Benjamin Deschamps brings a quintet of outstanding Montreal musicians to BuckingJam Palace to present his latest project, Augmented Reality, his fourth album as a bandleader. BuckingJam regulars will remember Ben from his 2018 concert featuring the music of No Codes. We've been wanting to bring him back ever since and are delighted to be part of this western Canada tour!
Powerful, lyrical jazz presented with with an introspective and robust voice: this is Augmented Reality.
Benjamin Deschamps - saxophone/composition
Nicolas Ferron - guitar
Charles Trudel - piano/keyboards
Sébastien Pellerin - bass
Alain Bourgeois-drums
Marianne Trudel and John Hollenbeck: Saturday night
When this duo show was presented in Germany at Jazzahead in 2022, Marianne Trudel had trouble introducing the tunes because the audience would not stop clapping. Dédé Java Espiritu plunges the listener into an infinite panorama of colours and grooves. This concert invites the listener to share in a world of beauty, intuition, dreams, and mystery where catchy grooves, enchanting melodies, surprising sonorities, and joyous spontaneity go hand in hand. This is a tour-de-force by two outstanding musicians--both professors at McGill University-- who just don't tour very often in western Canada. BJP has booked two shows because this is music we want as many people as possible to hear!
Marianne Trudel and John Hollenbeck: Friday night
When this duo show was presented in Germany at Jazzahead in 2022, Marianne Trudel had trouble introducing the tunes because the audience would not stop clapping. Dédé Java Espiritu plunges the listener into an infinite panorama of colours and grooves. This concert invites the listener to share in a world of beauty, intuition, dreams, and mystery where catchy grooves, enchanting melodies, surprising sonorities, and joyous spontaneity go hand in hand. This is a tour-de-force by two outstanding musicians--both professors at McGill University-- who just don't tour very often in western Canada. BJP has booked two shows because this is music we want as many people as possible to hear!
Sienna Dahlen and Bill Coon share the music of "Balladextrous"
Note: this concert is being held at 707 13 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB T2R 0K8
Sienna Dahlen is a Juno award-winning vocalist, music educator, instrumentalist, and composer. She has released 6 albums of original folk and jazz music, and her voice is described as “alluring, one that could sell rainwater in a snowstorm.” Sienna has toured across Canada, Europe, US, Mexico, and South America. She has been a guest vocalist with L’Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal, and the featured singer in the Oscar-winning animated short The Danish Poet by Torill Kove (music by Kevin Dean).
Juno-nominated artist Bill Coon is one of Canada’s most highly respected musicians and was awarded ‘Guitarist of the Year’ in 2009 from the National Jazz Awards. He has performed with many significant jazz artists including Jimmy Heath, Chuck Isreals, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dee Daniels, and Oliver Gannon. As a composer, Bill Coon has been commissioned to write for many orchestras including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra.
"Balladextrous" is a duo album of standard and lesser known jazz tunes recorded as ballads with Juno-winning vocalist Sienna Dahlen and guitarist Bill Coon. The idea for this album came in January of 2020 from the collective desire to honour the vulnerability of jazz ballads by remaining open, navigating silence, and shaping time
OKAN!
Note: this concert is being held at cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward). The address is 1721 29 Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB T2T 6T7.
OKAN fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration courage and love. This women-led ensemble takes its name from the word for heart in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria. Winner of the 2021 JUNO award for World Music Album of the Year, OKAN expresses its rich Cuban roots with confidence and creativity under the leadership Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Elizabeth Rodriguez is a classically-trained violinist who served as concertmaster for Havana’s Youth Orchestra. Magdelys Savigne hails from Santiago de Cuba and graduated with honours in orchestral percussion from Havana’s University of the Arts. Both are also Grammy-nominees for their contributions to Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, of which they are former members.