Selected Posts
Hamilton Fringe AGM, Tues Mar 27 at 7 pm
Tuesday March 27, 2018, 7 to 10 pm. The Annual General Meeting of the Hamilton Fringe Festival.
ZULA Presents jazz improvisers Zero Point, Sat Mar 24
Saturday, March 24, 2018, at 8 pm, tickets $15 regular, $10 students /seniors.
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ZULA Presents jazz improvisers Zero Point, from New York. The quartet features Daniel Carter saxophones, trumpet, clarinet, flute, piano, with Marius Duboule guitars; Michael Bates double bass; Deric Dickens drums. http://zeropoint-music.com/
“An amalgam of free musical talents” – Chris Searle, Morning Star (UK)
“A refined brand of freedom” – Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG (US)
“Beyond the ordinary” – John Sharpe, NYCJR (US)
Zero Point‘s music is entirely improvised, sometimes giving the impression of a known melody or a sound mass, similar to what the spectral music can evoke. Just like Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and Eric Dolphy the musicians of this band can also be deeply anchored in the tradition of blues and bebop, which resurfaces in a pictorial and contrapuntal way.
JAZZ: Tom Altobelli Group, Fri Mar 23
Friday March 23, 2018, at 8 pm, $10 / $5 students. An evening of jazz with The Tom Altobelli Group will feature Tom’s original compositions, as well as original works by members of the band. Band members are: Aaron Bowers sax, Scott McIntosh guitar, Chris Bruder piano, Jordan Snider drums, and Tom Altobelli bass and compositions. https://soundcloud.com/tomaltobellibass/sets/tom-altobelli-group
Tom Altobelli is an upright and electric bassist in Hamilton. He is a graduate of both the Humber College Bachelor of Music, and Mohawk College Music programs, where he studied jazz, and majored in Bass performance. Tom is involved in a number of projects, including The Altobeelays, Mother Tareka and the Rebel Funktion, Monkley Cascade, The Koopa Troop, The Aubrey Wilson Quartet, and his own original jazz group (Tom Altobelli Group).
Jazz tribute to composer Adrean Farrugia by his students! Thur Mar 22
Thursday March 22, 2018, at 8 pm $10 / $5 students. In an evening of homage and celebration, the students of Hamilton jazz pianist/composer Adrean Farrugia will pay tribute to Adrean in a performance of his original compositions; everything from his Juno-nominated album Ricochet to brand new material!
The players: Michael Morabito on alto saxophone, Devon Savas on bass, William Fachin on drums, Mac Rogers on trumpet, Leah Korkowski on vocals, Alex Tomowich on piano.
Wise Fools for World Storytelling Day, Tues Mar 20, 7 pm
Tuesday March 20, 2018, from 7 to 9 pm. Artword Artbar presents a World Storytelling Day concert featuring members of the Burlington Storytellers’ Guild. Special guest is Sue Ramsay, storyteller and jazz singer extraordinaire. The theme this year is Wise Fools. There are more of them than you think!
Guild members are dedicated to the growth, development and expansion of oral tradition storytelling as an art form. http://burlingtonstorytellersguild.vpweb.ca/events
World Storytelling Day (March 20th) is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling, celebrated every year on the equinox. On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night. www.globalstorytellingday.org/