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Beyond the Pale CD Release Show
With RUCKUS, the long-awaited follow up to 2009’s multi award-winning album POSTCARDS, Beyond the Pale re-asserts its reputation as one of Canada’s most innovative acoustic ensembles. Inspired by Klezmer and Balkan styles but informed by everything from jazz and chamber music to bluegrass and reggae, this stunning new album displays the virtuosic musicianship, meticulous dynamics, and exuberant energy for which the group has become known in its nearly 20-year career. RUCKUS is an instrumental tour de force, featuring an equal…
Find out more »Bret Higgins’ Atlas Revolt @RHCPA
Ashkenaz is pleased to return to Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts’ Tuesday summer jazz series with a presentation of Bret Higgins’ Atlas Revolt. The band is the brainchild of the eponymous Toronto bassist and created as a vehicle for his original instrumental compositions. Formed in 2013, the group explores genre-defying music that draws inspiration largely from film scores, jazz, rock, surf, and elements of Eastern European, African and South American music. The group’s music has been described by…
Find out more »Hoffman/Lemish Quartet @ Markham Jazz Fest
Ashkenaz returns as guest curator at the Markham Jazz Festival with a genre-defying performance featuring two of Israel’s most innovative musicians. Amos Hoffman is an Israeli Jazz guitarist and oudist known worldwide as a pioneer in fusing the rhythms and melodic themes of the Middle East with Modern Jazz. Noam Lemish (known to Ashkenaz audiences as one of the co-leaders of the Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative) is a multi-faceted pianist and composer whose music, often characterized by intense lyricism and energy,…
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