Darren Sigesmund – Strands, Friday at The Cellar
Posted on | September 20, 2011 | No Comments
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2010 JUNO-nominee and Galaxie Rising Star winner Toronto trombonist Darren Sigesmund presents his Strands sextet, featuring vocalist Eliana Cuevas. Since 2003, Sigesmund has established his Strands project as one of Canada’s most active touring ensembles on the international and national jazz scene with over 160 performances across Europe, Asia Australia and Canada. The Cellar concert will feature works from Sigesmund’s first 2 recordings, Strands and Strands II, as well as new works for an upcoming Strands III CD.
The music in the Strands project consists of Sigesmund’s award-winning signature: complex musical passages, accessible melodies, wordless vocalizations and a sound that synthesizes wildly diverse influences from Latin, jazz and classical music into totally distinctive works. From the drive and passion of Argentinean Tango and Brazilian song forms, the rhythmic sophistication and fast-paced melodies of Balkan music to the lyricism and counterpoint of Western classical compositions, Sigesmund distills these influences into cutting-edge Canadian jazz. International tours include 5 recent trips throughout Europe, with performances in Spain, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, and Finland. Other notable tours across Asia & Australia include concerts at Shanghai’s celebrated club JZ, Hong Kong’s historic Loke Yew Hall, South Korea’s Jarasum International Jazz Festival, the Cairns Tanks Arts Centre in Australia, Japan Expo 2005, and the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo.
Strands has been featured on Germany’s national radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Belgium’s RTBF Musiq3, Portugal’s Radio Rádio Universitária do Minho (RUM) and Ireland’s RTE Lyric FM. Sigesmund released his debut Strands CD to critical acclaim, receiving a 2009 National Jazz Award nomination for Trombonist of the Year. The follow-up album, Strands II, released in 2009, was named the top Canadian jazz CD of 2010 by the Ottawa Citizen. The song “Dance for Leila” earned Sigesmund the Galaxy Rising Star Award for Best Composition at the Montreal Jazz Festival. The album also earned a 2010 Juno nod for Best Traditional Jazz Album.
The Cellar performance forms part of a Western Canada tour which is generously sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts
Cellar Restaurant and jazz Club
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