40th anniversary edition of the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is cancelled
Ottawa (Monday, April 6, 2020) – Subsequent to this morning’s release announcing continued exploration of our options with respect to Jazz 2020, The City of Ottawa just announced that it is extending “its closures of City facilities, services, and public gatherings until June 30th.” – CTV.ca. The ordinance forbids gatherings in groups until further notice. […]
Keeping Up With Jones at Jazzfest
Say an airplane carrying a large polar bear were flying above the Nation’s Capital and, say, just say, said polar bear’s carrier were to jangle loose in a bad patch of turbulence that also opened the security hatch whooshing the bewildered bear out and sending it buffeting through the clouds. Now say, and we’re just […]
CONTEST: 2019 TD OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL sets it’s focus on the Women In Music
NORAH JONES ● CHICAGO ● JUDITH HILL ● THE ROOTS ●OMARA PORTUONDO ● BRAD MEHLDAU ● TERRI LYNNE CARRINGTON and LEE FIELDS TO HEADLINE THE 39th ANNUAL TD OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL
A Funkified Trance Trip with Herbie Hancock
The sweat rolled down my back like a rainstorm on a window pane. Hot town, summer in the city alright and this heat wave was only getting hotter with a two hour jazz funk fusion trip lead by the legendary Herbie Hancock. This is how you want to close out your TD Ottawa Jazz Fest, […]
3 Shows Sure to Get TD Ottawa Jazz Fest’s Late Night Tent a’Jumpin’
When you think of late night hour jazz, those wee small hours of the morning, most conjure up images of slow, smooth, sleepy horns and the crooning of Ella or Billie or maybe some ol’ Blue Eyes. When it comes ‘round midnight at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, however, you best trade your droopy eyes […]
Ottawa’s Jazzer Endurance Course is Back for Another 24-Hour Jazz Ramble
(Cover Photo – Cynthia Tauro by Andre Gagne) To some, the greatest test of endurance is the Cape Epic, a gruelling eight day, 70 km trek through South Africa that’s referred to as the Tour de France of mountain biking. Then there’s Badwater, a non-stop 135-mile run through some of the most scorching hot places on the planet. Racers […]
2018 Ottawa Jazz Festival lineup announced!
An astounding array of superlative artists to perform at 2018 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
Charles Bradley Funks up the Ottawa Jazzfest
Bradley is an American funk/soul/R&B singer who was the subject of the documentary Soul of America that premiered at the South by Southwest festival in 2012. He was a James Brown impersonator since the age of 14 and then decided, in his sixties, that he was going to “do Charles Bradley instead”.
Kenny Rogers leaves cards on table at Ottawa Jazz Fest
It’s been about 20 years since I last saw Kenny Rogers, a lot has changed since then. Kenny was at the middle of an incredible career and I was at the very beginning of figuring out my own.
Serena Ryder gives stellar performance at Ottawa Jazz Fest
I first discovered six time Juno Award winner Serena Ryder a couple of years ago when I heard a live concert broadcast on CBC radio. I liked it. She had a different sound than a lot of newer artists. When she was booked to play Kingston a short time after, I bought tickets to attend. […]