Concert Reviews

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  Jonah Yano Brought Fake Storms and Real Feelings to Montreal

  Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal QC, June 29

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023

  For years now, it seems like the Montreal International Jazz Festival has broadened the meaning of jazz, and opened the door to artists ope...

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  Léon Phal Brought Gallic Élan to Ottawa

  Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

  Sponsored by the French Embassy of Canada, Champagne native Léon Phal played the smaller Fourth Stage inside the National Arts Centre on We...

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  Mark Guiliana Brought the Precision and Punctuality

  Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

  Perhaps the most exclusive slot of the festival thus far, it was only with some effort that even the illustrious press were able to make th...

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  Borrowed Instruments and Soggy Skies Couldn't Keep the Mary Ancheta Quartet Down in Ottawa

  Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 26

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

  Battling less-than-great air quality and some frankly unpredictable weather at the festival's 6:30 pm main stage slot, we were greeted by t...

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  Little Animal! Showed Ottawa Their Weirdo-Jazz Bonafides

  Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 26

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023

  Mercifully tented, the OLG stage was the place to be on a stormy Monday night; shielding from the elements, incubating the jazz. The 7:30 s...

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  TEKE::TEKE Brought the After-Hours Party to Ottawa Jazz Fest

  Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 24

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2023

  TEKE::TEKE was the tip for day two of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Hot off the release of their second album Hagata, the Montreal-based...

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  Wednesday Won the Battle in Toronto

  Horseshoe Tavern, June 23

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2023

  "I can tell this is a cool, very special venue," Karly Hartzman told the crowd at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern on Friday night, having just t...

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  Feist Was Charismatic and Unpredictable in Ottawa

  Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 23

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2023

  Festival season has officially started here in Ottawa, with both its eponymous Jazz Festival and Escapade kicking off this weekend — the mu...