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The Jazz Baby Vaudeville (AKA the Original Winnipeg Jazz Babies) was composed of Winnipeg teens, each playing two or more instruments. These bands performed in dance clubs across the Prairies in the 1920s. [8] [9] [10] In 1926 pianist Shirley Oliver, with a background playing "hot-dance" tunes, opened a jazz music studio in Edmonton. [11]
This is a list of bands from Canada. ... The King's Own Calgary Regiment Band (1910–) Kingston Symphony ... The Mercy Now (2006–) Mercy, the Sexton ...
The independent music scene was covered by independent magazines: Fast Forward Weekly in Calgary, and Vue Weekly in Edmonton, neither magazine is currently active. BeatRoute Magazine is still in publication, but covers a wider scope (western Canada, including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba).
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Beat Niq was a jazz club located at 811 1st Street South West in Calgary, Alberta. Operating between 1997 and 2012, it featured many internationally renowned jazz musicians and was the site of several live album recordings. It was the only jazz club in the city, and along with the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton, one of two in the province.
The band's first album was entitled Mock1, and this was followed in 1999 with a live album, Caught in the Act, and "Long Way," in 2001. In 2001 and 2002, the Mocking Shadows toured across Canada with B. B King. [2] The lineup changed over time, leading to the introduction of funk elements and ska jazz in their music. [3] [4] [5]
The name was changed to MusicFest Canada, in 1987, embracing the instrumental jazz, concert band and choral/vocal jazz divisions. In 2012, in partnership with the National Arts Centre, they added a 4th orchestra/strings division. MusicFest Canada is an invitation-only event.
Caity Gyorgy is a Canadian jazz singer from Calgary, Alberta. [1] She received the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year in 2022 for her EP, Now Pronouncing: Caity Gyorgy, [2] and in 2023 for her debut LP, Featuring. Gyorgy was born in Calgary, Alberta. [3] Her paternal grandfather's family had come over in the 1930s from Hungary.