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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]
Montreal International Jazz Festival; ... This is a list of bands from Canada. ... Old World Vulture (2008–)
Okanagan Mission Secondary is one of the highest-ranked schools in the SD23 district. [1] As of Fall 2022, OKM will have a French Immersion program available to its students. [2] Kelowna's OKM dropped from a 7.9 score to 7.5 or 45/252 for the year 2020 as ranked by the Fraser Institute [3]
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The influx of student musicians brought about by formalized jazz education suddenly provided academic institutions with the numbers necessary to create their own big bands. Big bands also serve a very important pedagogical purpose. These bands enable educators to access a greater number of students at the same time. In 1967, as the number of ...
It was founded in 1972 by Robert Richmond (the founding president), Gary Wadsworth, and Paul Miner. The CSBF added vocal and concert band components in 1981 and 1985, respectively. The name was changed to MusicFest Canada, in 1987, embracing the instrumental jazz, concert band and choral/vocal jazz divisions.
Canadian male jazz musicians (2 C, 129 P) + Canadian women jazz musicians (4 C, 12 P) B. Canadian jazz bandleaders (18 P) C. Canadian jazz songwriters (3 P)
Jazz is a genre of African American music present in Canada since at least the 1910s. In 1919–1920, in Vancouver, Jelly Roll Morton, a New Orleans pianist, played with his band. During that period, Canadian groups such as the Winnipeg Jazz Babies and the Westmount Jazz Band of Montreal also found regional acclaim.