ottawa-jazz
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![Herbie Hancock TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 30]()
ReviewsHerbie Hancock TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 30 Published Jul 01, 2018Ottawa, like a lot of Ontario cities, was expected to reach record-breaking highs this Canada Day long weekend. With the possibility of the...
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![Tanya Tagaq TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 28]()
ReviewsTanya Tagaq TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 28 Published Jun 29, 2018For the 2018 edition of the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, organizers invited a select number of artists from the Circumpolar North to play the fe...
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![Béla Fleck and the Flecktones TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 28]()
ReviewsBéla Fleck and the Flecktones TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 28 Published Jun 29, 2018Halfway through their Thursday night set, and seconds before Béla Fleck and the Flecktones — the bluegrass fusion jazz odyssey jam band — la...
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![Alison Krauss TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 26]()
ReviewsAlison Krauss TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 26 Published Jun 27, 2018On Tuesday night, acclaimed country singer Alison Krauss's performance outside Ottawa City Hall felt like a homecoming of sorts. Part of...
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![Brian Wilson presents 'Pet Sounds' Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, July 3]()
ReviewsBrian Wilson presents 'Pet Sounds' Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, July 3 Published Jul 04, 2016"Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight," sang Brian Wilson on the closing night of the Ottawa Jazz Festival (July 3). "So, love and m...
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![Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 29]()
ReviewsWynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 29 Published Jun 30, 2016Wynton Marsalis, the distinguished New Orleans-born trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, was master of ceremonies in C...
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![The Thing NAC Back Stage, Ottawa ON, June 28]()
ReviewsThe Thing NAC Back Stage, Ottawa ON, June 28 Published Jun 29, 2016"The world is, of course, changing," said Mats Gustafsson, the Swedish saxophonist, "and it's far from equilibrium, I think we can all agree...
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![Buffy Sainte-Marie Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 28]()
ReviewsBuffy Sainte-Marie Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 28 Published Jun 29, 2016Buffy Sainte-Marie stopped her opener "It's My Way" mid-song with apologies about an uncooperative machine on Tuesday (June 28). Unfazed thr...
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![Colin Stetson NAC Studio, Ottawa ON, June 27]()
ReviewsColin Stetson NAC Studio, Ottawa ON, June 27 Published Jun 28, 2016On Monday night (June 27), a semi-circle of ten musicians in the NAC Studio performed the Ottawa debut of a recreated symphony by a Polish c...
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![Dan Brubeck Quartet Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 27]()
ReviewsDan Brubeck Quartet Confederation Park Main Stage, Ottawa ON, June 27 Published Jun 28, 2016The California-born, Vancouver-based Dan Brubeck took his quartet through a series of jazz standards yesterday, most of which were written b...
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![Ben Caplan Scène Tartan Homes Stage, Ottawa ON, June 27]()
ReviewsBen Caplan Scène Tartan Homes Stage, Ottawa ON, June 27 Published Jun 28, 2016Sitting and singing animatedly at a Steinway Grand piano on the Tartan Homes Stage in front of City Hall, Ben Caplan looked positively debon...
