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Carlos
del Junco
Born in Havana and now residing in Port Hope,
Carlos del Junco has been one of the pioneers of a new method of
playing the diatonic harmonica. With a wide range of influences,
he can quickly stray from a straight ahead blues groove into more
adventurous roots-related territory which may include, jazzy, Latin,
New Orleans second line grooves, or ska. He has recorded with Bruce
Cockburn, Kim Mitchell and Holly Cole.
Carlos del Junco has been named Harmonica
Player of the Year seven times during the 12-year history of the
Canadian Maple Blues Awards. Toronto Star columnist Greg
Quill wrote that he “vests the simple reed instrument with a dignity
it hasn’t possessed since Dutch jazz harpist Toots Thielemans brought
it to serious music concert halls in the 1960s.” |
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Shuffle Demons
The Shuffle Demons have been guaranteed crowd-pleasers
for 25 years, whether the crowd is gathered on the street at
Yonge & Bloor in Toronto, at music halls in China, or picking
up horns to join a world-record-breaking, 900-member saxophone
choir. With their witty vocals, wild costumes, and compulsively
danceable tunes, the Demons are instantly recognizable on hits
including “Spadina Bus” and “Out of My House, Roach.”
The band’s current membership is Richard Underhill,
alto and baritone sax; Perry White, tenor and baritone sax; Kelly
Jefferson, tenor sax; George Koller, bass; and Stich Wynston,
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Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats
Alex Pangman, “Canada’s Sweetheart of Swing”,
came to fame with two CDs produced by the late Jeff Healey, winning
a Songwriter of the Year award and a Vocalist of the Year nomination. Along
with her love for the jazz and swing standards from the 1920’s
and 30’s, she discovered – and was discovered by – the bluegrass
and string-band scene, leading to a busy career in the clubs.
She had to take a long break from performing
when her cystic fibrosis worsened and sapped most of her breathing
capacity. She went through a double lung transplant in 2008,
and rapidly recovered to the point that she could resume singing
in 2009.
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the words of the Toronto Star, “It's time-travel magic whenever
Alex Pangman breathes into a microphone and evokes the great
jazz femmes of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.” |
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Terry Clarke Trio
Drummer Terry Clarke won the 2010 Juno for
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year. The award caps an illustrious
career that has included touring with pop group The Fifth Dimension,
and working with Oscar Peterson, Rob McConnell, Helen Merrill
and Lew Tabackin. His work is featured on more than 300 albums.
Terry performed at Monterrey Jazz Festival
in 1965, and worked with Lenny Breau in 1970. His extensive musical
contributions led to being invested in the Order of Canada
in 2002, and he has been named National Jazz Awards’ Drummer
of the Year six
times.
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Ross Wooldridge Tribute to the Benny Goodman
Sextet
Ross Wooldridge is no stranger to Port Hope
audiences, having played here with the late Jeff Healey and with
his own band, Dixie Demons. He has twice
been nominated in the Best Clarinettist category in the National
Jazz Awards, and he also performs on saxophone, flute and piano.
A gifted composer and arranger, he is Music Director of the Kings
of Swing Big Band Show.
Reviewing his Tribute to the Benny
Goodman Sextet, the Brantford Expositor wrote, “This superb
sextet, where every detail mattered, was ably led by the impressive
Wooldridge. He has complete control of his clarinet but never
substitutes empty virtuosity for genuine dexterity. … His assured
leadership comes from the carefully acquired knowledge of this
music that he has so laboriously searched out and transcribed
to make the Goodman era come to life.”
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| Tim Hirtz |
Matthew Chalmers |
Kai Basanta |
Justin Poon |
Holt Stuart-Hitchcox |
Daniel Ko |
The TD Canada Trust Young Jazz Showcase brings
together five or six of the finest high-school-age jazz performers
from across the country. Under the direction of Humber College
instructor Denny Christensen, the Young Jazz Showcase performs
two sets at the Festival, leaving audiences with no doubt about
the great future of jazz in this country.
Justin Poon
Justin Poon is 17 and attends Langstaff Secondary School in Richmond
Hill. His earliest inspiration to pursue jazz came from a band
whose members were Berklee School of Music alumni, and motivated
him to follow in their footsteps. He has studied with Joe Manzoli
(Young Jazz Showcase 2008), and has played with Kirk MacDonald,
Jim Vivian, and Barry Romberg. Two years ago he joined the
Humber College community program for jazz, and a year later
was placed in the Senior Enriched Ensemble at Humber.
Holt Stuart-Hitchcox
Holt is 16 years old and has been playing bass for 11 years.
He has been enrolled in the Humber College Community Music
School in Etobicoke for most of his life. He has earned three
Musicfest Honour awards and a Humber College tuition scholarship.
Tim Hirtz
Eighteen-year-old Tim Hirtz from Kelowna, BC, has studied piano
since age 5. His jazz combo Cats Without Hats has played gigs
in the Okanagan region for the past three years, and received
gold for their performance at the 2010 National Musicfest.
Tim also received a scholarship for Most Outstanding Pianist
at the BC Interior Jazz Fest. He is now a first-year student
in the Jazz Performance program at McGill University.
Daniel Ko
At 16, Daniel Ko is currently lead alto sax in Nepean All City
Jazz Band. He received Outstanding Soloist award at North Texas
Jazz Festival in 2009, and the Jazz Works Scholarship at the
Capital Region Music Festival in Ottawa in 2008 and 2010. He
is planning to release his first CD with guitarist Steve Groves,
featuring his original compositions, in 2010.
Kai Basanta
Drumming since age 6, Kai Basanta of Killarney, BC, has played
with various groups at such venues as The Orpheum, Theatre,
Rogers Amphitheatre, Canada Place, Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel
and The Vancouver International Jazz Festival. He is now in
his first year at McGill University. This is his second year
as a member of the Young Jazz Showcase.
Matthew Chalmers
Drummer, vibraphonist and composer, Matthew Chalmers currently
attends Etobicoke School of the Arts. He has been studying
at Humber College Community Music School since the age of three.
Matthew has received Zildjian’s Most Outstanding Young Jazz
Drummer Award at Musicfest Canada four times and the MIAC scholarship
in 2010 for Most Outstanding Individual Instrumental Performer.
He currently plays in his own quartet as well as other ensembles.
This is his second year as a member of the Young Jazz Showcase. |
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Laila Biali Trio with Guido Basso and Phil
Dwyer
Since her last performance here in 2008, Laila
Biali has appeared on the David Letterman show and recorded a
DVD with Sting. She has been honoured by SOCAN as both Composer
of the Year and Keyboardist of the Year.
Not limited to one genre, she moves seamlessly
between all styles of music, displaying a keen jazz sensibility,
the sensitivity and technical command required by classical music,
and the strong rhythm and groove needed to play more pop and
funk-oriented material.
Order of Canada member Guido Basso has been
the flugelhorn player of choice for countless jazz ensembles
for more than 50 years. Saxophonist Phil Dwyer is a frequent
collaborator with Kenny Wheeler, but he has worked with artists
as varied as Aretha Franklin, Gino Vanelli and Moe Koffman.
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TD
Canada Trust Young Jazz Showcase
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Amanda Martinez
Amanda Martinez’ sound blends flamenco rhythms,
Afro-Cuban beats and Mexican folk music. For three years
she also hosted a Latin jazz programme on JazzFM 91.
Her album Amor
reached the top 10 on the iTunes World Music List, and Sola was
named Best World Music Album at the National Jazz Awards
In 2008 she accepted an invitation to travel
with guitarist Jesse Cook. The two played a sold-out concert
at Massey Hall earlier this year. This summer she embarks on
her first summer festival tour.
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Marc Atkinson Trio
Vancouver-based guitarist Marc Atkinson writes
melodically captivating, sensually charged and technically awe-inspiring
music. His trio has received standing ovations at the Montreal
International Jazz Festival and at DjangoFest NorthWest.
Marc and the Trio have released four albums.
Marc Atkinson Trio II was acclaimed as one of the top five albums
in North America by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Marc Atkinson Trio
IV contains 11 Atkinson originals.
Reviewer Joseph Blake wrote
in the Victoria Times Colonist: “the guitarist produces
a series of dazzling albeit often understated solos in a wide-ranging
repertoire. … Gypsy, jazz, folk, country, blues and musical
cultures from around the world shine through the trio's seamless
instrumental jams.”
“Atkinson is a daring and inventive acoustic
guitarist and a powerful force in the new roots/jazz movement.”
– Greg Quill, Toronto Star
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Dave Young Quartet
“To my way of thinking, Dave Young is one of
the most talented bassists on the jazz scene,” said Oscar Peterson.
He played for five years with legendary guitarist Lenny
Breau, and he is equally at home in a symphony orchestra.
Dave Young has been recorded on the Juno-winning
CD Fables and Dreams, with Phil Dwyer; and on duets with Oscar
Peterson, Cedar Walton, and Kenny Barron. His latest CD is entitled
Mean What You Say. For his Port Hope appearance, he will be joined
by Kevin Turcotte on trumpet,
Robi Botos on piano and Terry Clarke on drums.
He is a member of the Order of Canada, and winner
several times over of the National Jazz Award's Bassist of the
Year.
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Brian Barlow Big Band with Heather Bambrick
Drummer Brian Barlow is one of Canada’s most
recorded musicians, and he has worked with Ringo Starr, KD Lang,
and Ella Fitzgerald. He was the featured drummer for live stage
productions including The Lion King, Rent, and Jesus Christ Superstar,
and he worked with Rob McConnell's Boss Brass for 15 years.
Joining
his Big Band is Heather Bambrick, Vocalist of the Year at the
2004 National Jazz Awards. In addition to teaching voice at the
University of Toronto, Heather hosts JazzFM 91’s Saturday Afternoon
Jazz, and serves as our emcee for the 9th All-Canadian Jazz Festival.
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