The Donna Lee Quartet w Marilyn Lerner, Josh Cole, Phil Melanson and Brodie West. A note from Brodie West: For my monthly at the Tranzac I will often schedule my quintet called The Brodie West Quintet which is Tania Gill piano, Josh Cole bass, Nick Fraser drums, Evan Cartwright drums and myself. Sometimes the drummers […]
Never Was is a quartet named after a curious sentence from The You Train by science fiction and fantasy writer, N.K. Jemisin. Featuring Madeleine Ertel on trumpet, Naomi McCarroll-Butler on alto saxophone and clarinets, Patrick O'Reilly on guitar, and Joe Sorbara on drums and percussion, the group explores original music in the Black American Creative […]
Hosted by Kurt Newman, this monthly series creates a space for experiments in country and folk music forms, which can range from more or less straight-ahead to more or less psychedelic. Between sets: comedy from the best of Toronto's left-of-center comedians.
With her palette of acoustic folk instruments, Collette whittles out of her imagination beautiful song gems. She brings them to you wrapped in the exciting package of her band of seasoned masters, The Savants: Rebecca Campbell(Jane Siberry, Ian Tamblyn...),John Switzer John Switzer(Jane Siberry, Vance Gilbert, Katherine Wheatley etc.³) Martin Worthy (Joe Hall, Paul Quarrington), Tim […]
Musica Universalis July 14th Kyle Hutchins/Colin Fisher duo Chiquita Magic Tranzac southern cross Suggested donation 10$ https://facebook.com/events/s/musica-universalis-kyle-hutchi/586647013652563/?mibextid=Gg3lNB
Guitar and Bass duo improvisations by James Brown and Mike Milligan. Originals, standard jazz melodies and not so standard things that venture freely. Guitarist, composer and educator James Brown has been a long time staple on the Canadian jazz scene James’ most recent recording Song Within the Story was released in 2022 (NGP Records) and […]
Join us for 2 sets of free improvisation featuring Marilyn Yogarajah on Trumpet and Keys, Tegan Dietsch with Tap Dancing and Found Objects, Sable on Guqin & Effects, %%30%30 on Drums and Percussion, and Michael Palumbo on Modular Synth
Fergus Hambleton appears in the Southern Cross the third Sunday of every month... 2:30- 4:30. Fergus is a veteran of the Canadian music scene, having played a wide variety of music since 1967. A member of the Juno award winning Sattalites Fergus has played reggae, folk, jazz and rock over his career and has released […]
With lyrical guitar players, Bob Cohen and David Hines plus wild Mary Hanson on piano, Robert Priest digs into his eclectic catalogue of song/poems. Tuneful poetic, heavy, and light, with always a special guest.
Join us for an intimate persian jazz night where we play many original compositions and arrangements inspired by Iranian music repertoire, modern Jazz and beyond. We’ll feature a microtonal horn section and rhythm section which complements Behzad Danesh’s microtonal adventures on guitar. Address : Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7 Key points: […]
The Tranzac open stage is every Monday in the Southern Cross room. All are welcome! Start: 7pm Sign up: 6:30pm 8 minute slots (or two songs) The open stage is a safe space in accordance with the Tranzac code of conduct.
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