November 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
The Message
A Tribute to the Music of Horace Silver
Sunday, November 2
7:30 pm
Elks Hall, 231 6th Streeet, Courtenay
Tickets - Availabe at Bop City and at the door. $12 members, $15 non-members
Horace Silver, one of jazz music’s unsung heroes, turned 80 this year, celebrating nearly 6 decades of continuous performance, composition and arranging. His best-known compositions include Song For My Father, Doodlin’ and Sister Sadie. Diverse performers such as Nora Jones, Taj Mahal and Steely Dan cite Silver's strong influence on their own style and material.
A concert you don't want to miss!
The Message, formed by drummer James McRae, will present an entire evening of Silver’s evocative compositions, featuring arrangements by several different members of the group. In addition to McRae, the group is:
Phill Albert, acoustic bass, a graduate of the Jazz Music faculty at Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina);
Katelin Bowes, vocals also a VIU Jazz program graduate;
Cam Wigmore, tenor sax, has a strong background in jazz, funk, ska, swing, R & B and rock;
Greg Bush, trumpet, directs our own Georgia Straight Big Band and has performed in various big bands and jazz orchestras that have accompanied such artists as Bob Brookmeyer, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Konitz, Big Miller and Bobby Shew;
Dave McGrath, percussion, draws from the musical traditions of Africa, Cuba, and Latin America;
James McRae, drums, has been blessed to play music with Miles Black, Scott White, Phil Dwyer, Monik Nordine, Pat Coleman and many more;
Larry Miller, reeds, has long performance credits, appearing with Dal Richards, Phil Dwyer and Brad Turner, as well as recording and leading his own projects;
Darcy Phillips, piano, has toured and recorded with the Jann Arden band, and he also boasts award-winning soundtrack compositions.
Learn more about the concert and musicians >>
Sunday, November 2
7:30 pm
Elks Hall, 231 6th Streeet, Courtenay
Tickets - Availabe at Bop City and at the door.
$12 members, $15 non-members
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Don't forget, Sunday November 2 is also Telethon day in Courtenay. In support of the Comox Valley Child Development Association, this annual event is always great entertainment for a great cause. The Georgia Straight Big Band and Jazz Noir are featured starting at 12:00 noon on Sunday at the Old Church Theatre, 755 Harmston in Courtenay. Join us at the Theatre or watch - and donate - on Shaw Cable channel 4.
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.
- Nov 2 Sunday Concert - The Message - the music of Horace Silver
- Nov 6 Jazz Club - Streetlife
- Nov 13 Jazz Club - Velvet Swing
- Nov 20 Jazz Club - HS Band
- Nov 27 Jazz Club - Just in Time Vocal Jazz Choirs
- Nov 30 Sunday Concert - Barbara Blair
- Ongoing - Streetlife - Wednesday evenings, Zocalo Cafe
Schedule subject to change.
GSJS NEWS
New on the Society Web Site
Watch for a new feature on the GSJS web site. In the upper right hand corner of the home page you will see links to articles ("feeds") from a number of jazz site and blogs. A new one appears every 5 seconds. The sites are updated daily or weekly, so there will be new articles each time you visit our site. The feeds are from:
All About Jazz - probably the most comprehensive web site devoted to jazz
Jazz Wax - Marc Myers' daily blog about jazz 45s, jazz LPs, jazz CDs and jazz 78 rpms
Vocal Jazz Journal - a blog dedicated to the appreciation of Vocal Jazz and all its related genres
Night Lights - Night Lignts is a weekly one-hour radio program of classic jazz on WFIU Public Radio
Riff Tides - a blog out the Pacific Northwest about jazz and its place in society
Smooth Jazz Network - reviews and information about contemporary smooth jazz
Jazz CD Reviews - from the All About Jazz web site, reviews of new and old releases
There is a lot of jazz on these sites - check them out.
Memberships
Indiviual $15; Family $25; Student $5; Group/Corporate $100
Membership form available here >>
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