Toronto-based acoustic jazz trio The Sweet Hots features JUNO-nominated vocalist and Canada’s “Sweetheart of Swing” Alex Pangman, Grammy-nominated violinist Drew Jurecka, and guitar virtuoso Nathan Hiltz. This combo is deeply influenced by the “hot” jazz sounds of the ... [Continue reading →]

B.C.-raised, Toronto-based pianist, composer and educator Amanda Tosoff has six albums to her credit. As a bandleader and side-woman, she has performed widely and earned numerous accolades, including the Montréal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz and a ... [Continue reading →]

Award-winning Hungarian-born, Toronto-raised pianist, composer, arranger and producer Attila Fias is highly regarded for his ability to synthesize Brazilian lilt and rhythm, Indian phrasing, Hungarian melodies and Latin intensity into one, distinct musical flavour. Attila has recorded three ... [Continue reading →]

Caity Gyorgy (pronounced “George”) is an award-winning vocalist, composer and lyricist known for singing bebop and swing music. Caity has performed across Canada and recorded with Allison Au, Pat LaBarbera, Jocelyn Gould, Don Thompson and Christine Jensen. Her ... [Continue reading →]

Carlo is an old friend. You’ve known them since you can’t remember when. You’re not sure when you stopped seeing them regularly, but now that you’re reunited, it’s like no time has passed. You understand the great ifs, ... [Continue reading →]

The Carn Davidson 9 started in 2010 as a collaboration between two JUNO-winning artists, trombonist William Carn and saxophonist Tara Davidson. This nine-piece, chordless ensemble uses its seven horns as melodic, harmonic and rhythmic devices, anchored by bass ... [Continue reading →]

CR Avery is an elusive and creative force! “... riveting & rewarding” – Lonesome Highway Magazine. “... a cultural magpie who’s impossible to pigeon-hole” – Net Rhythm Magazine. “... Imagine if Neil Young was inspired by hip-hop” – ... [Continue reading →]

Hungarian-born Debi Botos's heritage and strongly musical family inspired her to develop into a skilled, self-taught Gypsy jazz guitarist, exploring and honouring the style that defined the sounds of pioneer Django Reinhardt. She divides her time teaching at Django ... [Continue reading →]

Emily Steinwall is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist from Toronto, just named winner of SOCAN's 2022 Songwriting Prize following the release last year of her debut, self-produced album, Welcome to the Garden. Performing and touring professionally from her teen years, ... [Continue reading →]

Born in Montreal, Eric St-Laurent studied improvisation in New York City before moving to Berlin, where he worked for a decade as a sideman to big and small names of the European music world. Moving to Toronto, Eric ... [Continue reading →]

After years of touring together, Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti have teamed up to create ES:MO – a musical duo focused on genre-less creativity and exploration. Their album, The Weight of Hope, was nominated for the 2022 JUNO ... [Continue reading →]

Guitarist KC Roberts and vocalist Genevieve Marentette are established Toronto musicians whose long friendship and mutual passion for music electrify their performances. KC can lay down a groove like nobody’s business, and Gigi’s transcendent vocals are indescribable. Drummer/percussionist ... [Continue reading →]

Peruvian-born songstress Irene Torres is a versatile storyteller. She has been part of the Latin, flamenco, fusion ensemble Santerias and the original blues and soul group Irene Torres & The Sugar Devils. In her new solo album, she ... [Continue reading →]

Impassioned and scrappy, rockin’ and so very groovous, Jake Chisholm finds fire with his voice, his guitar, and his “true swagger brothers in electrified cahoots” – Darcy Yates on bass, Jimmy Bowskill on stringed instruments and Ian Mckeown ... [Continue reading →]

Master of Ceremonies, Millennium Bandstand“The TD Markham Jazz Festival continues to be my favourite jazz festival in Ontario, and I’m thrilled to be back as emcee for the 13th year.” Artist, bandleader, writer, broadcaster and director Jaymz Bee celebrates ... [Continue reading →]

Jessica Lalonde is a classically trained soprano who shifted from opera studies to her first love, jazz, and by 2018 was named one of Jazz.FM91’s “eight Canadian women in jazz you need to know.” She partners with two-time ... [Continue reading →]

Manteca have been a pan-cultural mash-up since their Toronto debut in 1979. Drawing on musical influences throughout the Americas, this nine-artist collective, founded by percussionist Matt Zimbel, has been an international innovator in creating original music composed and ... [Continue reading →]

Described as evoking, "the aura of dark, smoky nightclubs of a bygone era," Molly's voice conveys depth few vocalists in any genre ever reach. Like the woman behind it, it is filled with humor, joy, surprise, sassiness and, ... [Continue reading →]

Like many jazz/R&B artists, this Toronto-based powerhouse cut her teeth on the church pews. Melding soul, R&B, gospel and jazz, Queen Pepper has graced many stages, including ours. She has sung with the Toronto Mass Choir, backed by ... [Continue reading →]

Richard Whiteman is a multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto, classically trained in piano and drawn to jazz while in high school. From university, Richard went on to play piano with Canada’s best before deciding in 2004 to study the ... [Continue reading →]