GUELPH:
Guelph Jazz Festival September 5-9, with Abdullah Ibrahim, Fred Frith, Reggie Workman, Gerry Hemingway, Matthew Shipp, Myra Melford, Peter Brotzmann, Francois Houle & Darius Jones.
MONTREAL:
L’Astral: Nils Petter Molvaer September 6 & 7.
Elisabeth Kontomanou & Geri Allen September 8. Bob Walsh September 28.
Dawn Tyler Watson & Pail Deslauriers October 17. Erik Truffaz October 25.
Marc Copland & Gary Peacock October 26.Django Reinhardt All stars November 21 & 22. Emilie-Claire Barlow November 23.
Carol Welsman November 30.
Le Cagibi: Lori Freedman September 4.
Casa del Popolo: 4 groups September 1. Rob Mazurek September 11.
Diese Onze:
L’Envers: Dana Reason, Lori Freedman, John Heward August 30.
Maison du Jazz:
Maison Symphonique: Chick Corea & Gary Burton October 13.
La Sala Rossa: John Cage concert September 5.
Matthew Shipp & Darius Jones September 9. Fond of Tigers September 10.
Upstairs: Off The Hook August 30, Vivienne Dean August 31,
Jeff Johnston Trio September 1.
N.Y.C.
Clemente Soto Velez: Avant-garde jazz every Monday.
Cornelia Street Café: Jane Ira Bloom September 2.
Downtown Music Gallery: In-store concerts Sunday @ 6:00pm. September 2, September 16, September 23, September 30, October 7, October 14,
October 21, October 28.
Iridium: Joe McPhee September 11.
Roulette:
St. Peter’s Church: Vanguard Orchestra October 7.
Symphony Space: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra November 2 & 3.
The Stone: Kristin Norderval & Neil Rolnick August 29.
Nancy Beckman & Tom Buckley August 30.
Stuart & Loren Dempster August 31. Gelsey Bell September 1.
Music in Children’s Magical Garden on Sundays:
Starts September 9. Info@visionfestival.org.
TORONTO:
Arraymusic: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra on last Friday of each month.
Gallery 345: Vicky Chow September 3.
Dana Reason & John Heward September 4. Brian Dickenson September 6.
Music Gallery: Intersection September 2.
Old Mill Inn: David Warrack August 31. Bernie Senensky September 1.
Hilario Duran September 7. Brian Barlow September 8.
Heather Bambrick September 13. Melissa Stylianou September 14.
Don Vickery September 15. Joe Sealy September 20.
Carol McCartney September 21. Bruce Cassidy September 22.
Rex:
Royal Conservatory: Chick Corea & Gary Burton December 5.
Somewhere There: Patrick O’Reilly’s Wire Circus August 29.
Claude Witmann August 30. Anthony/Small/Tielli August 31.
Heather Segger & Ken Aldcroft September 2.
Roberta Bruton September 5. Haram & Fond of Tigers September 6.
Tranzac: Monk’s Music on the 1st and 3rd Sunday. Lina Allemano Four on 2nd Sunday of each month.
Bill Coleman, 1904-1981
About Me
- Ron Sweetman
- Ron Sweetman has been an activist for jazz and blues since arriving in Canada in 1969. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982. He has hosted his weekly jazz and blues radio show “In A Mellow Tone” on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. In his spare time, Ron is a management consultant.
