Hound’s Tooth play Bluegrass, every Thursday at 7:30 in the Southern Cross Lounge
No Cover/PWYC
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Every Thursday: Bluegrass with Hound’s Tooth
March 25th, 2010 by admin
Upcoming Events: Ken Aldcroft’s Convergence Ensemble, 22 June & 17 August
April 17th, 2010 by admin
Tuesday, April 20th, 7:30pm
Tuesday, June 22nd, 10pm
Tusday, August 17th, 10pm
Ken Aldcroft’s Convergence Ensemble are:
Ken Aldcroft – guitar
Evan Shaw – alto saxophone
Nicole Rampersaud – trumpet
Scott Thomson – trombone
Wes Neal – bass
Joe Sorbara – drums
This six-piece group, featuring the instrumentation of a fairly conventional modern jazz ensemble, is the primary conduit for Ken Aldcroft’s compositional and conceptual work. In performance, a set list serves less as a road map for the execution of Ken’s varied and dynamic pieces and more like a menu of possibilities; the group’s members can, individually or collectively, spontaneously arrange any of the available material. Employing a system of aural and gestural cues, the group playfully and creatively reshapes each piece in the spirit of free improvisation, the approach that underpins the ensemble’s composite musical experience.
The current personnel of the Convergence Ensemble is the result of the amalgamation of various Aldcroft ensembles of and, with numerous recordings and national tours under their collective belt, the sextet is a thoroughly cohesive musical unit. Each player is as dynamic a soloist on his or her instrument as they come, not only in Toronto’s lively creative music scene, but Canada-wide as well
“Aldcroft’s music seems to be pitched somewhere between Mingus and Braxton.” -Robert Iannapollo, Cadence Oct/Nov/Dec 2009
“This tight knit group (The Convergence Ensemble) read each others’ minds, knowing when to join the fray, when to sit on the sidelines, when to ratchet up the intensity and when to cool the proceedings down.”
Bryon Hayes, Exclaim-online November 2009
Upcoming Event: Friendly Rich CD Release Saturday 31 July 8pm with Kyle Brenders Quartet and Bidiniband
July 22nd, 2010 by admin
Upcoming Thursdays in The Tiki Room in August Presented by Erika Werry
July 22nd, 2010 by admin
aug 5th Ben Rough and Erika Werry
http://www.myspace.com/benrough http://www.erikawerry.com/
aug 12 Jay Baird and Dany Laj
www.myspace.com/danylaj
aug 19 Polyester Heart and friends
www.polyesterheart.com
aug 26 Kim Barlow and Ryan Driver
www.myspace.com/kimbarlow www.myspace.com/ryandriver
All shows are pay what you can
Upcoming Event: Brad Sucks with Bellevue Main Hall August 7 2010
July 22nd, 2010 by admin
The Tranzac welcomes Brad Sucks from Ottawa to the Main Hall on August 7th. You can find out more at http://www.bradsucks.net/ Also on the bill is Bellevue. http://www.bellevuemusic.ca/
Upcoming Event: Serial-Numbers in the Southern Cross July 25 2010 7:30
July 22nd, 2010 by admin
Serial-numbers is made up of passionate musicians from different regions of Ontario and Quebec devoted to creating and performing new original music. Negotiating between genres, the music is both through composed and improvised, traditional and contemporary, with influences of the east and the west. We don’t categorize ourselves as a live band or a classical chamber music ensemble. We see ourselves instead just as a family of close friends united to have fun in pursuing our musical interest and to share that joy with others. / The current project is called “voices”. It is essentially a suite of songs put together to tell an overall narrative. Each song is very long and comprises of many styles. The full band features 10 members, for whom the music is specifically written to perform. By singing and playing an instrument, each member thus represents a “voice” in the polyphonic context of the work. The current members have been playing together since 2008. Some of the notable performance have been the Darfur Benefit Show at McGill’s Redpath Hall in 2008, Art Matters Festival 2008 and 2009 in Montreal, as well as our summer and winter inter-provincial tours of 2009 with appearances at the Blacksheep Inn in Wakefield with O’ Darling and at the Sala Rossa in Montreal, with Flotilla. / Our music is truly unique and original, rich in textural variety and recherché in content. It is sincere, honest, and can bring together audience from various genres. With an open heart and an attentive ear, people will most likely discover a whole new style in us.
Opening for them will be Willow Rutherford.
http://www.myspace.com/willowrutherford
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