On April 25, 2026, Koerner Hall became the site of something far greater than a conventional jazz performance. Presented by The Royal Conservatory of Music, the...
The rhythm section of Wayne Shorter’s legendary quartet kicks off the night and then joins a Toronto big band featuring Canadian saxophone icon Jane Bunnett and...
Ottawa, ON — The Ottawa Latin Jazz Conference proudly announces its return to the National Arts Centre this fall for its highly anticipated second edition. From September...
The evening of March 1, 2025 at Koerner Hall in Toronto marked the world premiere of Warm Winds From Cuba, a project that featured the beloved Canadian saxophonist, flautist,...
Before celebrating the 25th anniversary of the recording of Grammy Award nominated album Jane Bunnett: Alma de Santiago, it pays to take a step back and...
The heart gives a leap at the prospect of listening to a debut record by a young woman you have so admired for the work she...
Somehow, I suspect that Jane Bunnett and Larry Cramer [the two are joined at the musical hip] never doubted that Maqueque, this fiery, spirited all-woman Afro-Cuban...
No matter the label (Latin Jazz, Afro-Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz etc.) Jazz simply isn’t Jazz without the scope of Latin influence that helped shaped it As...
After dark they gather, the spirits of Havana. Is that a ghostly, but fatback-toned rapping down in the barrio where the great composer and percussionist Chano...
This recording by Jane Bunnett and Larry Cramer, partners in music and life, has been widely recognized as a groundbreaking project and highly praised for its...
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque has evolved – in less than five years – from a project to support and honor the new generation of young women...
Don’t let the title of this third recording by Jane Bunnett and (the new incarnation of) Maqueque fool you. Indeed the musicians of this magnificent all-woman...
The curtain rose on all the polite decorum of Koerner Hall and when the evening exploded it was as if we were swept up in the...
Of the many – and often chameleonic – ways to describe the music of Dafnis Prieto the word “questing” comes to mind most often and also...
Jazz Night in America: The Radio Program with Christian McBride Since Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo birthed “Manteca” in the ’40s just as Cuban musicians like...