Peripheral Vision

Peripheral Vision is a jazz quartet that showcases the music of bassist Michael Herring and guitarist Don Scott, a synergy of strong musical personalities and complimentary writing styles between these long-time collaborators. The punchy and exciting compositions are underpinned by sophisticated techniques while engaging the listener with a grooving, toe-tapping immediacy. You can hear the influences of the classic 1960's era of jazz - Wayne Shorter, Booker Little, Charles Mingus - mixed with the modern New York scene - Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Douglas, along with hints of Radiohead, reggae and electronica.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Herring and Scott have been seen performing with Chris Potter, Kevin Turcotte, Kirk MacDonald, Mike Murley and David Braid.

Peripheral Vision released their debut album fall 2010 during a Canadian National tour that took them from Halifax to Victoria, and is preparing for the release of a live CD recorded at The Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, joined by saxophonist Trevor Hogg and on drums, Nick Fraser. The Ottawa Citizen's Peter Hum picked Peripheral Vision as one of the top 10 Canadian Jazz albums of 2010.

Saturday, October 1, 2011
8PM
Cultural Centre Black Box Theatre
$18 - $15 for Jazz Society members - Free for JazzFest 2011 pass holders
Tickets available at the door or by calling 403-529-4857.


Listen Here

www.peripheralvisionmusic.com

The Beat Kaestli Trio

Beat Kaestli is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer. In 1993 he moved from Switzerland to New York, leaving behind a promising singing career in his homeland, and was awarded a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music. While honing his craft alongside noteworthy Jazz performers, such as Jane Monheit, Jason Moran and Stefon Harris, he immersed himself in Manhattan’s fiercely competitive music scene, emerging as a seasoned performer. He now appears in clubs such as The Blue Note, The Birdland, The Bitter End, The Jazz Standard and The Stone, performing with Jazz greats, like Esperanza Spalding, Jon Hendricks, Gregoire Maret, Joel Frahm and Billy Drummond. In 2005, Beat was the chosen vocalist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, thrilling audiences in concert halls across the USA. Since the release of his acclaimed CD “Happy, Sad and Satisfied” in 2006, he is touring the world extensively with his own projects, showcasing his music in renowned clubs and at festivals across the US, Europe, Mexico, Central America and Canada. In 2007 he earned the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation Scholarship to complete his Masters Degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music, which was followed by the release of his lauded 2009 European song tribute Far From Home. 2010 was highlighted by his major Jazz label debut Invitation, an eclectic array of American Standards, and 2011 will feature a CD showcase on Swiss Airlines, followed by tours in Costa Rica, US/Canada, Europe and Mexico, as well as the European distribution of Far From Home.
Joining Beat will be Bill Anschell on piano and Kodi Hutchinson on bass.

Saturday, October 22, 2011
8PM
Cultural Centre Black Box Theatre
$18 - $15 for Jazz Society members – Free for JazzFest 2011 pass holders.
Tickets available at the door or by calling 403-529-4857.

Listen Here

www.beatkaestli.com

The Nancy Walker Quartet

Toronto pianist and composer Nancy Walker is the winner of the 2008 National Jazz Awards Keyboardist Of The Year Award and the 2003 Montréal International Jazz Festival’s prestigious Grand Prix de Jazz. A 2006 JUNO nominee, Nancy has several discs as leader to her credit. Her latest release is New Hieroglyphics, showcasing eleven of her original compositions, and featuring her quartet members Ted Quinlan (guitar), Kieran Overs (bass) and Ethan Ardelli (drums). Nancy can also be heard on recently released recordings by The Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra, Fair/Galloway Quintet, Swedish guitarist Mikko Hildén, and The John Geggie Trio with Donny McCaslin (this Plunge Records release garnered rave reviews and made several “Best of 2010″ lists).

Thanks to grants from The Canada Council For the Arts, Nancy has had the opportunity to study with renowned American pianist/composers Fred Hersch, Jason Moran, and Myra Melford.

“Nancy Walker has played enough piano to know how to keep listeners interested however hard she pushes the boundaries of familiarity. Her 11 original compositions on New Hieroglyphics are often fiercely inventive, while some amazingly seem ripe for dancing.” Geoff Chapman, Whole Note Magazine
Joining Nancy will be Ted Quinlan on guitar, Kieran Overs on bass and Ethan Ardelli on drum.

Friday, November 25, 2011
8PM
Cultural Centre Black Box Theatre
$18 - $15 for Jazz Society Members - Free for JazzFest 2011 pass holders
Tickets available at the door or by calling 403-529-4857.

Listen Here

nancywalkerjazz.com

The Yves Léveillé Quartet

The pianist and composer Yves Léveillé based in Montreal since 1984, is increasingly called to perform his music nationally and internationally.
After studying double bass and piano at St-Foy College, he studied music composition at Laval University with Francois Morel.
Six albums by Yves are available on the Effendi label.
Yves Leveille has performed his music mainly in Quebec but also in several Canadian cities during recent tours including one in the fall of 2009. In 2008 he gave a series of shows in Europe with his jazz ensemble visiting such cities as Paris, Brussels, Gdynia, Madrid and Palermo. He stayed in New York in 2004 and since has given several concerts including a show at the famous jazz club Dizzy's at Lincoln Center. More recently, he stayed at the Banff Center as an artist in residence.
In late May 2010 the album Pianos - recording of two pianos, was launched in Montreal and later at the Yamaha salon in New York. This disc highlights the fruitful artistic collaboration between Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto resident of Manhattan and Yves Léveillé. In the fall of this year he released another album: Chorégraphie featuring compositions recorded this time with his new quartet.
He has to his credit a large number of broadcasts/recordings for Radio-Canada and the CBC.
Parallel to his career as a jazz musician, he regularly works as musical director and arranger for singers and songwriters most recently for the show ‘Marie-Thérèse Fortin chante Barbara’.
For several years during the summer, he is been teaching at the Jazz session of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean’s musical camp.
Yves is joined by Roberto Murray on saxophones, Adrian Vedady on Double Bass and Alain Bastien on Drums.

Sunday, February 12, 2012
7:30PM
Cultural Centre Black Box Theatre
$18 - $15 for Jazz Society Members - Free for JazzFest 2011 pass holders
Tickets available at the door or by calling 403-529-4857

Listen Here

www.yvesleveille.ca

Qunsin Nachoff and Forward Motion

This sleek new group uses the distinctive Fender Rhodes sound as its anchor. Featuring "one of Canada's leading saxophone innovators" (Toronto Star) the Forward Motion offers a unique look at modern jazz with rock and fusion influences. Original compositions range from the intimacy of a piano trio to the bombastic energy of the organ trio tradition.

Nachoff's compositions have been described as "...jaw-droppingly impressive..." (All Music Guide) and his most recent recording has garnered critical acclaim: "...a fascinating mind...exquisite, forlorn tenor" (Downbeat Magazine).

Nachoff has toured internationally and nationally as a leader and is very active as a sideman with a multitude of creative projects in Canada, the United States and Europe. He organized a six-week tour as a leader through Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China performing at festivals, concert halls and clubs in 2004. He also toured the Canadian jazz festival circuit to promote his debut CD, Quiescence (Mustictronic), in 2000.
He was the winner of a 2007 Chalmers Fellowship, the 2004 KM Hunter Award in Music, semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition, a winner in the Canada Council Jazz I.D. Showcase and has been nominated for numerous Canadian National Jazz Awards, including Saxophonist and Clarinetist of the Year (2007 & 2008). He won a Juno award and was nominated for a Grammy award as part of Hilario Duran’s Bigband for Best Contemporary Jazz Album (2008).
As a sideman he has performed and/or recorded with Howard Johnson, Tim Hagans, Dave Binney, Kenny Werner, Kenny Wheeler and Don Thomson among others.
He has coached at the Banff Centre for the Arts and taught at the University of Toronto and Humber College. He holds both an undergraduate and Master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Toronto.

Friday, March 23, 2012
8PM
Cultural Centre Black Box Theatre
$18 - $15 for Jazz Society Members - Free for JazzFest 2011 pass holders
Tickets available at the door or by calling 403-529-4857

Listen Here

www.quinsin.com

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