Amanda Tosoff Quartet
The Georgia Straight Jazz Society is proud to host the
Amanda Tosoff Quartet
Sunday September 19, 7:30 pm
Elks Home, 6th Street, Coutenay
The Show begins at 7:30 and the seating is limited in this intimate comfortable setting.
Tickets:
$12 GSJS members
$16 non-members
available at Bop City, Thursday evening Jazz Club at the Elks, and at the door
- Amanda Tosoff - piano
- Evan Arntzen - saxes
- Sean Cronin - bass
- Morgan Childs - drums.
Jazz pianist/composer Amanda Tosoff and her quartet have been steadily gaining critical acclaim since the release of their debut album Still Life (Cellar Live 2006). Their unique and mature sound as band has captured the ears of audiences around the world. With Evan Arnzten on saxes, Sean Cronin on bass and Morgan Childs on drums, Tosoff has opened for jazz legends Bobby Hutcherson, Renee Rosnes and Oliver Jones, and has performed with guests such as Ingrid Jensen, Brad Turner and Phil Dwyer. The group has recorded for CBC Radio programs Hot Air, Jazz Beat and Canada Live. Recently, they were chosen as one of seven Canadian bands to be featured on Espace Musique’s live concert series Portraits Jazz.
In 2008, the Amanda Tosoff quartet released their second album Wait and See featuring Juno award-winning trumpeter, Brad Turner. The record has garnered positive reviews and continues to be featured on radio stations around the world, including the US where Wait and See charted amoung the top 50 records on the jazz week
charts.
Tosoff’s group has been the recipient of several awards, including the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award for best emerging artist in 2007. In the summer of 2009, the quartet was chosen out of ten nominees as the winner of the General Motors Grand Prix de Jazz at the Montréal Jazz Festival. They also were awarded full scholarship to attend the Banff Centre Winter Workshop in 2010.
"...Tosoff shows great promise: as a composer, leader, and performer...Her quartet swings with a genuine spirit, and she interprets clearly with a crisp motion. .. she brings the piano into full view through her calm demeanor and complete confidence."
Jim Santella (Cadence Magazine)
“Tosoff shows a remarkable grasp of the art of the song.”
Raul d'Gama Rose, (Allaboutjazz.com)
"They prove that jazz is in very good hands indeed!"
Paul Grant (CBC Radio's "Hot Air")
