BASSMENT
LINE-UP May 2004
All events start at
(unless stated otherwise)
* Jazz Nights are now non-smoking evenings *
| wednesday
April
28th top |
Slide,Squeeze
and Strum |
| The
Saskatoon Jazz Society is excited to present Slide, Squeeze
and Strum featuring slide guitarist Steve Dawson, guitarist
Don Rooke and accordion player Geoff Berner.
Vancouver based Dawson is an accomplished guitarist producer
and songwriter. He was a member of the Juno award winning
duo, Zubot and Dawson. Berner, also a fixture on the Vancouver
music scene mixes folk, punk and klezmer into a musical stew.
Rooke, a Toronto based guitarist, broke onto the national
music scene with his band, The Henrys. His main instrument
is the kona, a 1920s acoustic Hawaiian guitar. His new solo
disc, Atlas Travel was named one of the top discs of the year
by Georgia Straight magazine.
A Saskatoon acoustic duo will open the show. |
| saturday
April
30th top |
Five
Star Homeless with Echolalia
($5) |
Recognizing
the popularity of down home music, as evidenced by our St Patrick’s
Day Fiddle Fest, The SJS ventures again beyond our traditional
borders with two highly recommended local configurations: Five
Star Homeless and Echolalia
Quoting from their website Saskatoon’s Five Star Homeless
is an aggressive “roots a’ billy” quintet
known to make audiences bounce like laundry, jig like trout
fisherman and stomp like ferocious homebrewers.
“Leaders in the fields of cousin kissin’ and trailer
trashin’, Five Star Homeless marches alone over the skeletal
remains of popular music. Home-grown original material and farm
fresh antics will leave you, the listener, feeling delightfully
steeped in the very prairie sunshine that parched the lips of
plenty of pioneers.”
Opening the show are Adrian Chappell and Stephanie Cameron,
known on stage as Echolalia. Accompanying themselves on classical
violin and guitar, their influences and style runs from the
venerable Joni Mitchell to the angst of Miss C. Love. |
| saturday
May
1 top |
Mike
Splindloe |
| Ex-Saskatonian
Mike Spindloe, now living and playing in Vancouver, returns
to The Bassment for his first Saskatoon gig since last May.
For the last year, Mike has been engaged in the study of improvisation
and has been playing with several groups in Vancouver, including
a jazz trio,small-group swing music, a jazz orchestra and
a Latin band. He'll be joined at The Bassment by Unity Ensemble
stalwarts Clay Jarvis on guitar, Andy Clapson on drums and
other guests. The evening will feature a number of classic
"freejazzrockfusion" Unity Ensemble pieces as well
as unique interpretations of some jazz standards which the
group will be presenting for the first time. Expect a high-energy
show with some surprises! |
| sunday
May
2 top |
Sunday
Afternoon Jazz 2 p.m. |
| Sunday
afternoon jazz. We are pleased to present Miss Pat Steel,
one of Canada’s finest vocalists, in a rare appearance
at the Bassment. Accompanying Pat will be pianist Bob Moyer
and saxophonist Bob Klassen, with drummer Darcy McMillan,
and introducing bassist Elke Mau, at her first appearance
at the Bassment. Look forward to 2 hours of some of t he greatest
jazz hits of the last 60 years. . |
| saturday
May 8th top |
Johnny
Summers Quartet ($12 & $15) |
Genuine,
passionate, innovative; that in a nutshell describes Calgary’s
youngest and most rapidly accelerating jazz musician, Johnny
Summers. Hailed as Calgary’s poster boy for jazz, the
25 year old trumpeter, flugelhornist, and vocalist is progressing
at a relentless pace, having released his second album entitled
Walk Through the Park in May of 2003. Summers holds a Bachelor
of Music in Jazz Studies degree from the University of Calgary,
where he graduated in 1999. Since then, he has continued to
expand his musical horizons through performing, composing, and
arranging.
With an outstanding quartet, Summers’ has taken his music
and career to a new level. The four have a great chemistry and
sense of humour about them, allowing them to connect with their
audiences and deliver a phenomenal show in a live concert setting.
Summers’ is well known for his ability to make an audience
laugh, cry, and dance all in one night, often presenting personal
anecdotes, jokes, and surprises.
Summers has traveled from Vancouver to Hawaii, Los Angeles to
New Orleans, Britain to Spain and has played with many outstanding
musicians. At this pace, keeping up with Summers’ may
prove to be a challenge; he has a growing and loyal audience
and his dynamic trumpet style and intense lyrical approach give
every song great energy. Summers' repertoire spans the jazz
idiom from early Traditional Jazz to Be-Bop, Modern to New Orleans
Funk, to Second Line Music and a whole lot more. |
| saturday
May
15th top |
RANDY
BACHMAN 'Jazz Thing Live"
Doors 8:00 pm show 9:00 pm - Tickets $32.00 |
| Roy
Sydiaha shares drum set, vibes and conga duties with Brett
Balon at this Bassment performance.The two percussionists
are joined by Warren Hay on bass and Stephen Scharfstein on
piano, playing standards and lots of latin tunes. Vocalist
Gillian Snider will drop in to lend her voice to some not-often-sung
jazz tunes, such as Joy Spring and Oleo. And is that The Girl
From Ipanema in 7/4? |
| friday
May
28th top |
Junction
40 Special $5 ticket price |
|
The
sounds of rural Saskatchewan can be heard again at The Bassment
in performance by the acoustic trio, Junction 40. Dave Barber,
Lucas Welsh and Matthew Gruza bring a host of old time instrumentation
-- mandolin, guitar, dobro, banjo, bass and fiddle -- to their
sound. The styles range from traditional bluegrass to swing
to acoustic versions of contemporary songs. Together or individually
these talented players are sought out by other members of
the music community to add their particular substance. |
| saturday
May
29th top |
Saskatoon
Jazz Society Gala Fundraiser
“Wired for Sound” Tickets $20
featuring SJS Big Band,
Randy McMahon Trio and...
Bob Klassen, Grant Currie & friends |
|
Great
night of jazz, friends and memories to celebrate the Saskatoon
Jazz Society’s 25th Season
Doors open 7:30pm Entertainment starts at 8pm
The SJS annual fundraiser will focus on raising $$$ for and
upgrade to the current sound system. |
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