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Open Jam at The Jazz Room
Andriy Tikhonov (left) along with Steve Montgomery, a director with the Grand River Jazz Society and sound engineer Jeremy Bernard tried a social/musical experiment on Saturday: they hosted an open jam for jazz and blues players at The Jazz Room … Continue reading
The Jazz Room–5 years
I meet Stephen Preece back in 2011 at a talking-about-the-arts thing. He said: I’m working with a bunch of people to create a jazz club in Waterloo. Said I: that sounds pretty wicked, how can I help? A day later … Continue reading
Funked up serial modernism with the Kyle Brenders Big Band
I hit The Jazz Room in Waterloo late Thursday night to catch the Kyle Brenders Big Band mashing up the atonal compositions of Webern and Schoenberg with funk a la George Clinton and Parliament. That all sounds like I sort … Continue reading
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Surveying the music landscape
Navigating the construction chaos at the corner of Charles and Francis in Downtown Kitchener, on my wander to get a sandwich today, I saw a very familiar sticker. Your surveyor knows about The Jazz Room. Do you? Didn’t know I … Continue reading
Got my jazz injection Saturday…
at THE JAZZ ROOM, of course. (Mike Malone on horn here) A 3-hour photo-shooting-orgy ensued because 1. we got there at doors open 6pm for a front row seat, 2. instruments and musicians are interesting subject matter, 3. I had … Continue reading
The Jazz Room on the launch pad
It turns out I love jazz. Sure, I’ve picked up Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, and Miles Davis and loved their catalogues, but there’s *nothing* like sitting 10 feet from a trio of crazy-talented musicians in a joint as cool as … Continue reading
The Jazz Room–rebirth of a piano
Been checking back on the awesome progress The Jazz Room crew has made since I shot some pics of their new stage being built earlier this month. It was my makerly privilege to get a peek at the in-progress rebuild … Continue reading
Setting the stage for a local jazz club
Yes, literally setting the stage for a cool new jazz club called The Jazz Room, set to open in September right here in Waterloo.