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For tickets and information call 416-872-4255
Or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto
Or buy online:
www.roythomson.com or
www.masseyhall.com
(RTH = Roy Thomson Hall)
(MH = Massey Hall)
(GGS = Glenn Gould Studio
ALL THAT JAZZ
(Subscription Packages On Sale
Now)
Jazz @ Massey Hall
Massey Hall has long been internationally recognized as a great
jazz concert hall. From the May 15, 1953 concert by "The Quintet"
known as "The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever" through to the Grammy®
Award-winning Directions In Music project in 2001, artists
and audiences keep returning for great performances at this historic
venue. This season we are pleased to present a three-concert subscription
series delivering great artists, great seats and discounted tickets.
Jazz @ Massey Hall:
Subscriptions (3 concerts)
$199-$99 – a savings
of 25%!
1) JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA
with WYNTON MARSALIS
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 8pm – MH
Single Tickets: $99.50 - $39.50
New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is firmly
established as among the world’s best and hardest-swinging groups
in jazz today. Fifteen of the world’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble
players are led by megastar trumpeter and artistic director
Wynton Marsalis in a concert of newly commissioned compositions, as
well as works by Ellington, Basie and other founding fathers of
jazz, and much more.
Sponsored by TD Canada Trust Music
2) MOLLY JOHNSON
Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 8pm - MH
Single Tickets: $59.50 - $39.50
One of Canada’s most sublime voices returns to the roots of jazz
with an all-new album of standards due this fall. Recently named
an Officer of the Order of Canada, Molly Johnson embodies
all the qualities of the quintessential jazz vocalist - alluring
sensuality, emotional depth, inimitable style, unwavering grace,
and irresistible charisma. She has rocked audiences in nightclubs
and bars from coast to coast as a pop artist, and seduced the patrons
of salons and lounges with her luscious interpretations of jazz
and blues standards.
3) WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET
Featuring
Brian Blade, John Patitucci and Danilo Pérez
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8pm - MH
Single Tickets: $79.50 – $49.50
Among the greatest tenor sax players of all time and one of the
most influential figures of modern jazz, Wayne Shorter was
"the idea man" behind Miles Davis's legendary ‘60s quintet, and
the leader of the famed Weather Report jazz-fusion group of the
‘70s and ‘80s. Since the millennium, he has been collaborating in
riveting, tour-de-force on-stage improvisations with three eminent
jazz masters – drummer Brian Blade, bassist John Patitucci and pianist
Danilo Pérez.
CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST
Tuesday & Wednesday, April 21 & 22, 2009 at 8pm - GGS
$69.50
Charlie Hayden has been recognized as one of the greatest-ever
jazz bassists. His talents have won him countless honours, including
two Grammy® Awards, France’s Grand Prix du Disque, the Montreal
Jazz Festival’s Miles Davis Award and most recently, the 2008 BBC
International Jazz Award. His acclaimed Quartet West includes tenor
sax Ernie Watts, drummer Rodney Green and pianist Alan Broadbent.
MICHAEL KAESHAMMER
Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8pm – GGS
$49.50 (includes Michael Kaeshammer’s new CD)
Michael Kaeshammer has become Canada’s brightest triple-threat
combo of piano virtuosity, vocal ability and charisma. Classically
trained, this consummate entertainer delivers a unique blend of
boogie–woogie, blues and ragtime combined with funk-inspired bebop,
romantic ballads and modern jazz.
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