EDMONTON JAZZ COLLECTIVE PLAYS CHARLIE AUSTIN YARDBIRD SUITE SERIES | 2:00PM TICKETS: $25 CHARLIE AUSTIN: PIANO | JOSH MCHAN: BASS MARK SEGGER: DRUMS | KENT SHORES: GUITAR RAYMOND BARIL: SAXOPHONE | REMI NOEL: TROMBONE DOUG BERNER: TRUMPET EDMONTON JAZZ COLLECTIVE
A product of Edmonton Jazz Festival Society’s live performance initiative, the Edmonton Jazz Collective (EJC) unites a group of professional jazz instrumentalists in a unique ensemble that showcases its members’ individual voices. EJC musicians are regular performers in the city’s jazz scene and span a variety of demographics, from seasoned veterans to new postsecondary performance graduates. With a performance career spanning four decades, Charlie Austin has played professionally across Western Canada in a variety of settings, including The Tommy Banks Show on CBC and the 1970’s and 80’s ITV Concert series. For over thirty years, Charlie taught at MacEwan University’s Jazz Program, where he influenced a generation of Western Canadian jazz musicians. An Approach to Jazz Piano, his comprehensive jazz piano text, has been sold around the world. Now retired, Charlie continues to perform, teach, record, and inspire.
JAZZWORKS MASTERCLASSES Jazzworks Masterclasses are an EJFS outreach program developed to provide an inspired setting for development and learning through mentorship. Select performers from the 2016 TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival line-up have committed to sharing their knowledge and experience by leading participants and observers through workshops, discussing a variety of topics including, but never limited to performance, composition, professionalism, as well as working with participating ensembles’ prepared pieces.
2016 MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JUNE 24 | 2:30PM – 4:00PM LAILA BIALI SATURDAY, JUNE 25 | 2:30PM – 4:00PM JOHN STETCH MONDAY, JUNE 27 | 2:30PM – 4:00PM MARIANNE TRUDEL & INGRID JENSEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 | 2:30PM – 4:00PM ARILD ANDERSEN, TOMMY SMITH & PAOLO VINACCIA SATURDAY, JULY 2 | 3:00PM – 4:00PM OLIVER JONES
FOR MORE DETAILS OR TO REGISTER, VISIT WWW.EDMONTONJAZZ.COM OR CONTACT THE EJFS OFFICE AT 780-990-0222.