April '10 Thursday Night Jazz at Stayner's
Halifax is lucky. We have a dedicated venue with an incredible staff that is ready to happily serve you delicious food and drinks AND venue is willing and able to host JazzEast's weekly celebration of local talent (with the occasional visitor from another city).
Every night starts at 9pm at Stayner's Wharf Pub & Grill, across the way from the Halifax Ferry Terminal on the waterfront
Thursday, April 8 Harvey Millar
Watch out! Harvey Millar will dig deep into your soul and pull out that groove you have been hiding.
Harvey Millar and his smokin' band hit the stage with old-school stylings of hits like Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and new-school arrangements of standards that will have you groovin' in your seats. Millar's repertoire can range from jazz, R&B, reggae-funk fusion, but with the Freedom Jazz Band, he focuses on his true loves: bebop, funk, contemporary jazz and hip hop.
Thursday, April 15 Shirley Jackson
Let Shirley Jackson's sax tell you stories and mend your weary heart. Her band's melodies and pounding beats know how to commiserate and elevate!
Shirley has been a featured performer on the blues scene throughout Canada and the United States since 1997. Settling in the Maritimes from Western Canada in 1988, Shirley Jackson has been honing her craft on stage with The Good Rockin’ Daddys as well as The Dutch Mason Blues Band, Joe Murphy & The Waterstreet Blues Band, A.J. & The Redhots, Theresa Malenfant, Frank Mackay & The Lincolns, Glamour Puss Blues Band, The Twisters, and the annual “Ladies in Blue” concert in Halifax.
Thursday, April 22 Rémi-Jean LeBlanc
Find out why the local musicians are extremely excited to hear this Acadian-born and Montreal loved bassist.
Rémi-Jean LeBlanc is proud to present his first album as a leader that was launched in November 2009 at Upstairs Jazz Club in Montreal. His self-titled debut CD, a compilation of exclusively original music, features Rémi-Jean as an accompanist, a soloist and for the first time, as a composer, which provided him the delight of inviting fellow musicians with who he has collaborated in several different projects to perform and record the music. The album features the original quartet that has been active on the Montreal scene for the past few years, with John Roney on piano, Jean-Sébastien Williams on guitar, and Samuel Joly on drums, along with special guests, such as Chet Doxas on tenor saxophone, Yannick Rieu on Soprano saxophone, and Jocelyn Tellier on guitar. Despite his young age (25), Rémi-Jean LeBlanc has already had the opportunity to participate in several recording projects (Yannick Rieu - Spectrum, Ginette Reno - Fais-moi la tendresse, Carl Naud - L'Ascenseur), tour and perform in Asia, Europe, and all over North America, take part in workshops with world-renowned musicians in Paris, and recently, with the financial aid of the Canada Council for the Arts, produce his own album. The music of the album has been described as being airy and open with strong harmonic structures and influenced by jazz, post-fusion movements and rock.