March 2009
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
Jennifer Hodge - Four Eyes Quartet
Sunday Mar 22
7:30 pm
Elks' Hall, Courtenay
Tickets:
$12 members, $16 non-members
Available soon at Thursday Jazz Club
and at Bop City, 211 Simms St. Courtenay
The Society is excited to welcome home Jennifer Hodge for what promises to be an exciting concert on Sunday March 22.
Appearing with basssist Jennifer will be Jens Christiansen, woodwinds, Catherine Toren, piano and Mike Ardagh, drums. From Jennifer's web site:
Jennifer Hodge is a versatile upright and electric bass player originally from Vancouver Island and has been gigging since she was 15. . . She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music from Capilano College's Jazz Studies program in 2007 . . . In 2005, she became the first recipient of the Linton Garner Memorial Jazz Award. She also led a quartet in the 2007 Vancouver International Jazz Festival . . . Jen freelances regularly with a variety of bands and has performed in such diverse groups as Lloyd Arntzen's Red Onion Rhythm Kings, Mother of Pearl, the Higgins, Amy Stephen and Friends, and the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, to name a few. This past summer, she helped co-found swing band Company B, for which she writes and transcribes arrangements.
You can hear Jennifer on her myspace page
photo by Jennifer Osborne
Women of Jazz
Thursday Mar 5
7:30 pm
Elks' Hall, Courtenay
The March 5 Jazz Club will be a very special night. Join 12 of our area's top vocalists as they honour the great women of jazz in word and song. Proceeds from the evening go to the Comox Valley Transition Society's Lilli House.
Timed to recognize International Women's Day (March 8), the evening will be a fitting and meaningfull showcase of the incredible talent in our area.
Every Thursday
7:30 pm, at Courtenay's Elk's Hall, September through July. No cover. Musicians welcome to sit in on the final set jam.
- March 5 Jazz Club - Ladies of Jazz - fund raiser for Lillie House
- March 12 Jazz Club - Dan Craven Octet
- March 19 Jazz Club - Cure All Dance Band
- March 22 Sunday Concert - Four Eyes Quartet featuring Jennifer Hodge
- March 27 Jazz Club - Joanna Finch
Schedule subject to change.
JAZZ NEWS
Grammy Awards for 2008
The Grammy Awards were presented February 8th. Time to add to your CD collection! Here's a wrap up of the jazz award nominees and winners:
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Grammy Award: Randy Brecker: “Randy in Brasil.”
“Floating Point,” John McLaughlin
“Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley,” Various Artists
“Miles From India,” Various Artists
“Lifecycle,” Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Grammy Award: Cassandra Wilson: “Loverly.”
“Imagina: Songs of Brasil,” Karrin Allyson
“Breakfast on the Morning Train,” Stacey Kent
“If Less is More … Nothing is Everything,” Kate McGarry
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Grammy Award: Terence Blanchard: “Bebop.”
“Seven Steps to Heaven,” Till Bronner
“Waltz for Debby,” Gary Burton & Chick Corea
“Son of Thirteen,” Pat Metheny
“Be-Bop,” James Moody
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Grammy Award: Chick Corea and Gary Burton: “The New Crystal Silence”
“History, Mystery,” Bill Frisell
“Brad Mehldau Trio: Live,” Brad Mehldau Trio
“Day Trip,” Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
“Standards,” Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Grammy Award: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: “Monday Night at the Village Vanguard”
“Appearing Nightly,” Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band
“Act Your Age,” Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
“Symphonica,” Joe Lovano With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra
“Blauklang,” Vince Mendoza
Best Latin Jazz Album
Grammy Award: Arturo O’Farrill &and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: “Song for Chico”
Afro Bop Alliance,” Caribbean Jazz Project
“The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter,” Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band
“Nouveau Latino,” Nestor Torres
“Marooned/Aislado,” Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates
Other awards to jazzers:
Best new age album: Jack DeJohnette: “Peace Time”
Best album notes: Francis Davis: “Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition”
Best instrumental arrangement accompanying a vocalist: Nan Schwartz. “Here’s That Rainy Day” from Natalie Cole’s “Still Unforgettable.”
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