Canadian jazz information

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...

Jazz Aviation LP, commonly shortened to Jazz, is a Canadian regional airline based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, in Enfield, Halifax, Nova...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World...

Jazz rap (also jazz hop or jazz hip hop) is a fusion of jazz and hip hop music, as well as an alternative hip hop subgenre, that developed in the late...

Caity Gyorgy is a Canadian jazz singer from Calgary, Alberta. She received the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year in 2022 for her EP, Now Pronouncing:...

96 January 29 – Tony Cedras, South African jazz musician, 71 March 3 – Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer and TV host April 7 – Joe Viera, German...

Jazz Canada is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1980. This series featured jazz concerts as produced in studio at Halifax...

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its...

Diana Jean Krall OC OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million...

March 22, 1984) is a Canadian drummer, composer, producer, and educator. He is best known for playing drums with the Brooklyn-based jazz fusion band Snarky...

1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Considered a virtuoso and one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released...

Andrea Menard is a Canadian actress, playwright, and jazz singer. Menard was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba and based in Saskatchewan. Menard, who is of Métis...

Jazz Festival is a Canadian jazz festival first held in 1989 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is usually held in June. The festival, organized by the Jazz Winnipeg...

France, to Canadian photographer and filmmaker John Cook and Canadian television director and producer Heather Cook. Cook studied classical and jazz guitar...

American gospel singer Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (Helix) Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television...

Gypsophilia was a Canadian jazz band from Nova Scotia. The band is composed of Ross Burns, Alec Frith, Nick Wilkinson (guitars), Gina Burgess (violin)...

The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time...

February 6, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk-pop genre, she has performed vocal jazz and pop music on her more...

Canadian jazz musician. Judi was one of seven children born to Sohan Singh Bhullar and Effie Jones. Her father was a Punjabi Sikh who moved to Canada...

In August 1962 his avant-garde jazz group Three debuted unrehearsed at the Purple Onion coffeehouse in Toronto, Canada. Francks, Lenny Breau on guitar...

Air Canada Express is a brand name of regional feeder flights for Air Canada that are subcontracted to other airlines. Presently, Jazz Aviation and PAL...

automobile is sold as the Jazz 2002–2009 — Canadian-market name used on the Honda CHF50 scooter Honda Jazz (1982–1986) Honda Jazz (AC09, 1986–2001), similar...

Ottawa Jazz Festival held in Ottawa, Canada has been a trailblazer in the music festival scene for more than 40 years. It showcases a wide range of jazz genres...

Canadian Tire and KFC commercials, she joined the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) at the age of 9. Her first jazz group...

was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing...

The Shuffle Demons are a Canadian jazz fusion band from Toronto. The band were formed in 1984 by saxophonist Richard Underhill in collaboration with a...

1985 the Canadian government was indicating a willingness to privatize both Canadian National Railways and Air Canada. In 1988, Air Canada was privatized...

Jocelyn Gould is a Canadian jazz guitarist. Her album, Elegant Traveler was awarded the 2021 Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year - Solo. She is also...

Bria Skonberg (born 1983) is a Canadian jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Skonberg was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia in 1983; her great-grandparents...