THE CENTRE STAGE IN HERITAGE PARK
CONCERTS SERIES

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"GREAT MOMENTS IN JAZZ" ARTICLE

 

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ARTIST & ACT MUSIC STYLE GUIDE
JAZZ ARTISTS
BLUES AND RHYTHM & BLUES ARTISTS
VARIETY ARTISTS
ROCK NOUVEAU ARTISTS - HIP-HOP ARTISTS


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THURSDAY SOIR, 16 JUIN

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ENJOY A FABULOUS DINNER WITH
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IN THE FESTIVAL JAZZ GARDEN
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URBAN VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES

3:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

"YOUTH TRUTH"
HOSTED BY
JOHN ROE & L.S.

FEATURING
LAFORTY, BLOBJECT, BABYLON WARRIOR
RUMPLESTILTZ, APEX, MINDSET, SAVVY C,
SPENNY, DAT NEWSENCE

AND SPECIAL GUEST
QROCK
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FRIDAY SOIR, 17 JUIN

FIRST PEOPLES CONCERT SERIES
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DEDICATED TO THE ALL THE ARTISTS WHO COMPRISED
"THE SILVERNIGHTINGALE BAND - RAMA" ---1900 - 1965


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4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
OPEN STAGE

5:00 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.
TBA
TBA

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
TBA
TBA

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IN THE FESTIVAL JAZZ GARDEN
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6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

PRESENTS


THE SAPSUCKERS
Featuring GREG RITCHIE

OJIBWAY
SAUGEEN FIRST NATION # 29, SOUTHAMPTON, ONTARIO

A FATHER AND SON-BASED QUINTET PERFORMING ROCKING BLUES
THAT FEATURES THE REMARKABLE MUSICAL ABILITIES OF THE
SELF-TAUGHT GUITARIST, GREG RITCHIE.

 

8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

PRESENTS



MARC MERILAINEN
OJIBWAY
CHIPPEWAS OF NAWASH FIRST NATION


"NORTHERNESQUE" - THE LATEST PROJECT FROM ONE OF
THE MOST RESTLESS SPIRITS TO EMERGE IN CANADIAN MUSIC.
INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITIONS BASED ON MARC MERILAINEN'S
LIFE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO AND MANITOBA.

 

10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.


THE RONNIE DOUGLAS BLUES BAND
OJIBWAY
CHIPPEWAS OF RAMA FIRST NATION


CLASSIC BLUES SONGS AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
PERFORMED BY RAMA FIRST NATION'S AWARD-WINNING
GUITARIST AND VOCALIST, RONNIE DOUGLAS.


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SATURDAY MATIN, 18 JUIN

THE RHYTHM AND JAZZ CONCERTS

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.

THE WARNICA PUBLIC SCHOOL ROCK GROUP
THE WARNICA PUBLIC SCHOOL DRUM GROUP
TIM MOORE - MUSIC DIRECTOR

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
|
THE INNISDALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STAGE BAND
MARK HATHAWAY - MUSIC DIRECTOR


SATURDAY APRES-MIDI

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ARTISTES CANADA CONCERT SERIES

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

LA CLE D'LA BAIE EN HURONIE

PRESENTS
MICHEL PAYMENT

 

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.


Chay Realty Inc.

PRESENTS

THE BOB CLEGG JAZZ BAND - 2009
THE BOB CLEGG SEPTET
Featuring JUNE GARBER

AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK BACK AT THE GREAT JAZZ BANDS
OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY .............
BENNY GOODMAN, DUKE ELLINGTON, COUNT BASIE, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, GLENN MILLER
...... BY SOME OF CANADA'S FINEST JAZZ MUSICIANS, INCLUDING
STAN PERRY, RAY GRANT,
MARSHALL OLCHOWY,
CANADIAN TROMBONE ICON - BOB LIVINGSTON, AND MORE!

 


4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

"GREAT MOMENTS IN BLUES"



PERFORMED BY


THE DISTILLERY
MYRRHINE FALLER - Vocals, JORDAN SAFER - Piano,
Lap Steel, Harmonica, NEIL HENDRY - Guitar,
RAIL KOONAN - Bass, JEREMY MORGAN - Drums

A RETROSPECTIVE ON ON AN ARTIST KNOWN WIDELY AS "THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES".
KOKO TAYLOR'S FIERCE, POWERFUL VOICE, COUPLED WITH HER PROFOUND FEEL FOR
THE BLUES, WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE EVEN ETTA JAMES APPEAR TIMID.
MUCH OF HER GREATNESS AS AN INTERPRETER OF THE BLUES WAS CAPTURED WHEN
SHE SIGNED WITH CHESS RECORDS IN 1965, AND SHE CONTINUED RECORDING WITH
CHESS FOR A DECADE. TAYLOR'S GREATEST PERFORMANCES FROM THOSE YEARS
ARE
ASSEMBLED IN A COMPILATION RECORDING TITLED "WHAT IT TAKES - THE CHESS YEARS".
SONGS FROM THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM INCLUDE "WANG, DANG, DOODLE", "FIRE",
"LET ME LOVE YOU BABY" AND BOTH A STUDIO AND LIVE VERSION OF "I GOT WHAT IT TAKES".

 

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SATURDAY SOIR

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

"GREAT MOMENTS IN JAZZ"

FOR ALL THOSE WHO MISSED IT LAST YEAR ....
A REPEAT PERFORMANCE!



PERFORMED BY


THE JASON RASO QUARTET

ROB HANNAM - Keyboards, BRENT ROWAN - Alto Saxophone,
DOMENIC DI NINO - Drums, JASON RASO - Electric Bass Guitar

A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE MOST SUCCESSFUL JAZZ-ROCK ENSEMBLE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
THIS CONCERT IS CENTRED AROUND THE BRILLIANT "HEAVY WEATHER" ALBUM OF 1977, WHICH WAS THE
CULMINATION OF THE CREATIVE EFFORTS OF BAND-LEADER, JOE ZAWINUL, AND THE EXTRAORDINARY
ELECTRIC BASS INNOVATOR, JACO PASTORIUS. THIS ALBUM - CONSIDERED A
LAND-MARK RECORDING -
IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE COLUMBIA RECORDS JAZZ CATALOGUE.
IT FEATURES THE CLASSIC "BIRDLAND" AND THE PASTORIUS TOUR-DE-FORCE, "TEEN TOWN".
ADDITIONAL PIECES BY JACO PASTORIUS FROM VARIOUS RECORDINGS WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED.

 

THE BETTE MITFORD
MEMORIAL CONCERT
 

8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

"GREAT MOMENTS IN JAZZ"



PERFORMED BY


THE BERNIE SENENSKY QUINTET - 2010
THE BERNIE SENENSKY QUARTET
BERNIE SENENSKY - Piano, ANDY BALLANTYNE- Alto Sax,
NEIL SWAINSON - Acoustic Bass, TERRY CLARKE - Drums

A RETROSPECTIVE ON "THE MAJESTIC RECORD THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERY SERIOUS COLLECTION".
IT IS "ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT LIVE JAZZ PERFORMANCES", AND IT TOOK PLACE ON
FEBRUARY 21 , 1963 AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE CONCERT FEATURED THE BRILLIANT COMPOSITONS OF DAVE BRUBECK
AND
ALTO SAXOPHONIST, PAUL DESMOND ... MANY OF WHICH WERE BASED ON THE UNIQUE TIME SIGNATURES
THAT HAD PROPELLED THE QUARTET INTO WORLD-WIDE PRAISE AND UNPRECEDENTED POPULARITY.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PERFORMANCE INCLUDED AN UP-TEMPO VERSION OF "TAKE FIVE", AND
AN EXPANDED ARRANGEMENT OF "CASTILLIAN DRUMS (PARTS I AND II)" . THIS PIECE SHOWCASED
THE ARTISTIC GENIUS AND TECHNICAL VIRTUOSITY OF
DRUMMER, JOE MORELLO,
IN AN ELEVEN-MINUTE DRUM SOLO IN 5/4 TIME. OTHER PIECES INCLUDED
"BLUE RONDO A LA TURK", "THREE TO GET READY" AND "IT'S A RAGGY WALTZ".

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THE RHYTHM AND JAZZ CONCERTS

SUNDAY MATIN, 19 JUIN

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
SKYBOUND
GABE BENETEAU, MADELEINE CLARK, BRANSON MIFSUD,
SAM RUTTAN - Barrie Central Collegiate
SHAUGHNESSY CUDMORE-KEATING - Nouvelle Alliance
Secondary School
RYAN TOZARZ - Eastview Secondary School

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
THE JOE ABBOTT "GUITARTISTS" SHOWCASE
JOE ABBOTT - MUSIC DIRECTOR

 

SUNDAY APRES-MIDI

THE
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GREAT CANADIAN GUITARISTS CONCERT SERIES

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DEDICATED TO THE LIFE AND MUSICAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DOMENIC TROIANO

A MAJOR CANADIAN COMPOSER, ARRANGER AND BAND-LEADER,
AND AN EXCEPTIONAL INNOVATOR IN THE ART OF PLAYING THE GUITAR.

DOMENIC TROIANO Link
"Everyone wanted to play with Dom. When we were starting up Steely Dan,
he was one of the first guys we called. Dom said, thanks, but he was just too busy."
Donald Fagen, 2005

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"LES PAUL" GUITAR GIVE-AWAY

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WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE BARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY LOBBY ON WORSLEY STREET

SPONSORED BY
MUSIC PRO Link

Lucky Guitar Winner, Ray Martinelli, with
Music Pro General Manager, Ted Johnstone.
For Details, call (705) 725-1070

 

SUNDAY APRES-MIDI ET SOIR

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

PRESENTS

KEVIN LALIBERTE & EDDIE PATON


2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

NORTHERN PROTOCOL Link

PRESENTS

THE LORNE LOFSKY TRIO - 2003
THE LORNE LOFSKY TRIO
LORNE LOFSKY - Guitar, MIKE DOWNES - Bass,
BARRY ROMBERG - Drums

 

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

A "GIANTS OF THE BLUES" CONCERT

CREDIT BUREAU COLLECTIONS Link

PRESENTS

"SLOWHAND"

Featuring CLIFF STEVENS

A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE MOST ENDEARING OF THE GREAT GUITARISTS TO EMERGE OUT OF BRITAIN
IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. FROM HIS WORK WITH "CREAM" TO HIS REFLECTIONS
ON THE BLUES OF ROBERT JOHNSON, ERIC CLAPTON CONTINUES TO REMAIN THE MOST CREATIVELY
RESTLESS ARTIST OF HIS GENERATION AND IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL MUSICIANS AND BLUES DEVOTEES.

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6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

PRESENTS

THE FESTIVAL FINALE CONCERT


1996 HOHNER HARMONICA WORLD CHAMPION

THE CARLOS DEL JUNCO BAND
Featuring ERIC ST. LAURENT


IN WHAT HAS BECOME A FESTIVAL TRADITION, THE " NICOLAI PAGANINI"
OF THE HARMONICA WILL PERFORM MATERIAL FROM HIS LATEST HIGHLY-RATED
RECORDING, "MONGREL MASH", PLUS MANY
OTHER GREAT SONGS FROM PREVIOUS
APPEARANCES IN "THE FESTIVAL FINALE CONCERT"
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 THIS PROGRAMME SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
Current to MAY 29, 2011