Archive for March, 2012

Sunday 8 April: TRANZAC Jazz Resurrection: Ballister & Titanium Trio
March 28th, 2012 admin

7:30pm – midnight.  FREE/pwyc.
BALLISTER is named after a crossbow, and they put a premium on aggression. There’s a freshness and sense of discovery in their wide-ranging music.  But there’s also a deep and hard-earned understanding between these players which enables them to build tension to the point of shattering, and then surf gracefully upon the shards. -Bill Meyer DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

BALLISTER – chicago/oslo*jazz
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello/electronics
Paal Nilssen-Love* – drums

TITANIUM TRIO
Lina Allemano – trumpet
Rob Clutton – fender bass
Nick Fraser – drums

BALLISTER is named after a crossbow, and they put a premium on aggression. There’s a freshness and sense of discovery in their wide-ranging music.  But there’s also a deep and hard-earned understanding between these players which enables them to build tension to the point of shattering, and then surf gracefully upon the shards.  
-Bill Meyer DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

BALLISTER – chicago/oslo*jazz
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello/electronics
Paal Nilssen-Love* – drums

http://daverempis.com/ballister/


TITANIUM TRIO – toronto jazz

Lina Allemano – trumpet

Rob Clutton – fender bass

Nick Fraser – drums

http://www.linaallemano.com/profiles-page.html

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CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK! Wed 21 March to Sat 24 March
March 22nd, 2012 admin

Canadian Music Week at the Tranzac!  Dozens of great artists will be playing in the Main Hall and Southern Cross Bar this week.  Come down and check it out!

 

WEDNESDAY MARCH 21:
$10 / all wristbands accepted.  Doors 7PM
MAIN HALL
7:30 – Ralf Wiggum
8:30 – For The Birds
9:30 – FADE
10:30 – RIZE
SOUTHERN CROSS BAR
7PM – July
8PM – Aria
9PM – Greater Than Giants
10PM – Wea Were Sharks
11PM – Run Romeo Run
12AM – The Snips
THURSDAY MARCH 22
$10 / all wristbands accepted.  Doors 7PM
MAIN HALL
7:30 – Diana Salvatore
8:30 – Ria Mae
9:30 – Dani Jean
10:30 Avery Island
SOUTHERN CROSS BAR
7PM – Mary Stewart
8PM – Inch Chua
9PM – Jacelyn Holmes
10PM – Brendan Distefano
11PM – Makeshift Innocence
12AM – The Compound
FRIDAY MARCH 23
$10 / all wristbands accepted.  Doors 6:30PM
MAIN HALL
7:00: Michael Shand Trio
8:00: Ineke van Doorn & Marc van Vugt
9:00: Yuichiro Tokuda’s RALLYZZ DIG
10:00: Marina Zettl
SATURDAY MARCH 24
$10 / all wristbands accepted.  Doors 6:30
MAIN HALL
7:00: Jessica Rose
8:00: Yuri Honing
9:00: Sizhukong Ensemble
10:00: Juliann Kuchocki
SOUTHERN CROSS BAR
7:30: Double Helix
8:30: Jessica Lurie
9:30: Pedro Menendez
10:30: Level 10
Closing Jam

 

 

 

 

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Sunday March 18th: St. Patricks Days Show with Cairdeas
March 12th, 2012 admin

The Flying Cloud at the TRANZAC presents Cairdeas

Sunday, March 18

7 pm door, 7:30 start – $20/$18 members

 

No green beer, no silly plastics hats. Just real Irish music.

Cairdeas is Irish for friendship.

The  band consists of Marsala Lukianchuk, Steafan Hannigan and Saskia Tomkins. (Steafan is one of the Flying Cloud’s sound engineers but he probably won’t be behind the board on this evening.)

Lukianchuk toured North America as the principal vocalist with the Irish dance show Spirit of Ireland in 2004, where she got her introduction to Irish music.

Steafan is from Belfast and has been living in Canada since 2006. A multi-instrumentalist (more than 40 instruments), he has worked with many top artists including Lorenna McKennett,  Eileen McGann, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, James Keelaghan, Depeche Mode, Uriah Heep, The Afrocelts, John O’Connor and Michael Flatley.

Tomkins is an all-Britain and U.S.A. fiddle champion. Born in the UK, she has traveled the world learning different violin genres, playing with people such as Uriah Heep, the English Shakespeare Company, Sonja Kristina (Curved Air), Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Laurie Anderson and various U.K. dance troupes.

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