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Performers
Jazz Dinner Cruise
Lyne Tremblay
LYNE TREMBLAY is one of the most original and intriguing jazz vocalists to emerge from the multiple, creative performance disciplines. She sings in a sultry, torchy, bilingual euro-jazz style. Her sets range from elegance, in a silky gown, to a dramatic and fun cabaret theme with bowler hat and boas. Her repertoire is an eclectic mix of English and French with touches of German, Italian and Spanish. She interprets songs of Edith Piaf, Duke Ellington, Serge Gainsbourg, Gilles Vigneault and Blosso, Deary – as well as original material. She has a style all her own. She mixes elements of dance, drama, surprise, and humour. Her physical presence informs every song. She enhances any room.
For more information visit www.lynetremblay.com
Roger Clown
ROGER CLOWN is an accomplished actor and singer/songwriter who has entertained Presidents and Royalty…but has always made time to play for regular folk too. He has been crooning his way across the continent for decades as a solo performer, as emcee of Jaymz Bee’s Royal Jelly Orchestra, as featured singer with the cartoon jazz band Stoopy and with Tony Quarrington as The Jazzophones. His debut album “Vintage roger Clown” released in the late nineties, is still played often on JAZZ.FM91 and CBC national radio.
For more information visit www.rogerclown.com
Some Like It Hot…. Latin Jazz Night
Luis Mario Ochoa
Born in Havana, Cuba, Luis Mario’s earliest musical influences came from his father Luis Ochoa Sr. singer, guitarist and founding member of “Trio Voces de Oro”, one of Cuba’s most romantic ensembles.
In 1990 Luis Mario moved to Toronto, Canada, embracing the city as his new home. In 1992, he formed his band Cimarrón, (See-mah-rón, meaning “free spirit”), and three years later recorded their first CD A La Cubana. Being one of the first recordings to emerge from Toronto’s Latin music scene, the album introduced Canadian audiences to the ensemble’s unique sound; tracks from this CD were featured on the TV series Traders.
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His 2005 release “Cimarron” is a blend of Cuban music with elements of jazz. The self-titled CD hit the streets on January 15th, 2006 and includes an all-stars cast of jazz and Latin musicians from Toronto, as well as three very special guests: Paquito D’Rivera, Guido Basso and Luis’ father Luis Ochoa Sr. Cimarrón is a landmark disc for Luis Mario Ochoa, which for the first time presents his talents as a singer, guitarist, composer and arranger to a wider audience.
In May 2008, Luis Mario’s released his 4th CD Momentos Cubanos - his first with his new quintet - where he showcases his virtuosity and versatility with authority. A nominee in 2007 for Canadian Latin Jazz Artist of the Year, Ochoa is joined here by acclaimed Cuban pianist Hilario Durán and a dynamic rhythm section of bass, drums and percussion. The CD reached the # 2 spot on the May/Jun world music charts at Earshot Canada!
For more information visit: www.CubanMusicProductions.com
Jazz Divas Showcase
Heather Bambrick
Heather Bambrick, winner of the 2004 National Jazz Award for Vocalist of the Year, is in demand as a performer, educator, and broadcaster. She has performed and / or recorded with international artists, including Phil Nimmons, Kenny Wheeler, Guido Basso, Peter Appleyard, John Lamb, Rob McConnell, the Caliban Bassoon Quartet and The Beehive Singers.
Heather’s two solo records, It’s About Time (2003), and Those Were The Days (2006), were both nominated for East Coast Music Awards, and have received international praise and radio air play. On stage, Heather is a consummate entertainer, performing for standing room only crowds at venues across Canada and in the US, and bringing audiences to their feet at some of the country’s most prestigious music festivals.
Heather’s voice has been heard throughout North America on radio and television commercials, as well as on film and television soundtracks. Since 2001, Heather has firmly entrenched herself in the world of broadcasting, hosting the highly popular “Sunday Afternoon Jazz”, on Canada’s only all-Jazz radio station, Jazz FM91. Heather was has been nominated Broadcaster of the Year at the National Jazz Awards each year since 2005. She took home the prize in 2005 and 2007.
Visit Heather on line at: www.heatherbambrick.com
Amanda Martinez
She captures the raw emotion and passion of Latin music in a way that’s well beyond her years.”
–CBC Radio
Amanda Martinez is a singer, actor, broadcaster and presenter. The launch of her debut recording, Sola (2006) firmly establishes her as Canada’s Latin singer to watch. Sola, which means “on her own,” garnered Best World Music Artist of the Year at the Toronto Independent Music Awards (2006), and is a top selling album in Toronto stores. Most recently Martinez was nominated as Latin Jazz Artist of the Year at the National Jazz Awards (2007 & 2008)
Martinez began her musical career singing jazz standards, but she quickly discovered audiences thrilled to her dramatic, sensual interpretations of Latin styles and Brazilian bossa nova. She came by her love of this music honestly. “Music is in my blood. It was always a part of family gatherings,” says Martinez, who has made multiple trips to both Mexico and Cuba. “My family – my father is Mexican, and my mother is South African — saturated me with the music of Cuban trovadores, people like Pablo Milanes, Sylvio Rodriguez, and greats like Mercedes Sosa, Elis Regina and Chavela Vargas.”
For more information visit: www.amandamartinez.ca
June Garber
When you watch June sing, you feel as if she is singing directly to you. Her warmth & unmitigated joy of being on stage envelopes you and pulls you close and encircles you with her warmth!
Every song that she chooses to sing connects to a base truth within – so there is never any artifice – only that which is true!
Her voice reflects each emotional shift that the writer intended. This is why she sings some of the Most Complicated & Greatest Songs ever written: Gershwin, Porter, Rogers & Hart, Sondheim, and Kurt Weill. Whether Growling Out “St. Louis Blues” or reveling in the pure tone of “Here’s to Life” – her connection to each song is from her soul!
This year she was honoured to perform in two Jazz FM 91.1 shows that were recorded for broadcast firstly in the “The Sound of Jazz” Concert Series, in which she performed in the Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong & secondly as a guest on Joe Sealy’s Duets Show!
For more information visit: www.junegarber.com
Shannon Butcher
If you want to define the musical essence of Shannon Butcher’s new debut solo album, Words We Both Could Say, imagine jazz, pop and rock living in perfect harmony. Following a glorious five-year run as a member of the acclaimed Swing Rosie, Butcher now offers ten dynamic interpretations of modern hits like Tears For Fear’ “Mad World” and Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman.” “One of my favourite parts of jazz is that it’s different every time, and you’re always in the moment with the people that your playing with, so it’s about what they’re playing underneath you and the exchange of ideas between yourself and them.”
For more information visit www.shannonbutcher.com
Julie Michaels
Julie Michels is, quite simply, a woman with a beautiful voice. She plays with sound and time in a way that defies catagorisation. She sings everything and anything that catches her ear: jazz standards, rhythm and blues, brazilian sambas, African chanting – In a world full of music, it’s a banquet of sound just too delicious to pass up! For more information visit www.juliemichels.com/
Jasmine Jones
Jasmine Jones began her musical singing solos with her church choir that she later came to play the drums for. Her love of music was not only installed by the church but from an early age from her St. Kitts West Indian background. She grew up singing and dancing to heavy rhythms of calypso, reggae and dancehall.
Now the drummer and drum programmer for Juno Nominated dance hall sensation Carl Henry, she recently opened with for the Black Eyed Peas for an audience of 12,000 in Montreal at a benefit concert. Jasmine also toured internationally with Juno Award winning Toronto mass choir to Italy and the Caribbean promoting positive music. She recorded with the Toronto mass choir and was their drummer for 4 years.
A graduate of Humber College music program, she is a music teacher a Kaos Music School and Degazon Music School.
Tara Davidson
“…a fine player with a fertile imagination who most definitely bears watching…”
- AllAboutJazz.com
Toronto-born saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Tara Davidson is earning a reputation for herself as one of the leading lights in the next generation of Canadian jazz musicians. In May 2005, Toronto’s Distillery Jazz Festival honored Tara with the “Emerging Artist Award”.
Davidson’s debut recording as a leader, the Tara Davidson Quartet, was officially released in January 2004. The album is frequently featured on Jazz FM 91.1 and CBC National Radio stations. Her sophomore CD, Code Breaking, was released in the fall of 2006. Code Breaking features all-new compositions and special guest, Juno award winning saxophonist, Mike Murley. Demonstrating an evolution in Davidson’s sound and composing, Code Breaking features original compositions that are arranged for a new “electric” ensemble with saxophone, Fender Rhodes piano, and drums. The 2008 Juno Awards nominated Code Breaking as “Traditional Jazz Album of the Year”.
For more information visit: www.taradavidson.ca
Brandi Disterheft
“SHE HAS THE SAME LOPE OR RHYTHMICAL PULSE AS MY LATE BASSIST, RAY BROWN. SHE IS WHAT WE CALL SERIOUS.” - OSCAR PETERSON
When asked about her premiere disc, “DEBUT” winning the 2008 JUNO for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year, Brandi had this to say:
“It was a real thrill! When my name was called at first I didn’t even go to accept it because I couldn’t believe that they had called my name. In my acceptance speech I said, ‘Did you know that jazz in Canada is THRIVING?’ Because I really believe it is. Even around us younger folks, there’s just so much passion here.”
Still in her twenties, Brandi Disterheft indeed is at the moment the hottest bassist in Canadian jazz and has been taking the jazz world by storm since even before the release of her first CD. Brandi has already toured Japan and China; opened for Diana Krall, and Pharoah Sanders; performed at Jazz Festivals in Vienna and Chicago, and she’s even played Carnegie Hall. It is not only her swinging bass playing that is making people sit up and take notice, but also her innovative writing style using lively grooves with influences from Mingus to Bjork.
For more information visit: www.brandidisterheft.com
Nancy Walker
Jazz pianist and composer Nancy Walker has been recognized Canada-wide. Winner of the 2003 Montréal International Jazz Festival’s prestigious Grand Prix de Jazz, her recording Levitation, released that year, was “a fine example of the modern jazz musician’s art” according to the Globe & Mail’s Mark Miller. Next came When She Dreams which, released in 2004, shot to the number one position on Canadian campus radio jazz charts. In 2006, her recording Rainy Days and Mondays was nominated for a JUNO Award in the “Instrumental Album Of The Year” category. This year Nancy was the recipient of the 2008 National Jazz Awards Keyboardist Of The Year Award. Her latest recording is Need Another distributed by Fontana North/Universal.
Swing Night
Christopher Plock and his Swinging Outlaws
Christopher Plock is a singer/sax player who is dynamic and entertaining. Whether he is leading his trio or six piece band,”The Swinging Outlaws”, He always puts on a great show. He sings, scats, plays all the saxes and sometimes manages to play two at the same time. Over the course of the last two years, he has become a favourite of the Toronto swing dance scene. As well as leading many bands, Christopher is also the sax player/singer of the band, “Jeff Healey and the Jazz Wizards”. He also plays with Kevin Clark, Alex Pangman, Big Rude Jake and many more.
For more information visit: www.christopherplock.com
Harmonica Knights Bues Showcase
Harmonica Knights
Mark Stafford
It would be so appropriate to be able to imply that Mark “Bird” Stafford earned his nickname from his ability to soar on the harmonica in the fiery fashion of Charlie Parker. Sorry, Different “Bird”, But – like Parker – Mark shares a phenomenal passion for making music and, as he’s been performing since he was knee-high to a sharecropper, he’s developed a musical voice that’s become somewhat legendary in there parts and beyond.
For more information visit www.markbirdstafford.com
Paul Reddick
Paul Reddick is a singer, songwriter and harmonica player whose songs help keep the roots of music tradition moving forward. His songs explore the beauties and mysteries of the blues, country and folk music, and take the road less travelled around the lost and found landscapes of longing and love.
For more information visit www.paulreddick.ca
Dave Rotundo
Toronto blues harpist David Rotundo has a passion for blues music which inspired him to travel all over the world with little more than his wits and a bag full of harmonicas. David returned to Toronto with a greater perception of the blues and a heightened knowledge of the history of the music, today, he spends hours listening to the greats; such as Bone Walker, and Little Walker. And so it is that David has strived to develop his own language of blues.
For more information visit www.davidrotundo.com
Main Event
Kevin Clark
GRAMMY nominated trumpeter, Kevin Clark, is rated “one of the top New Orleans trumpet players” by Gambit Weekly, New Orleans. Downbeat Magazine regards “Impressive capacity for heat & power”. Toronto Star states “excellent trumpeter” & “trumpeter extraordinaire”. Ottawa Sun proclaims “Blistering Trumpet!”. Credos from New Orleans legends Al Hirt & Pete Fountain say “A great musician” & “A great trumpeter with a warm New Orleans sound”. Kevin has toured the United States, Europe, South America, Russia, Asia, Middle East,
the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Canada. Kevin has recorded and/or toured with Rhythm & Blues legend Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, New Orleans own clarinetist Pete Fountain, The Dukes of Dixieland, the New Orleans Nightcrawlers Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and country artists Junior Brown & Lee Greenwood.
For more information visit: http://www.kclarkjazz.com/kclark1sheet.pdf
Jazz FM 91 Youth Big Band
The JAZZ.FM91 Toronto Youth Big Band is a community education project from JAZZ.FM91 with generous support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The band consists of 20 middle school and high school students (ages 13 to 17) from across the city who rehearse and perform under the direction of a professional jazz educator, Kelsley Grant.
Brian Rose Little Big Band
Brian Rose Little Big Band Featuring Dave Statham & Katherine Langdon
The band is comprised of an enthusiastic and talented group of musicians who have extensive experience in jazz, rock, big bands, concert bands, Dixieland, rhythm & blues, and music education. Their combined musical influences are reflected in their performance, and make it easy for them to satisfy the diverse tastes of today’s audiences.
For more information visit: www.brianroseband.ca
David Statham
David Statham was born December 5th, 1971, but don’t let his age fool you. Statham is one of the good old boys, with a smooth voice and a way with an audience that makes him the youngest seasoned professional around. When Statham performs, he takes you back to a bygone era where a show was a show and the singer was an entertainment juggernaut, telling jokes and wooing the audience.
His earliest musical influences were the adult contemporary albums in his parent’s collection. Tom Jones and Paul Anka taught Statham a valuable lesson in melody and presence. “I’m not genre-biased; my 2 favourite live albums are Sinatra at the Sands and Iron Maiden’s Live After Death”, states Statham. “A great show is more then a set list; it’s about connecting with your audience. I don’t want to sing for people; I want to sing to them”.
Statham’s various music influences have impacted his jazz career. Behind his smooth voice and debonair attitude lies a glimpse of something raw, as if he is a rock star masquerading as a jazz singer.
The handsome young singer has been recognized by the jazz industry. Exciting gigs include the Beaches Jazz Festival, the Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival, Mel Lastman Square’s Sunday Serenades, Toronto’s Palais Royale, on an Eastern Caribbean Cruise, and as part of Jazz FM’s Sound of Jazz series.
Peter Appleyard
The career of legendary jazz artist Peter Appleyard spans more than five decades. He has performed with some of the world’s greatest musicians, a month them Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington & Oscar Peterson. He was the most played artist on FM radio in the 70’s and 80’s, while his award-winning TV jazz series, “Peter Appleyard Presents” was broadcast across Canada from 1978 to 1981.
Peter Appleyard is an enthusiastic showstopper, all jazz and mallet work, dazzling melodic improvisation and breathtaking harmonic variations. Since Lionel Hampton, with few peers in the vibraphone world, he’s the greatest jazz vibraphonist on the planet.
For more information visit: www.peterappleyardvibes.com/
Bill Durst
Bill Durst is “The Father of Swamp Rock Revival Blues”. He is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer
From St. Mary’s, Ontario, Canada. Press critics describe Bill’s playing and performance as follows – “Durst delivers….
Feedback…echo effect…powerful singing, freak harmonic, buzz-sawing bottle-neck guitar and supercharged intensity are all components of Bill Durst’s showmanship” – Scene Magazine, “Durst, London’s legendary virtuoso guitarist” and “Now and forever guitar god”. – London Free Press.
Bill has toured through out North America and Europe and has released eight albums and CDs. Songs he has written have become radio hits and TV commercials.
Bill, at the age of twenty, was a Canadian Music Pioneer with his group “Thundermug” but his fascination with Blues,
Rhythm and Blues and Roots began at the age of seven and has now aged into a wonderful, upbeat blues, rock, roots synthesis with a kick! Always a treat to see!
“Greetings from me, Bill Durst, The Father of Swamp Rock Revival Blues. See you at the gig!”
For more information visit: www.billdurst.com
Tim Ries
A versatile and thoughtful saxophonist and composer, Tim Ries has collaborated with such jazz artists as Phil Woods, Tom Harrell, Al Foster, John Patitucci, Dave Liebman, Danilo Perez, Maynard Ferguson, Red Garland, Badal Roy, Maria Schneider and Donald Byrd. A Verve release with The Joe Henderson Big Band won a Grammy Award. Having just returned from a second world tour with the Rolling Stones playing saxophone, keyboard and organ, his other recording and performance credits include work with such diverse talents as Donald Fagen, Paul Simon, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Stevie Wonder, Incognito, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bob Belden and David Lee Roth.
Having already released five original jazz compact discs, Tim now will channel his energy into creating interpretations of rock and roll standards. The music of Jagger and Richards, Tim’s recent employers, serves as the inspiration for his most recent recording project, soon to be completed.
Sophia Pearlman and The Vipers
With her youth and her proven natural talent, Sophia lures her listeners on each note with her genuine musical sincerity. When Sophia and The Vipers had their debut performance in October of 2005 there were those who wondered if the then twenty-year-old vocalist Sophia Perlman and her band would survive the tough-sell Monday night slot.
Not only have they survived, they have received an overwhelming response, drawing veteran jazz fans and new audiences alike to Toronto’s Reservoir Lounge, where they play weekly. The band, which spans three generations of musicians, and five generations of jazz, features Perlman alongside Howard Moore (trumpet), Pat Carey (saxophones), Robi Botos (piano), Mitchell Lewis (guitar), Terry Wilkins (bass) and Jeff Halischuk (drums), and a roster of guest artists which makes up a veritable who’s who of the Toronto jazz scene.
. For further information visit: www.myspace.com/vipersjazz
DK Ibomeka
In recent years, Canada has become an important incubator for the latest best selling jazz vocalists including Diana Krall, Holly Cole, Molly Johnson, Michael Buble, Sophie Millman – and the list continues to grow. The latest hot new vocal talent is DK Ibomeka (pronounced ee-bo-MECK-ah) and industry insiders are saying that DK possesses one of the best new jazz voices in years.
With a three-octave range, huge emotional depth and power, he is well-equipped to deliver a decidedly original spin on the classic jazz material he has chosen for his second album “I’m Your Man” scheduled for 2008 release.
On his new recording, DK is backed by some of Canada’s finest players (George Koller on bass, Davide DiRenzo on percussion, Michael Shand on keys and Kelley Jefferson on Sax) with a special guest appearance by Pee Wee Ellis (long-time band leader for Van Morrison and member of the legendary James Brown Horn Section - the JB’s). With the bulk of the sessions being recorded over four days, the album reflects the live performance energy of DK’s live shows.
The 2006 release of his Debut CD “Love Stories” launched DK on a two-year whirlwind of appearances that saw him touring Europe four times, debut in the UK at London’s Ronnie Scott’s and criss-cross his home country of Canada, with performances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Ottawa Jazz Festival, The Toronto jazz Festival and the Winnipeg Jazz Festival - and opening slots with such diverse acts as Holly Cole, the Colin James Little Big Band, The Temptations and Jacksoul.
For more information visit: www.dkibomeka.com
Jackie Richardson
Jackie Richardson Is a dazzling performer with a vibrant stage presence. Her powerful voice embodies the very heart and soul of Gospel, Blues and Jazz.
Over the years she has performed and/or recorded with Doug Riley, Salome Bey, Ray Charles, Celine Dion, Anne Murray, Alannah Miles, Dan Hill, Oliver Jones, Mavis Staples, Michelle Wright, The Nova Scotia Symphony and Nova Scotia Mass Choir, The Toronto Symphony, The Canada Pops Orchestra and her family-The Richardson Sisters and daughter Kim.
She has also forged a successful acting career on screen and stage receiving nominations and awards for performances such as her portrayal of Alberta Hunter in “Cooking’at the Cookery” (Dora) and her role as dunk in Movie “Turning to Stone”(Gemini Nomination).
She continues to perform with friends across the country. Look for up coming concerts with the wonderful Louise Pitrie and the newly formed group of friends, “Home Cookin’” with Joe Sealy, Paul Novotny and Danny B.
The Shuffle Demons
Saxophonists dressed in wacky clothes, a crazy dancing drummer and a killer upright bass player and have them sing songs about Buses, Roaches and Hockey and spend 1/2 their time playing in the audience? The Shuffle Demons, that’s what!!! They were a band that captured the imagination of a generation with their antics and amazing no holds barred playing and stopped traffic on a regular basis. And now they’re back!!
23 years later, the Shuffle Demons return to form with a greatest hits album, a DVD and a whole lot of demonic attitude. So get ready to sway in your seat, jump to your feet and dance to the Demon beat!
But who are these debonair ruffians, these satirical streetniks of stage, screen, and sidewalk… these Cartoon Hepcats with the cracked conviction of 5 Harpo Marxes? How did they start spreading shuffle ecstasy, only known antidote to seriousness in Canadian music? And is it really 23 years since the Demons first took the Spadina Bus??
The legend of the Shuffle Demons is well known to Canadians. Beginning in September 1984 with veteran street sax player Demon Richard Underhill pleasing the pedestrian multitudes at the corner of Yonge and Bloor in Toronto, the Shuffle Demons quickly evolved into an immensely popular street band. Drawing hordes of hipsters to their street gigs with their wild playing and exotic wardrobe, the Demons (Mike Murley, Stich Wynston, Jim Vivian, Dave Parker and Richard Underhill) next took their caustic collection of musical majesties and travesties inside and began pleasing bunches of boppers in Toronto clubs. Inspired by these fashion assassins and their original street hits Spadina Bus, The Shuffle Monster, Out of My House, Roach, and What do you Want?
For more information visit: www.shuffledemons.com
CATL
Influenced by Mississippi Delta blues musicians Fred McDowell, John Hurt and Son House, catl’s sound is pure juke-joint blues.
Toronto-based catl is joined by Johnny LaRue on drums and since both bring years of punk-influenced rock ‘n’ roll to their music (catl in Pecola; LaRue in No No Zero and Exploders) their blues sound is often described as “blues punk.” Oshawa-based music writer Will McGuirk says catl “play with the Mississippi mud still on the instruments as if they pulled them broken and wet from the birth swamp itself.”
Since the late ’90s, catl began to develop an appreciation for Southern blues, sought out records by McDowell, Charley Patton and the like, and began melding various styles. For the past year, catl has shared his version of the blues in venues across Ontario and as far away as Oaxaca, Mexico.
For more information visit: www.myspace.com/catlmusic
The Hokum Runners
The Hokum Runners, made up of Heather Luckhart (Vocals and Kazoo) and Glen Bensley (Finger style Guitar and Vocals), have been spreading their love of roots and hokum blues around Durham’s music scene for the past 2 years. The pair is known for their tongue in cheek antics and fun loving 20’s/30’s flare. They take that style and blend it with their own eclectic tastes leaving a unique and uplifting sound not pinned to any one generation or era, but reminiscent of many. The Hokum Runners are passionate about keeping traditional tunes alive and have a great respect for live music. The two love sharing their musical stylings with friends and strangers through their performances across North America and their notorious open stages right here in Oshawa.
For more information visit: www.myspace.com/thehokumrunners
Born Yesterday
The punchy, melodic sounds of Born yesterday is a good-humoured musical gumbo of roots, swing, rock and blues that bubbles in a beat from ragtime acoustic picking to all out electricity with three vocalist stirring the pot.
Fronted by songwriter Ted Staunton on vocals, guitar and harmonica, the band features Dave Budreau on lead guitar and vocals, vocalist Margaret Heenan, alternating drummers Ian McEwan and Will Staunton with John Tapscott on drums.
Acoustic, electric, eclectic, Born Yesterday is definitely here today.
The Ilse Themen Band
The Ilse Themen Band
Ilse (Lead singer) has been performing Blues/Jazz, R&B, Classic Rock, and New Country in her four piece band since 2003. She has opened for artists such as Amanda Wilkinson, and Shane Yellowbird and has shared the stage with Juno Award Winner, Jack De Keyzer, and Tony Springer (Wild T).
Ilse projects great strength mixed with sultry tones in her voice, which can also swing from a smooth vocal flow to an edgy depth. Influenced by artists such as Billie Holiday, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Susan Tedeski, Rita Chiarelli, Nora Jones, and Melissa Etheridge.
Corporate and Charity events appearances are not new to her. Ilse and the boys have performed for “The Lakeridge Hospital Foundation” sponsored by KX96, The Corral, and Molson Canadian, appeared for the annual KX96 Million Penny Toy Drive 2007 and hosted the annual GE Executive Christmas ball 2 years in a row, as well as hosting The United Way Foundation fundraiser held at Johnny B’s summer of 2007. (Letter of Reference enclosed).
For more information visit: www.itband.org
Venue Events
Bruce Gorie Trio
Bruce Gorrie, tenor, soprano sax and flute, is a mainstay of the Durham jazz scene, performing at clubs, festivals and events throughout the region with his trio or quartet, duos with Rob Bulger or Paul Grecco, performing original repertoire with “Evidence” jazz quintet and gigs with singer Dave Statham. The trio features Rob Bulger on guitar and Doug Matthews on bass, with the quartet adding Ian Duncan on drums.
