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Cook was born November 28, 1964, in Paris, France, to Canadian photographer and filmmaker John Cook and Canadian television director and producer Heather Cook. [4] He was raised in Toronto, Canada. Cook studied classical and jazz guitar at Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music, York University, and Berklee College of Music in the United States. [5]
Warren Hill (born April 15, 1966) is a smooth jazz alto saxophonist from Toronto, Canada. Hill was discovered in 1988 while performing at his graduation from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Record producer Russ Titelman, who was in the audience, invited him to record on an album by Chaka Khan.
She was lead vocalist for two rock bands, Alta Moda in the 1980s [3] and Infidels in the 1990s. [4] Both of her bands had notable singles in Canada (Alta Moda's "Julian" and Infidels' "100 Watt Bulb" and "Celebrate"), but both bands broke up after just one album each. Also in 1980s, she performed as a backing vocalist with Toronto group ...
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 ...
Biography. Born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Trinidad, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New Hampshire, Alcorn returned to Toronto as an adult and began performing in jazz clubs. He released his first album in 1999, and was named Male Vocalist of the Year by the Jazz Report Awards. He also earned a Dora Award in 1997 as music director and ...
Kenny Wheeler. Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. [1][2][3][4] Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active in free improvisation and occasionally contributed to rock music recordings.
Gil Evans was born in Toronto, Canada, on May 13, 1912, [3] to Margaret Julia McConnachy. [4] Little is known about Evans' biological father, although a family friend said that he was a doctor who died before Evans was born. [4] Originally named Gilmore Ian Ernest Green, Evans took the last name of his step-father, John Evans, a miner. [4]
Carol Welsman (born September 29, 1960) [1] is a Canadian jazz pianist who accompanies her own easy listening, conversational style singing. She is the granddaughter of the founder and first conductor of the first Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Frank Welsman, [2] and is the sister of composer John Welsman.