Volume 25 Issue 3 - November 2019
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
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Beat by Beat | Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz!<br />
<strong>November</strong> Gets<br />
Seriously Busy<br />
COLIN STORY<br />
Ah, <strong>November</strong>. A month so rich in music that it causes one to<br />
strain against word limits, bridle at the constraints of the page<br />
and discard a number of truly perfect jokes, whose inclusion –<br />
if a writer took less seriously his charge to write about, well, music –<br />
would have sent this magazine’s readership into dangerous paroxysms<br />
of laughter, such that finishing the rest of this column would surely<br />
prove impossible. Out of kindness: let’s get to it.<br />
On <strong>November</strong> 14 and 15, the Montreal-based pianist Gentiane MG<br />
(Michaud-Gagnon) leads her eponymous trio at Jazz Bistro in support<br />
of her recent album, Wonderland. Though Michaud-Gagnon may be<br />
a new name to Toronto audiences, she has been increasingly active<br />
on the Canadian jazz scene following her time at McGill, at which she<br />
studied with Rémi Bolduc, André White and Jean-Michel Pilc, among<br />
others. Her debut trio recording, Eternal Cycle, was on CBC Music’s<br />
list of 10 outstanding Canadian jazz albums of 2017, along with the<br />
likes of Matthew Stevens, Diana Krall, and PJ Perry. At Jazz Bistro,<br />
Michaud-Gagnon brings her working rhythm section, bassist Levi<br />
Dover and drummer Louis-Vincent Hamel. The trio’s playing runs<br />
the gamut from introspective, pensive ballads to uptempo swingers.<br />
Throughout it all, Michaud-Gagnon discharges her pianistic duties<br />
with aplomb, playing both single-note lines and lush chords with<br />
succinct clarity.<br />
Also at Jazz Bistro: vibraphonist Dan McCarthy, on <strong>November</strong> 26,<br />
appearing in quartet formation with guitarist Ted Quinlan, bassist<br />
Gentiane MG Trio<br />
Pat Collins and drummer Ted Warren. McCarthy’s quartet appears<br />
in support of his recently released album, City Abstract, which<br />
features the same band. Recorded in May of this year at Canterbury<br />
Music Company, City Abstract is something of a homecoming for<br />
McCarthy, who, after living and working in New York for 15 years,<br />
has moved back to his hometown of Toronto. McCarthy is a superlative<br />
vibraphonist, with chops, tone and taste to spare; his performance/recording<br />
credits include work with American musicians such<br />
as Steve Swallow, Ben Monder and George Garzone, as well as with<br />
leading Canadian musicians, including Lorne Lofsky, Terry Clarke<br />
and Laila Biali. Though the vibraphone has been something of an<br />
uncommon instrument in modern jazz, McCarthy – along with other<br />
notable young players, including the American Joel Ross and Toronto’s<br />
... In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)...<br />
Nov 7 Johannes Linstead. Nov 8 The Songs of<br />
Nick Drake. Nov 9 The Songs of Nick Drake.<br />
Nov 10 7pm Jane Bunnett and Maqueque.<br />
Nov 12 8pm Dave Woods Presents: Storytellers.<br />
Nov 13 Aerialists. Nov 14 6pm Indie<br />
Week. Nov 15 8pm Dayna Manning CD<br />
Release. Nov 16 Wolfe Island Records Show.<br />
Nov 17 2pm The World of Jackie Washington,<br />
8:30pm Bywater Call. Nov 18 Linda McRae,<br />
Barry James Payne, Deni Gauthier. Nov 19<br />
9am Ravel, 8:30pm Christina Martin, Crissi<br />
Cochrane, Mary Stewart. Nov 20 7:30pm The<br />
Redeemers. Nov 21 Al Lerman and Northern<br />
Bayou. Nov 22 Musical Tribute to Tom Waits.<br />
Nov 23 Musical Celebration of The Band.<br />
Nov 24 Musical Celebration of The Band.<br />
Nov 5 8pm Dr. Mike Daley Presents: The<br />
Aretha Franklin Story. Nov 27 Steve Strongman.<br />
Nov 28 David Celia Presents: Pink<br />
Floyd’s The Wall. Nov 29 Leahy. Nov 30 Leahy.<br />
Jazz Bistro, The<br />
<strong>25</strong>1 Victoria St. 416-363-5299<br />
jazzbistro.ca (full schedule)<br />
Nov 1 9pm Rossanno Sportiello. Nov 2 9pm<br />
Rossanno Sportiello. Nov 3 7pm Mandy Lagan<br />
Trio. Nov 5 8pm Music Can Heal Fundraiser.<br />
Nov 6 8pm David Rubel’s <strong>25</strong>1 Jazz Jam Session.<br />
Nov 7 9pm Levon Ichkhanian. Nov 8<br />
9pm Levon Ichkhanian. Nov 9 9pm Levon<br />
Ichkhanian. Nov 10 7pm Ros Kindler. Nov 12<br />
8pm Linda Carone. Nov 13 8pm David Rubel’s<br />
<strong>25</strong>1 Jazz Jam Session. Nov 14 9pm Gentiane<br />
MG Trio. Nov 15 9pm Gentiane MG Trio.<br />
Nov 16 9pm Ranee Lee. Nov 17 7pm Mandy<br />
Goodhandy and Sebastian Ellis. Nov 20 8pm<br />
David Rubel’s <strong>25</strong>1 Jazz Jam Session w/ John<br />
Fedchock. Nov 21 9pm Sheila Jordan. Nov 22<br />
9pm Sheila Jordan. Nov 23 9pm Sheila Jordan.<br />
Nov 24 7pm Tracy Michailidis. Nov 26<br />
8pm Dan McCarthy Quartet. Nov 27 8pm<br />
David Rubel’s <strong>25</strong>1 Jazz Jam Session. Nov 28<br />
8:30pm Colin Hunter and the Anthony Terpstra<br />
Seventet. Nov 29 8:30pm Colin Hunter<br />
and the Joe Sealy Quartet. Nov 30 Colin<br />
Hunter and the Joe Sealy Quartet.<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 />
Attendees must be 19+. Cover charge varies<br />
(generally $12-$<strong>25</strong>)<br />
Nov 1 6:30pm Glenn Buhr and the Button<br />
Factory Band. Nov 2 8:30pm Marieke Weining.<br />
Nov 7 8pm Michael Coghlan Group feat.<br />
Daniel Lichti. Nov 8 8:30pm Jonathan Chapman<br />
Trio w/ Laura Anglade. Nov 9 3pm Saturday<br />
Afternoon Jazz Jam. Nov 10 8pm<br />
Pilar (Ilaria Patassini) and Michael Occhipinti’s<br />
Sicilian Jazz Project. Nov 15 8:30pm Top<br />
Pocket. Nov 16 8:30pm Gentiane MG Trio.<br />
Nov 22 8:30pm Rob Gellner’s Herbie Hancock<br />
Tribute. Nov 23 8:30pm Mark Kelso’s Fezziwig<br />
Project. Nov 24 8pm Jane Bunnett and<br />
Maqueque. Nov 29 8:30pm Emile d’Eon Trio.<br />
Nov 30 8:30pm Emile Claire Barlow.<br />
Lula Lounge<br />
1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307<br />
lula.ca (full schedule)<br />
Every Fri 7:30pm Afterwork Global Party<br />
Series free before 8pm; Every Fri 8:30pm<br />
Havana Club Fridays $15; Every Sat 10:30pm<br />
Salsa Saturdays $15.<br />
Nov 3 6:30pm 6th Annual Blues for the Red<br />
Door Family Shelter. Nov 4 6pm Michael St.<br />
George. Nov 5 6:30pm Dayramir Gonzalez &<br />
OKAN. Nov 6 6pm 5th Annual Benefit Concert<br />
to End Abuse to Women and Girls. Nov 7<br />
6pm Great Songs of the Folk Revival. Nov 14<br />
6:30pm Influenced: A Tribute to Neo Soul.<br />
Nov 14 9pm Samba Reggae Fest. Nov 18 6pm<br />
Avalon’s Garden Swings for SickKids Nov 19<br />
7pm Novalima. Nov 20 7pm CIUT-FM The<br />
Sound of Your City Fundraiser. Nov 28 6pm<br />
Sun, Nov 10 at 4:30pm<br />
Tribute to Charlie Parker<br />
Matthew Woroshyl<br />
(alto saxophone)<br />
Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.<br />
(north of St. Clair at Heath St.)<br />
Admission is free; donations are welcome.<br />
Reina del Cid. Nov 28 9:30pm Wife.<br />
Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club<br />
951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440<br />
manhattans.ca (full schedule)<br />
Mezzetta Restaurant<br />
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687<br />
mezzettarestaurant.com (full schedule)<br />
Monarch Tavern<br />
12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833<br />
themonarchtavern.com (full schedule)<br />
Nov 1 8:30pm Haunting The Monarch: Love<br />
Wagon, Averages & Rikashay. Nov 3 7:30pm<br />
Pomes w/ Mustardmind, Animal Party,<br />
Torandaga. Nov 4 7:30pm Martin Loomer<br />
& His Orange Devils Orchestra. Nov 5 8pm<br />
Belleville-Ville. Nov 6 8:30pm Motherhood<br />
Featuring some of Toronto’s best<br />
jazz musicians with a brief reflection<br />
by Jazz Vespers Clergy<br />
Sun, Nov 24 at 4:30pm<br />
’A Charlie Brown Christmas’<br />
John Sherwood (piano), Scott<br />
Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums)<br />
416-920-5211<br />
www.thereslifehere.org<br />
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