Oscar Peterson has died
Oscar Peterson, Canada’s most renowned and probably greatest jazz musician has died. For the last day or two I’ve received emails informing of Oscar’s death, followed by emails reporting that these were unconfirmed rumours. This morning CBC News confirmed the worst. Canadian jazz great Oscar Peterson dies Post comments in the Jazz Forum Oscar Peterson [...]
Jeani Read has died
Jeani Read, a Vancouver Province columnist for many years, died of cancer on Friday. She was 60. Read was the Province’s first rock critic and over the years covered different beats – movies, “lifestyles”, etc., but was never known, principally as a jazz writer. However, in the mid-seventies when we founded the Vancouver Jazz Society [...]
A big thank you to the musicians and jazz fans of Vancouver
I usually save these kinds of thank yous for when The Cellar is celebrating its anniversary in September. I did however want to run this now as we are in the middle of our 5th sellout in a row and are expected to be sold out for the rest of 2007. 2007 has been the [...]
Tom Keenlyside interview
Latest in our ongoing series of interviews with Vancouver and international jazz musicians is Cory Weeds’ conversation with Tom Keenlyside. Tom Keenlyside’s musical career has spanned four decades, featuring performances and recordings throughout North America and Europe. His saxophone and flute playing have been featured with a wide variety of groups at many major festivals, [...]
Canada Council, NEA honours Oscar at IAJE conference
Ottawa, December 17, 2007 – The Canada Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts – the national arts funding agency in the United States – will join forces to pay tribute to Oscar Peterson when the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) holds its annual conference in Toronto in January. The [...]
New book from Mark Miller
The release of a new book by Mark Miller is always cause for celebration. Miller was for many years the jazz critic of Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and the author of seven previous books of Canadian jazz history and biography. This time out, Miller has moved father afield, taking on the life [...]
Jodi Proznick, Tilden Webb, and Cory Weeds featured in CODA
The November/December issue of CODA Magazine is out. Always worth checking out, the current issue will be of special interest to Vancouverites for the major-length stories on three of our finest jazz players, Jodi Proznick, Tilden Webb, and Cory Weeds. The Weeds profile focuses, aside from his musicianship, on his significant role here as the [...]
Leora Cashe & The Ross Taggart Trio
Another Side Now – The Songs of Joni MitchellBirth Records BR04LC1207 Leora Cashe – VocalsRoss Taggart – PianoDarren Radtke – BassBuff Allen – Drums 1. Carey2. Chelsea Morning3. Big Yellow Taxi (2007)4. Michael From Mountains5. Circle Game6. I dont Kow Where I Stand7. All I Want8. The Gallery9. Both Sides Now10. Woodstock11. Rainy Night Hoiuse12. [...]
