Like most musicians the world over, bassist and bandleader Adrian Cho looked for new ways to perform for people after the pandemic last year effectively killed…

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04.03.2023

Joel Frahm, TuneTown, CODE Quartet albums reviewed | Ottawa Citizen

The Bright Side (Anzic Records)

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04.03.2023

Celebrating David Liebman (Jazz album reviews) | Ottawa Citizen

Saxophonist and jazz legend David Liebman's 75th birthday is this weekend. What better reason could there be to set aside some time to savour some of the stellar music that he's made?

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20.02.2023

"Playing music is what makes me feel right with the universe" — the Avi Granite interview | Ottawa Citizen

The New York-based guitarist begins a tour that will bring his freewheeling sextet to Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto and Ottawa.

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18.02.2023

Gentiane M-G Trio album reviewed | Ottawa Citizen

The bright young Montreal-based pianist and her trio are on the road this week and next, playing in Western Canada and Ontario.

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18.02.2023

"I think of J.J. Johnson every day," says Montreal saxophonist Dan Faulk | Ottawa Citizen

Before saxophonist Dan Faulk moved to Montreal a few years ago, he spent more than two decades in the fertile artistic soil of New York’s jazz scene.

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18.02.2023

NAC preview: After a COVID-19 crisis of faith, jazzman Benjamin Deschamps rediscovered his musical purpose | Ottawa Citizen

When COVID-19 shut everything down in March 2020, Montreal saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps was grateful for the time he suddenly gained to practise playing his…

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18.02.2023

Martine Courage's debut disc filled with buoyant, fun surprises (album review) | Ottawa Citizen

Things Are Looking Up! (self-released)

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18.02.2023

Best Canadian Jazz of 2020: While pandemic killed festivals and gigs, musicians released stellar albums | Ottawa Citizen

While many jazz lovers will think poorly of 2020 because the global pandemic killed festivals, tours and gigs, the year also nonetheless saw the release of…

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18.02.2023

Emerging from survival mode, jazz pianist Florian Hoefner resumes touring with his trio | Ottawa Citizen

It makes perfect sense for St. John’s-based pianist Florian Hoefner to have his first Canadian concert outside Newfoundland since the pandemic’s arrival take…

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18.02.2023

Remembering Ottawa's Bernard Stepien, Renaissance man, computer scientist, jazz saxophonist and broadcaster | Ottawa Citizen

In mid-March, Ottawa lost an accomplished and prodigiously published University of Ottawa software engineer, a globe-trotting tenor saxophonist who enlivened…

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18.02.2023

Jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge follows her passion | Ottawa Citizen

Despite the withering uncertainties that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown at many performing artists, Victoria-based jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge has seen…

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18.02.2023

"I hope to keep creating, performing and growing" — the Virginia MacDonald interview | Ottawa Citizen

Toronto-based clarinetist Virginia MacDonald recently returned from a trip to the Maritimes, where, among other things, she did this:

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18.02.2023

A long list of 2019's best Canadian jazz albums, plus even more honourable mentions | Ottawa Citizen

List-reading fans of Canadian jazz, your patience has been rewarded. Feast your eyes and ears on the lists below, which take into account releases by Canadians…

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18.02.2023

For his much-anticipated tour, jazz bassist Fraser Hollins reunites with far-flung friends | Ottawa Citizen

For Fraser Hollins, next week will be a long-awaited blur.

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18.02.2023

Alex Moxon's overdue debut album worth the wait (CD review) | Ottawa Citizen

Alex Moxon Quartet (self-released)

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18.02.2023

Florian Hoefner Trio CD reviewed | Ottawa Citizen

First Spring (Alma Records)

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18.02.2023

In lieu of outdoor concerts, TD Ottawa Jazz Festival to present a dozen online performances this month | Ottawa Citizen

The festival would have marked its 40th annual edition this month in Confederation Park, but was cancelled due to COVID-19.

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18.02.2023

Emerging out of the pandemic and with a fractured elbow behind him, jazz guitarist Matthew Stevens takes the lead | Ottawa Citizen

Jazz guitarist Matt Stevens’ previous appearances in Ottawa left no doubt about his fluent artistry and keen contemporary edge — even if he played the role of…

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18.02.2023

A fascination with drums led Mareike Wiening to become a transcontinental jazz player | Ottawa Citizen

The German jazz drummer plays a short tour in Ontario over the next few days, including a visit Sunday night to GigSpace in Ottawa.

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05.01.2023

Remember Ottawa's beatnik era? Hippie era? Swing era? Rob Frayne’s Ottawa Suite brings audiences back in time | Ottawa Citizen

The production celebrates Ottawa's legendary live music venues of yore, before the "city that fun forgot" nickname was born

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30.11.2022

Ottawa jazzman Alex Moxon calls debut album a culmination of all he had worked on | Ottawa Citizen

At long last, at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage, Ottawa jazz guitarist Alex Moxon will give his eponymous debut album the sendoff it’s deserved for a…

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30.11.2022

Inspired by Django Reinhardt, guitarist Stéphane Wrembel taps into melodic mysteries | Ottawa Citizen

From Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to the Lyon Opera House, some of the world's best concert halls have welcomed guitarist Stéphane Wrembel.

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30.11.2022

Late jazz great Oscar Peterson to grace new $1 circulation coin | Ottawa Citizen

The coin shows him at a piano, with the closing notes and chords of his signature composition Hymn to Freedom emanating from the piano.

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30.11.2022

Matt Dusk to play Ottawa's NAC as he returns to touring after pandemic pause | Ottawa Citizen

Matt Dusk calls what happened The Tour To Nowhere.

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30.11.2022

Juno-winning vocalist Sonia Johnson salutes Ella Fitzgerald, her way | Ottawa Citizen

While the centenary of Ella Fitzgerald’s birth in 1917 has come and gone, homages to the ne plus ultra of jazz singers are still definitely worth a listen.…

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30.11.2022

From the Jazzblog Archives: The Unlimited Music of Herbie Hancock | Ottawa Citizen

Herbie Hancock, the ultimate jazz pianist, turns 82 on Tuesday. To mark this milestone, here’s a reprint of the 5,600-word profile of Hancock that ran in the…

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30.11.2022

Peter Hum's 2022 Ottawa Jazz Festival picks | Ottawa Citizen

Jochen Rueckert Quartet

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30.11.2022

Jazz pianist sensation Marcus Roberts set for midweek show at Music and Beyond festival | Ottawa Citizen

Roughly four decades ago and a few years before he burst onto the global jazz scene, Marcus Roberts, then a music student at Florida State University, asked…

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30.11.2022

Ottawa Jazz Festival returns with a super-sized 40th anniversary celebration | Ottawa Citizen

The 2022 Ottawa Jazz Festival could rename itself the 2022 Really Good Music Festival and many fans of all musical stripes would simply nod knowingly.

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30.11.2022

Toronto jazzman Ernesto Cervini spins original music, inspired by Louise Penny's books | Ottawa Citizen

For Juno-winning drummer and composer Ernesto Cervini, the words from Canadian author Louise Penny’s books leapt straight into his musical imagination.

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Ottawa winter jazz preview: Saxophonist Allison Au found musical inspiration in her biracial ancestry | Ottawa Citizen

'Incredible feat': Ottawa man creates site allowing long-distance musicians to play online in real time | Ottawa Citizen

Joel Frahm, TuneTown, CODE Quartet albums reviewed | Ottawa Citizen

Celebrating David Liebman (Jazz album reviews) | Ottawa Citizen

"Playing music is what makes me feel right with the universe" — the Avi Granite interview | Ottawa Citizen

Gentiane M-G Trio album reviewed | Ottawa Citizen

"I think of J.J. Johnson every day," says Montreal saxophonist Dan Faulk | Ottawa Citizen

NAC preview: After a COVID-19 crisis of faith, jazzman Benjamin Deschamps rediscovered his musical purpose | Ottawa Citizen

Martine Courage's debut disc filled with buoyant, fun surprises (album review) | Ottawa Citizen

Best Canadian Jazz of 2020: While pandemic killed festivals and gigs, musicians released stellar albums | Ottawa Citizen

Emerging from survival mode, jazz pianist Florian Hoefner resumes touring with his trio | Ottawa Citizen

Remembering Ottawa's Bernard Stepien, Renaissance man, computer scientist, jazz saxophonist and broadcaster | Ottawa Citizen

Jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge follows her passion | Ottawa Citizen

"I hope to keep creating, performing and growing" — the Virginia MacDonald interview | Ottawa Citizen

A long list of 2019's best Canadian jazz albums, plus even more honourable mentions | Ottawa Citizen

For his much-anticipated tour, jazz bassist Fraser Hollins reunites with far-flung friends | Ottawa Citizen

Alex Moxon's overdue debut album worth the wait (CD review) | Ottawa Citizen

Florian Hoefner Trio CD reviewed | Ottawa Citizen

In lieu of outdoor concerts, TD Ottawa Jazz Festival to present a dozen online performances this month | Ottawa Citizen

Emerging out of the pandemic and with a fractured elbow behind him, jazz guitarist Matthew Stevens takes the lead | Ottawa Citizen

A fascination with drums led Mareike Wiening to become a transcontinental jazz player | Ottawa Citizen

Remember Ottawa's beatnik era? Hippie era? Swing era? Rob Frayne’s Ottawa Suite brings audiences back in time | Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa jazzman Alex Moxon calls debut album a culmination of all he had worked on | Ottawa Citizen

Inspired by Django Reinhardt, guitarist Stéphane Wrembel taps into melodic mysteries | Ottawa Citizen

Late jazz great Oscar Peterson to grace new $1 circulation coin | Ottawa Citizen

Matt Dusk to play Ottawa's NAC as he returns to touring after pandemic pause | Ottawa Citizen

Juno-winning vocalist Sonia Johnson salutes Ella Fitzgerald, her way | Ottawa Citizen

From the Jazzblog Archives: The Unlimited Music of Herbie Hancock | Ottawa Citizen

Peter Hum's 2022 Ottawa Jazz Festival picks | Ottawa Citizen

Jazz pianist sensation Marcus Roberts set for midweek show at Music and Beyond festival | Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Jazz Festival returns with a super-sized 40th anniversary celebration | Ottawa Citizen

Toronto jazzman Ernesto Cervini spins original music, inspired by Louise Penny's books | Ottawa Citizen

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