October 2008
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
Desperation Jazz Band
Sunday, September 28
7:30 pm
Elks Hall, 231 6th Streeet, Courtenay
Tickets - Availabe at Bop City and at the door. $12 members, $15 non-members
Put on your dancing shoes as the Desperation Jazz Band kicks off the Georgia Straight Jazz Society monthly concert series on Sunday, September 28th. The Desperation Jazz Band is a septet that offers an irresistible, toe-tapping repertoire rooted in Dixieland and seasoned with some swing and blues.
The group was formed 24 years ago with the express intent to “just have fun” with the traditional jazz compositions of the 1920s and 1930s. Tom Pagdin, pianist and vocalist, notes that “although Desperation began as a Comox Valley band, current members hail from seven different communities on Vancouver Island.”
Band personnel include Bill Cave on cornet and flugelhorn, Claudio Fantinato on saxophones, Jean-Yves Belanger on trombone, Barry Miller on string bass, Jack Clark on drums, Dan Bell on banjo and guitar, and Pagdin. All players contribute vocals to the performances, and arrangements are crafted by band members as well.
Desperaton was invited by Jimmy Pattison to play on Pattison's yacht recently. Bassist Barry Miller wrote about the experience in the Alberni Times.
The latest recordings from the Desperation Jazz Band include “Live At The Old School House,” recorded in Qualicum Beach; and “Swing That Music,” recorded in Nanaimo. Catch the up-close-and-personal experience of this good, old-fashioned toe-tapping music at the Elks’ Hall, 231 6th Street, on Sunday September 28th at 7:30.
On October 19, Sunday Concerts presents the Sharon Minemoto Quartet with guest vocalist Laura Crema. Watch the GSJS web site for more information.
AT THE JAZZ CLUB
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.
- Oct 2 Jazz Club - Lauren Bush with the 6th Street Band
- Oct 9 Jazz Club - Dan Craven Octet
- Oct 16 Jazz Club - Cure All Dance Band
- Oct 19 Sunday Concert - Sharon Minemoto Quartet
- Oct 23 Jazz Club - Jazztet
- Oct 30 Jazz Club - Georgia Straight Big Band
Schedule subject to change.
GSJS NEWS
New President
Please welcome our new club President, Barbara Foreman. Barbara, an avid jazz fan and member of the Just In Time Vocal Jazz Choir, was acclaimed Thursday Sept 25 at a special Extraordinary General Meeting of the GSJS. Dave Harvey stays on the Board as Past President after serving more than two years. Dave was instrumental in establishing the Society and has worked tirelessly to get the Jazz Club, Sunday Concerts and other club initiatives on a sound footing.
Barbara Foreman
Memberships
Indiviual $15; Family $25; Student $5; Group/Corporate $100
Membership form available here >>
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