Friday, June 22, 2012
2012 Toronto Jazz Festival, June 22-July 1
The 26th Annual TD Toronto Jazz Festival kicks off tonight at Nathan Phillips Square. The 26-year-old chanteuse Janelle Monáe headlines the show, with Roman GianArthur as opening act.
Higlights from the festival include Natalie Cole, Bill Frisell, Esperanza Spalding, Ziggy Marley, Roy Hargrove's RH Factor, Norman Marshall Villeneuve's Jazz Message Quartet and Peter Appleyard.
There will be free concerts at Nathan Phillips Square every day at 5pm. There will also be a free concert series at Shops at Don Mills (1090 Don Mills Road at Lawrence Ave. East). There are many other free events throughout the festival.
One of North America's premier jazz festivals, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival attracts over 500,000 loyal patrons and features more than 350 performances with over 1,500 musicians performing at approximately 40 locations around Toronto.
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Artists
5 After 4
Alex Coleman Trio
Alex Dean
Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats
Alex Samaras
Alex St. Kitts & The Astrodroids
Alexis Baro
Ali Garrison
Alistair Christl
Alithea Cameron
Allsax 4tet
Alysha & The Brilltones
Andrew Scott
Andrew Valentine
Angelika Niescier Quartet
Arecibo
Arlene Paculan
Artie Roth
Ascencion
Aslan Gotov
Bad Plus
Bartek Kozminski
Becca Stevens
Ben Monder
Benny Green
Benoit Delbecq
Berklee College of Music: Mario Castro Quintet
Bettye LaVette
Beverly Taft
Beverly Taft's Bossa Nova Project
Big Band Slam
Big Rude Jake
Bilal Oliver
Bill Frisell
Bill King
Bill McBirnie & Louis Simao
Billy Hart
Blackburn
Blakeley Walker Trio
Bossa Tres
Bourbon Street Band
Boxcar Boys
Bradley and the Bouncers
Breach Trio
Brenda Carol & ClaireVoyance
Brian Barlow Big Band
Brian Barlow Quartet
Brian Cober
Brian Katz
Brian Rose Little Big Band
Broadview
Brooke Blackburn
Brownman
Brownman & Cruzao
Brownman Akoustic Trio
Brownman Electryc Trio
Bruce Cassidy's Hotfoot Orchestra Quartet
Bruno's Blues - Theatrical Release
Busker Bros.
Byron Stripling
Cafe Cubano
Canadian Jazz Quartet
Carl Bray
Carlo Berardinucci Band
Carmen Spada Trio
Carn Davidson 9
Cathedral Choir of St. James
Caution Jam
Cece Pastor
Chantal Aston
Chase Sanborn
Cheshire Cats
Chicken Salad
Chloe Watkinson & The Tall Grass
Chris Chekan's Triptych
Chris Donnelly
City Soul Jazz & Blues
Clayton Doley
Climax Jazz Band
Club Django Sextet of Toronto
Coleman Tinsley Jazz Band
Colleen Allen
Combo Royale
Countermeasure
Crusader Rabbit
Cuban Salsa Orchestra
Dallas Sutherland
Daniel Gagnon
Danny Marks
Dave Restivo
Dave Young
Dave Young Quartet
David Braid
David Braid Sextet
David Mott & Rob Clutton
David Occhipinti
Debbie Fleming
Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis
Denielle Bassels Quintet
Denielle Bassels Quintet
Denise Leslie Jazz Band
Destroyer
Diana Salvatore
Diane Stapley
DJ Agile
DJ Lolita
Don Francks
Don Thompson's George Shearing Tribute Quintet
Donna Grantis Electric Band
Donne Roberts
Dreadful Starlings
Duncan Hopkins
Ed Vokurka Jazz Violin Ensemble
Eddie & The Professor
Eddie Bullen
Elena Kapeleris
Eliana Cuevas
Elizabeth Martins Jazz Band
Emilie-Claire Barlow
Eric St-Laurent Trio
Ernesto Cervini
Ernie Tollar
Errunriv
Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society
Evaristo Machado Trio
Excelsior Traditional Dixieland Jazz
Farrell Cats
Fern Lindzon
Francois Houle 5
Frank Bischun
Frank Botos Group
Frankie Foo
Fraser Fitfield
Freeway Dixieland Septet
Funk Junkies
Genevieve Marentette
Geoff Keezer
Geoff Young
George Benson
Golden Girlz
Gord Sheard's Brazilian Jazz Experience
Gosia's Jazz Band
Great Bob Scott
Gretchen Parlato
Griffith/Hiltz Trio
Groove Corporation
GTA Big Band
Hanna Burge
Havana Jazz Trio
Heather Bambrick
Hiromi: The Trio Project
Hobson's Choice
Hogtown Syncopators
Hot Five Jazzmakers
Hotland Trio
Houston Person
Humber Community Music School Student Ensemble
Ian McDougall
Idioteque
Ig Henneman Sextet
Jackie Richardson
Jaffa Road
Jake Wilkinson
Jake Wilkinson Quartet
Jane Bunnett
Janelle Monae
Jay Douglas And The All Stars
Jazz for the Teach
Jazz Karaoke
Jazz Response Unit
JAZZ.FM91 Youth Band
Jeff King's Catalyst
Jeremy Pelt Quintet
Jesse Barksdale
Jessica Molaskey
Jill Peacock
Jim Galloway
Jim Heineman Trio
Jim Vivian
Joan Osborne
Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo
Joe Mavety
Joel Hartt
Joel Miller Quartet
John Campbell
John MacLeod
John MacLeod's Rex Hotel Orchestra
John Medeski
John Pizzarelli Quartet
John-Wayne
Jorge Gavidia Blues
Jorge Gavidia Latin Band
Jorge Lopez Trio
Jorge Maza & Tipica Toronto
Joshua Redman
Jozsef Botos Trio
Julian Fauth Blues Band
Julie Michels & Kevin Barrett
June Harris
Justin Bacchus
Karl Jannuska "The Halfway Tree" featuring Sienna Dahlen
Karrin Allyson
KC Roberts & The Live Revolution
Ken Peplowski
Ken Skinner
Key N Krates
Kim Richardson
Kneebody
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Kye Marshall & Andy Scott
Kyle McGyle's "What's This?"
Kyojin Koo Electric Jazz Quartet
L'Orkestre Des Pas Perdus
Lady Kane
Laila Biali
Lara Solnicki
Lara Solnicki, Brian Katz & George Koller
Latinada Trio
Laura Fernandez
Laura Hubert
Lauren Margison
Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Lesley Young
Lester McLean
Life Blown Open
Lisa Particelli's Girls Night Out
Lisa Particelli's GNO Jazz All-Star Vocal Showcase
Locarno
Lonesome Ace Band
Lord Bubba's Nu-Jazz Project
Lorne Lofsky & Kieran Overs
Lorne Lofsky Trio
Los Amigos Invisibles
Luanda Jones
Luisito Orbegoso & Moda Eterna
Luke Vajsar
Madagascar Slim
Marcius Extavour Trio
Marcus Walker Quartet
Margaret Stowe Trio
Margot Roi
Mario Munoz
Mario Romano Quartet
Mark Kieswetter
Mark Rainey
Mary McKay
Matt Andersen
Matt Morgan & The Back Up Plan
Meech
Mehdi Rezania
Melissa Boyce Jazz & Blues Band
Melissa V Band
Michele Lawrence Trio
Mike Field
Mike Francis
Mike Janzen
Mike Murley
Mike Murley Septet
Mike Stern
Miz Debbie & The Don Valley Stompers
Music by Salazar
Muso Project
My Favorite Robot
Myriad
Nadje Noordhuis Quartet
Natalie Cole
Nathan Hiltz & Special Guests
Nellie McKay (solo)
New And Used Quartet
New Mynah Birds
New Orleans Connection All Stars
NeWt
Nichol Robertson Quartet
niiic - Nic Ladouceur Trio
Noah Leibel
Noah Zacharin
Norman Amadio
Norman Marshall Villeneuve
Norman Marshall Villeneuve's Jazz Message Quartet
Nothin' But The Blues
Open Jam
Open Mic Jazz Jam
Ori Dagan
Oxford University Jazz Orchestra
Pat Collins Accordion Trio
Patrick Hewan
Paul Hoffert
Paul Morrison
Paula Shear
Peripheral Vision
Pete Eastmure & The Welldigger Band
Peter Appleyard
Phantastic
Phil Dwyer
Pilot Light
Pip Squeek Orchestra
Planet Earth
Quincy Bullen
Quincy Bullen & Rob Christian
Quinsin Nachoff
Rachelle Boudreau: At Ease Swing Trio
Raoul and The Big Time
Red Hot Ramble
Retrocity
Rich Brown's Rinsethealgorithm
Richard Underhill
Richard Whiteman
Rita di Ghent
Rob Christian
Rob Piltch
Robb Cappelletto
Robbie Lane & The Disciples
Robert Glasper
Robert Scott
Roberta Gambarini Quartet
Roberta Gambarini Quartet
Roberta Hunt
Roberto Riberon Trio
Robin Banks Jazz Band
Rockin' Robin Harp
Roland Hunter Trio
Roman GianArthur
Ron Small
Ronnie Arturo
Ronnie Hayward
Ross MacIntyre
Ross Wooldridge Trio
Roy Hargrove's RH Factor
Ruben Vazquez Trio
Russ Little
Sabine Ndalamba
Saidah Baba Talibah
Salsa NIght
Sam Broverman
Sam The Shark Trio
Samantha Clayton
Samba Squad
Sara Dell
Sarah Begin Trio
Sean Pinchin
Shannon Graham's Storytellers
Sharron McLeod
Shawn Nyquist Quartet
Shelley Hamilton
Sho Yamamoto Trio
Shohei Yamaki
Shuffle Demons
Shugga
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Six Points Jazz Orchestra
Snarky Puppy
Son Ache
Son Roberts Band
Sondheim Jazz Project
Sonya Cote
Sophia Perlman & Adrean Farrugia
Sophia Perlman Quartet
Soul Clinic
Soul Rebels
Spectrum Road
Stacie McGregor
Strange Attractors
Swamp Groove
Swing Shift Big Band
Swingin' Black Jacks
Taylor Cook Quintet
Ted Quinlan
Ted Warren Trio
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Terra Hazelton & Her Easy Answers
The Big Sound
The Dr. Keys Trio
The Grind
The Jivebombers
The Soul Motivators
The Stone Sparrows
The Vipers
Theo Bleckmann
Three Metre Day
Thyron Lee Whyte Jazz Band
Tim Posgate's Sorry Cousins
Tom Reynolds Trio
Tony Quarrington, Beverly Taft, San Murata
Toronto Jazz Orchestra
Tower of Power
Treasa Levasseur & The Daily Special
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm
Uptown Band
Valeria Matzner & Sabor Latin Jazz Band
Victor Monsivais Brazil-Latin Band
Waleed Abdulhamid & The Kush Ensemble
Wayne Cass
Wayne Nakamura & Guests
William Carn
Worst Pop Band Ever
York Jazz Ensemble
Youth Jazz in the City Honour Combo A (2012)
Yvette Tollar
Yvette Tollar Trio
Ziggy Marley
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