Saturday, February 5 – Doug Boomhower (Saskatoon)
It¹s always a great night at the Bassment when this group of local legends gets together. Doug Boomhower has become well-known internationally for his visual art featuring jazz musicians, and is equally talented as a guitarist. He¹s joined by longtime collaborator Skip Kutz on bass and multi-keyboard stylings of Rod Salloum. The repertoire features the music of the great Django Reinhardt in addition to many other favourites of Doug’s. It’s always packed when Doug and Skip make a Bassment appearance, so come early, and stay late!

Saturday, February 12 – Solar Rio (Saskatoon)
Warm up your winter and celebrate Carnival with the exotic sounds of Solar Rio. This local quartet plays authentic bossa nova and samba with a smooth jazz flair. Led by Brazilian expatriate K.K. Nogueira on guitar and vocals, the band also includes well-known local players Sheldon Corbett on tenor and soprano saxophone and piano, Bruce Wilkinson on bass and Darce McMillan on drums.

Sunday, February 13 – “Jazz in the Afternoon”
Happy Ballantyne’s Day Fred Ballantyne (Saskatoon)
A perennial favourite, pianist Ballantyne leads a quartet in a night of standards and blues. Joining Fred are a group of veteran players: Saskatoon’s Skip Kutz on bass, drummer Bill Watson and trumpet by Paul Newton. When musicians of this calibre cut loose, the joint will surely be jumpin’!

Saturday, February 19 – Zydegogo
Everybody get your dancing shoes on and Le Bon Ton Roulette with Saskatchewans finest zydeco party band featuring Don Griffith on spicy cajun accordian.

Saturday, February 26 – JazzBarrie Jam
Barrie Redford has been featured with the Bob Moyer Big Band, Mart Kenny and his Western Gentlemen, Red Skelton Orchestra, Bob Hope Orchestra, Frank Mills Orchestra as a lead player and a soloist. He has also appeared at the Sask. Tel. Saskatchewan Jazz Festival as a soloist with various groups and with his own big band. He has recorded for CBC Gallery with his group (JazzBarrie Jam Dixieland Band) and just this fall as the lead player for the All-Star Clinician Big Band at the Cottonwood Jazz Festival.
Barrie leads an impressive collection of Saskatchewan musicians including Fred Ballantyne, piano; Rick Lett, tuba/bass; Don Tatchell, drums; Rex Rathgaber, trombones; Brian Morgan and Sheldon Corbett, saxes on a romp through various dixieland classics.
This evening will drive away with winter blahs.

Saskatoon Blues Society Presents Winter Meltdown Blues Festival “Acoustic Blues”
Friday, March 4 Don Griffith, Morgan Davis Saturday,
March 5 Fruteland Jackson ‘Come on in my Kitchen’ - A trio featuring Brent Parkin

Saturday, March 12 – Don Watson Memorial Octet (Saskatoon)
The late Don Watson was one of the city’s finest musicians, and fortunately he left us a lasting legacy of an outstanding library of arrangements for jazz octet. This group carries on his tradition with an evening of classic music, served up by some of our best local players. The mini-big-band sound is outstanding, presenting both Don’s originals and timeless standards with an approach that leaves no doubt that this music will be around for a long long time. The personnel includes some of the city’s finest: Leader Bob Klassen on tenor saxophone is joined by Graeme Steen on alto saxophone, Barrie Redford on trombone, Paul Newton on trumpet, Doug Gilmour on bass, Sheldon Corbett on piano and Darce McMillan on drums, with vocals by Grant Currie. The evening will feature a special presentation of Don’s salute to jazz musicians which was commissioned by the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival. This rarely performed piece pays tribute to the greats of jazz from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis.

Saturday, March 19 – U of S Jazz Ensemble (Saskatoon)
The University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble is pleased to be performing again at the Bassment. This concert will feature many of the ensemble’s soloists with repertoire spanning the classic and contemporary big band idioms. This is your opportunity to hear a new crop of musicians from the University’s music department. These shows tend to pack The Bassment so get to the club room early.