http://jazzlives.ca A year at the Yardbird Suite Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A late post on the Dean McNeill Quintet w/ Special Guest P.J Perry [24 October 2009] Tonight, rounding out the 2009 Yardbird Jazz Festival: Yves Leveille Sextet, from Montreal. I know a classy website does not necessarily a good band make, but these guys look like something I'd be a fool ... http://jazzlives.ca/2009/11/night-4-all-canadian-night-3-a-sax-retrospective/ Artist: Eddie "Devil Boy" Turner Trio // Date: 3 October 2009 // Genre: Blues Rock [caption id="attachment_84" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Eddie Turner (courtesy Eddie Turner)"][/caption] I won't lie, I was excited about this show. Ever since guesting on tenor with James Boraski & MomentaryEvolution back in Yellowknife, I've loved playing — and listening ... http://jazzlives.ca/2009/10/night-2-the-devil-went-down-to-edmonton/ Artist: Gretchen Parlato // Date: 25 September 2009 // Genre: Vocal jazz As the song goes, lady sing the blues. Well, lady sing the jazz, but lady sing the jazz quite well. Personally I've never liked vocalists in classical or jazz, but Gretchen Parlato started to change my mind a little. Before ... http://jazzlives.ca/2009/09/night-1-straight-from-new-york/ I've always had a curiosity about jazz. A curiosity about how such a small word can encompass such a broad genre, from swing to post-bop, from bebop to modern, from Latin to free jazz; a curiosity as to how an art can be so rigidly structured yet so free and ... http://jazzlives.ca/2009/09/night-0-first-thoughts/