Sunday August 18
Millenium Bandstand Stage
4:00 pm

At its best, jazz is not safe. Jazz takes chances. Jazz struggles to give rise to new sounds and genres. Disaster Pony is a band that combines jazz with electronic dance music. It is led by Gordon Hyland, a saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Toronto. With primary collaborators Adam Hindle (percussion) and Ian Docherty (guitar, engineering) he made an experimental, danceable saxophone record in 2021 that forms the basis of the eight-piece band’s performance. The music is groove-focused and – above all – beautiful.