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.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Jennifer Scott
Tuesday Feb 5, Stan Hagen Theatre, NIC Comox
Tickets on sale in January at Bop City and the Thursday Jazz Club
Appearing in Courtenay with her newly formed quintet from San Francisco, vocalist and pianist Jennifer Scott is sure to be a highlight of this concert season.
"... this voice immediately arrested my hearing and said, 'Wake up, listen up, sit down, and listen to this lady 'til she's finished singing.' A very pure, a very flexible voice - a voice made to sing jazz ... Jennifer Scott definitely has great time and a very flexible voice ..." - Katie Malik, CBC Jazzbeat
AT THE JAZZ CLUB
Every Thursday, starting time 7:30 pm, at Courtenay's Elk's Hall. No cover.
Schedule subject to change. Check the web site for updates.
- Jan 3 - Youth in Jazz
- Jan 10 - Jazztet
- Jan 17 - 6th Street
- Jan 24 - Lake Trail Big Band
- Jan 31 - Ralph Barrat Group
Every Wednesday, 7:30 pm, it's the Jazztet at Joe's Garage
GSJS NEWS
Most of you know Bill Street and Pauol Gagnon are spending a few months gigging in Mexico. Here's a web link to Bucerias, where they are playing in the Viva Jazz Trio behind singer Armi Grano (in the Miguel Angel Restaurant, first listing on the web page).
JAZZ STUFF
Oscar Peterson's passing in December may not engender the tributes that followed the death of Glenn Gould, Canada's other piano master, in 1982. But it should. His great impact on jazz, if only in setting the bar for musicality and technical mastery so high, is unquestionable.
Peterson avoided the seedier side of jazz life through the '50s and '60s and epitomized class and professionalism in jazz entertainment. A number of good books about Peterson are available. One of the best is Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing by Gene Lees.
Lees has written about jazz and written jazz - his tunes have been recorded by the likes of Sinatra and Bennett. Admittedly a Peterson fan, his book is a bit gushy, but he's critical of the pianist's overly-ornamental style and lack of a true blues feeling. With great insights in to the Jazz At The Philharmonic days and Peterson's collaborations with other jazz greats from Joe Pass to Stan Getz, the book is a good read.
Find it and other Oscar Peterson books on AbeBooks.com
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