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Labels. True North. Website. www.nojomusic.com. The Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) is a Canadian jazz musical group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2016, it had sixteen members. The group performs mainly music created and arranged by its members. [1] Their present label is True North Records.
Formerly of. Boss Brass. Robert Murray Gordon McConnell OC (14 February 1935 – 1 May 2010) [1] was a Canadian jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. [2] McConnell is best known for establishing and leading the big band The Boss Brass, which he directed from 1967 to 1999.
Peter Appleyard. Peter Appleyard, OC (26 August 1928 – 17 July 2013 [1]) was a British–Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer. He spent most of his life in the city of Toronto, where for many years he was a popular performer in nightclubs and hotels such as The Park Plaza, Stop 33, The 54th, The Chelsea Inn, and The ...
CJRT-FM (91.1 MHz) is a Canadian public radio station and charitable arts organization in Toronto, Ontario, known as JAZZ.FM91. The studios are on Pardee Avenue in the Liberty Village neighbourhood of Toronto. The station describes itself as Canada's only 24-hour all- jazz radio station, with evening and weekend specialty shows devoted to jazz ...
The original home of The Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1886 The Toronto Conservatory of Music at southwest corner of College Street and University Avenue, c. 1897 McMaster Hall (right - c. 1881) and Castle Memorial Hall (left - c. 1901) c. 1906 The Royal Conservatory of Music on Bloor Street West in 2011
Built. 1950s. Closed. 1970s. The Colonial Tavern was one of the most famous jazz venues in Canada from the 1950s till its closure in the late 1970s. It was located at 201–203 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario (now an open lot between 197 Yonge Street and 205 Yonge Street) where a historic plaque (now removed) remembered this key jazz venue ...
Toronto Jazz Festival. The Toronto Jazz Festival is a jazz event in Toronto which takes place for 10 days in late June through early July. Unlike the Beaches International Jazz Festival, most of the events are indoors and located throughout the downtown core. The hub of the festival is Nathan Phillips Square, with more than 40 other locations ...
Exclaim! Exclaim! Canadian jazz refers to the jazz and jazz-related music performed by jazz bands and performers in Canada. There are hundreds of local and regionally based Canadian jazz bands and performers. A number of Canadian jazz artists have achieved international prominence, including Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson, and Gil Evans. [1]