April 2010
Welcome to the Georgia Straight Jazz Society Newsletter, keeping you up to date on the local and Vancouver Island jazz scene and informed about your Society.
AT THE JAZZ CLUB
The Big Bossa
Sunday March 28
7:30 pm
Elks' Hall, Courtenay
Tickets:
$12 members, $16 non-members
Available at
~ Bop City, 211 Simms St. Courtenay
~ at the door
Antonio Carlos Jobim has had enormous influence on the shape and direction of jazz music over the last 50 years. Marrying traditional Brazilian samba with African rhythms, Jobim fathered the “Bossa Nova” sound that came to be embraced by audiences world-wide, and recorded by countless jazz greats including Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
On Sunday, March 28th the Georgia Straight Jazz Society presents “The Big Bossa” at the Elk’s Hall at 7:30 pm. Nanaimo-area drummer and bandleader James McRae has assembled eight leading jazz players to perform a tribute to the Brazilian heart and soul of Jobim.
a few of Jobim's compositions:
A Felicidade ~ Agua de Beber ~ Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) ~ Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) ~ Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune) ~ Dindi ~ The Girl From Ipanema ~ How Insensitive ~ Look to the Sky ~ Meditation ~ Once I Loved ~ One Note Samba ~ Someone to Light Up My Life ~ Triste ~ Wave
Dan Craven, saxophonist, is a perennial favourite at the jazz club, with his deft phrasing and muscular rhythms. He’ll be joined on the front line by Darren Nilsson, trombone, and Phil Hamelin, trumpet and piano. Nilsson has performed with the Dal Richards Combo and with Bryan Stovell’s award-winning group The Windjammers. Hamelin performs and arranges for the Bananafish Orchestra, as well as appearing with McRae in another tribute project, to Horace Silver.
The rhythm section is absolutely key to the Jobim sound, and the Brazilian heartbeat is in great hands with James McRae on drums, Brad Shipley on guitar, and Nick Sheasgreen on bass. McRae is also an engaging and natural story-teller who will weave stories of Jobim’s life into the evening’s presentation. Shipley and Sheasgreen are both involved in multiple musical projects, while completing the Jazz Studies program at Vancouver Island University.
Vocalists Andrew Osborne and Gillian Stone complete The Big Bossa sound. No Jobim tribute could be complete without the inclusion of his passionate lyrics and playful vocal lines, historically exemplified by Astrud Gilberto, Elis Regina, and Jobim himself. Osborne and Stone have the talent and emotional immediacy needed to deliver this material in a beautiful and compelling way.
Annie Siegel Quartet
On Sunday April 25, the Society will be presenting the Hornby Thatch Band featuring Annie Siegel in concert at the Elks. Watch for more details in mid-April.
Jazz at the Elks
7:30 pm, at Courtenay's Elk's Hall, September through July. No cover. Musicians welcome to sit in on the final set jam.
- April 1 Jazz Club - Cure All Dance Band
- April 8 Jazz Club - Indigo Jazz (shameless plug - catch our own Dale Graham in concert with Bill Coon and Ken Lister, Fri April 9 at Joe's Garage)
- April 15 Jazz Club -Dan Craven Octet
- April 22 Jazz Club - Just In Time Choirs
- April 25 Sunday Concert - The Hornby Thatch Band featuring Annie Siegel
- April 29 Jazz Club - Greg Hill and Friends
Schedule subject to change.
SOCIETY NEWS
Calling All Photos
Do you have photos taken during a Thursday jazz performance or a Sunday concert? We would love to add them to the Society web site and archive the jazz happenings. If you would like to share your images you can email them to news@georgiastraightjazz.com, or contact Rick at 339-6989. Thanks!
Check out our web site image gallery. 
JAZZ NEWS
Vancouver and Victoria Jazz Festivals
Festival season is coming quickly. Both Vancouver and Victoria promise great jazz fests this year. Headliners in Vancouver include George Benson, Joshua Redman, Chick Corea with Terry Clarke, Bill Frisell, John Pizarelli, John Scofield and Mike Stern (a good year for guitarists!), Martha Wainwright and Nikki Yanofsky.
Both festivals run from June 25 to July 4.
Vancouver fest web site Victoria fest web site