-703-0811<br />
thecameron.com<br />
Castro’s Lounge<br />
2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272<br />
castroslounge.com (full schedule)<br />
All shows: No cover/PWYC<br />
C’est What<br />
67 Front St. E. (416) 867-9499<br />
cestwhat.com (full schedule)<br />
All concerts are PWYC unless otherwise<br />
noted.<br />
Nov 2 9pm George Westerholm & The Wild<br />
Wildcats. Nov 3 3pm Victor Monsivais Trio.<br />
Nov 4 7pm Roveena w/ Ben Pelchat. Nov 8<br />
9pm Jack Walker. Nov 9 9pm Metronome<br />
Chomsky. Nov 10 3pm The Hot Five Jazzmakers,<br />
9pm Julia Tynes. Nov 16 9pm Surefire<br />
Sweat. Nov 18 7pm The Fairest and Best.<br />
Nov 22 8pm Shawn Kerr. Nov 23 9pm Felix’s<br />
Belt. Nov <strong>24</strong> 3pm Little Rambunctious ft. Tom<br />
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