shuffle demons

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH 8:20-9:30PM MAIN STAGE 2

The Shuffle Demons are a high-energy Canadian band that blends virtuosic jazz and funk playing with eye-catching costumes and over the top stage antics to produce an incredible show. A hit at festivals all over the world, the Shuffle Demons are a crowd pleasing, full-on musical group that backs up wild stage antics with phenomenal playing by some of Canada’s most talented musicians.

The Shuffle Demons leaped onto the scene in 1984 with an electrifying musical fusion that drew from Sun Ra, Charles Mingus and RunDMC and have been going strong ever since.

The Shuffle Demons are excited to release their 10th album, “All In.” The album is the first full album with Matt Lagan on tenor sax and Mike Downes on bass as well as demons regulars Kelly Jefferson on sax, Stich Wynston on drums and Richard Underhill on sax. This dynamic new album “features virtuosic writing and combines it with the classic, unique Shuffle Demons sound.

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“The Tonewheels” featuring Matt Weidinger, Chris Latta and Mike Rajna are an organ trio based out of Kitchener, Ontario. Blending the styles of the classic Jimmy Smith/ Jack McDuff blues/jazz trios with beloved power trios such as Cream/Traffic, they have stumbled upon a unique sound that allows them to carry on the classic traditions of improvised music.

Matt Weidinger (organ/vocals) has been working as a full time musician since the age of 16. Matt has worked his way up to being one of the most sought after and well known entertainers in Ontario.

Referred to in print as an “unsung local guitar hero”, Chris Latta has quietly built a career as an “in demand sideman” supporting many of Southern Ontario’s premiere blues and rock bands over the past 2 facebook.com/ tonewheelsorgantrio

Mike Rajna (drums/ vocals) has been playing for over 20 years. Mike plays in a wide variety of musical projects, in a multitude of genres, across Ontario.