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
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