Three Thursdays of Jazz

presented by CFRU 93.3 FM and the Guelph Jazz Festival

Thursday 1

Eric Chenaux + Double Suicide

Thursday, May 15, 2008, 10 PM

Eric Chenaux plays guitars, ballads, electronics and tunes as an improviser and songwriter with an affection for balladeers like Betty Carter, Willie Nelson, Sade, Archie Shepp and Carla Bley. Chenaux plays with, and writes tunes for, the jazz quintet Drumheller and has written music for arraymusic ensemble, neither/nor ensemble and the CBC program Brave New Waves. Currently, he collaborates with improvising dancer, Aimée Dawn Robinson and the two recently performed and taught together in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eric Chenaux's new album is entitled, Sloppy Ground and will be released on May 20th on Constellation Records. More: www.myspace.com/ericchenaux .
 

Ryan Driver and Sandro Perri are Double Suicide; a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in some very beautiful songs. In interviews they are as dark and inscrutable as the black monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. But in concert they are as colourful and hypnotic as the psychedelic ending of that very same movie.

$6 with non-perishable food item / $8 without

Tickets available in advance at The Bookshelf and Daydream Nation (Guelph) and Orange Monkey (Waterloo), or at the door. The e-bar is All-ages / Licenced.

Thursday 2

Torngat and Jesse Stewart

Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10 PM

Torngat is a Montreal instrumental trio made up of drums, keyboards and French horn. They perform music that could be contrued as post rock, with a strong cinematic quality, but is less dark and melancholic than is typical from the genre. How about: chamber pop? The band delivers uplifting melodies and childlike fantasy passages, yet still manage to infuse their songs with emotional weight. Their music invokes similar visions to those of Tom Waits, early Penguin Orchestra and fellow Canadian songsmith Patrick Watson. They’ll be joined tonight by Guelph’s own Jesse Stewart – drummer and frequent Guelph Jazz Festival performer. More: www.torngat.ca .

“Montreal’s Torngat are a three-piece outfit that employs French horn, melodion, xylophone, Wurlitzer, analog synth, drums and trumpet to create music to truly lose yourself in. Nothing is forced, the timing is perfect and the melodies are complex. Torngat reminds us why digital loops of the same instruments will never sound as musical as the real, analog, deal.” – Stuart Trew, Ottawa Express

$6 with non-perishable food item / $8 without

Tickets available in advance at The Bookshelf and Daydream Nation (Guelph) and Orange Monkey (Waterloo), or at the door. The e-bar is All-ages / Licenced.  

Thursday 3

Feuermusik (CD Release) – John Coltrane's Ascension

Thursday, July 17, 2008, 10 PM

Feuermusik (pronounced FOY-er-mu-zik) is Jeremy Strachan (woodwinds) and Gus Weinkauf (percussion). This Toronto-based duo has been writing and performing since 2004. Their music may inaccurately be described as experimental or jazz or experimental jazz. Their first record, Goodbye, Lucille (2006, independent) features nine arrangements for various woodwind ensembles and percussion, and is an extension of their live performances as a duo. Both Strachan and Weinkauf have been active as musicians in the Toronto area for the last decade, and count amongst their greatest influences the talented and inspiring musicians with whom they have played over the years. More: www.feuermusik.ca.

“ ... an impressively unique vision and a sound light years removed from anything else they or their contemporaries have attempted.” – NOW Magazine

$6 with non-perishable food item / $8 without

Tickets available in advance at The Bookshelf and Daydream Nation (Guelph) and Orange Monkey (Waterloo), or at the door. The e-bar is All-ages / Licenced.