For a full listing, go to the Ottawa Jazz Scene website @ OttawaJazzScene.ca
THURSDAY DECEMBER 27 Kobo Town @ Mercury Town @ Mercury Lounge
FRIDAY DECEMBER 28 Jivewires @ Irene's
Bill Coon & Mark Alcorn @ Centretown Royal Oak
SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 Ray Montford solo guitar concert @ Gigspace
Mighty Popo @ Black Sheep Inn
Afrobeat Project @ Mercury Lounge
SUNDAY DECEMBER 30 Brian Downey @ Atomic Rooster
J W Jones @ Calabogie
Bill Coon & Tim Bedner @ Zen Kitchen
Scott Thomson, John Oswald & Jesse Stewart @ UMI Cafe
MONDAY DECEMBER 31 Sonia Ndongmo @ Chateau Laurier
THURSDAY JANUARY 3 Robert Farrell Band @ AG
FRIDAY JANUARY 4 Jan Jarvlepp @ Gigspace
Charley Gordon Trio @ Brookstreet Hotel
SUNDAY JANUARY 6 Tena Palmer @ UMI Cafe
FRIDAY JANUARY 11 Back-Talk Organ Trio @ Irene's
THURSDAY JANUARY 17 Jazzworks Jam @ Carleton Tavern
SATURDAY JANUARY 19 Roddy Ellias & Gene Bertoncini workshop @ Gigspace
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23 Cory Weeds Quartet @ NAC 4
FRIDAY JANUARY 25 Kim Kaskiw @ Knights of Columbus
SUNDAY JANUARY 27 Accordian Conspiracy @ UMI Cafe
THURSDAY JANUARY 31 Winter Jazz Festival with Scott Amendola, Michael Blake, Brian Browne,
TO SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2 Ernest Dawkins, John Escreet, Fred Hersch & Charlie Hunter.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 Elizabeth Shepherd @ NAC4
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 Hog Town All Stars @ The Cove
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16 Frank Lozano, Thom Gossage, Nicolas Trottier & John Geggie @ NAC4
Hog Town All Stars @ The Cove
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23 Roddy Ellias Ensemble @ Gigspace
John Hanson Quintet @ Cafe Michel Ange
Diana Krall @ NAC
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24 Garry Elliott @ St. Luke’s Church
Diana Krall @ NAC
SATURDAY MARCH 9 Roddy Ellias, Pierre Tanguay, David Braid & John Geggie @ NAC4
FRIDAY MARCH 15 Jack De Keyzer @ The Cove
SATURDAY MARCH 16 Jack De Keyzer @ The Cove
SATURDAY MARCH 23 Roddy Ellias solo @ Gigspace
FRIDAY APRIL 19 David Rotundo @ The Cove
SATURDAY APRIL 20 David Rotundo @ The Cove
SATURDAY MAY 25 Tara Davidson, Tim Bedner, William Carn, Jim Doxas & John Geggie @ NAC4
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.
