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Upcoming Highlights
At 8:30pm On Tuesday, August 24th, I'll be playing an organ trio gig at the Jazz Cellar. Should be a fun night!
On Saturday September 18th, I'll be leading a quartet playing the music of Larry Young, including all of the landmark album "Unity". Other musicians on the gig are Brad Turner, trumpet; Chris Gestrin, B3 organ; and Julian MacDonough, drums. The gig is from 8:30pm-midnight at the Jazz Cellar.
On Sunday September 19th, I'll be leading a quartet playing the music of Larry Young, including all of the landmark album "Unity". Other musicians on the gig are Brad Turner, trumpet; Chris Gestrin, B3 organ; and Julian MacDonough, drums. The gig is from 8:30pm-midnight at the Jazz Cellar.
Saturday, July 3rd I played with Kate Hammett-Vaughan's great quintet as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival on the Performance Works stage. The other band members included Andre Lachance (bass), Chris Gestrin (piano), and Tom Foster (drums).
On Saturday, June 26th I played with UGETSU as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival at the Gastown Steamclock stage. It was a fun gig with lots of people! Bernie Arai (drums), Andre Lachance (bass), Ross Taggart (piano), Brad Turner (trumpet), Rod Murray (trombone)
On Friday, June 25th, I played with Daryl Jahnke's quartet as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The other band members included Chris Gestrin (keys) and Bernie Arai (drums).
Friday, May 14th I did a gig at the Jazz Cellar with Sharon Minemoto's quartet. Fresh back from NYC, we played new original compositions inspired by her trip. We were accompanied by Paul Rushka on bass and Bernie Arai on drums.
On Apr 15, CBC broadcasted a recent gig I played on with the Peggy Lee Band. It was at UBC as a part of their Noon Hour concert series and was aired on CBC's program “The Signal.” The music and pics are available on “Concerts on Demand” by clicking here.
On March 31st, I played with Bernie Arai's Out of the Afternoon Quartet. A Tribute to Roy Haynes, we performed compositions and arrangements linked to the legendary career of master drummer Roy “Snap Crackle Pop” Haynes. Bernie Arai, drums; Brad Turner, piano; Tommy Babin, bass.
This was a fun gig playing standards with Sharon Minemoto and Russ Botten at O'Doul's on Robson on March 18th.
On March 12th and 13th, I had a ton of fun playing with Brad Turner's Black Codes Quintet at the Jazz Cellar. We played all of the music from Wynton Marsalis' classic jazz album Black Codes from the Underground. Special thanks to Brad Turner, Sean Drabitt, Miles Black, and Jesse Cahill for their amazing and inspiring playing!
UGETSU played a set at Club 2010 at Performance Works on Granville island as part of the Cultural Olympiad. It was a double bill with the fantastic Jodi Proznick Quartet.
UGETSU played a short set at Richmond's Olympic “O Zone” venue. Click on the “Recent Gigs” menu at the top of this page to check out more pics.
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08/24/10- B3 Beatdown @ Jazz Cellar
