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NOW READER'S CHOICE
BEST RADIO STATION
2nd YEAR IN A ROW + HEATHER BAMBRICK IS RUNNER UP FOR BEST RADIO PERSONALITY
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Thanks to YOU, JAZZ.FM91 has earned NOW Reader's Choice Award for Best Radio Station
for a second year back-to-back! PLUS JAZZ.FM91's Heather Bam
brick placed Runne
r-Up for
Best Radio Personality!
NOW's Readers' Choice issue is available today!
Learn about NOW ACCESS the membership program that gets you 25-40% more spending money for Toronto's top bars, restaurants and shops. Explore the weekly offers at
nowaccess.ca
.
Thank you again for your support! We couldn't be more grateful! In case you missed it ... as a special treat, listen to the official announcement this morning delivered in song by our own, multi talented David Wall ft. Eric St-Laurent on guitar:
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JAZZ.FM91 IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE RETURN OF
OUR PRESIDENT'S CHOICE
CONCERT SERIES!
Join JAZZ.FM91 President & CEO, Ross Porter for a series of special, intimate evenings at Hugh’s Room Live as he explores the music and careers of some of his favourite, closest friends in the Canadian jazz world. Kicking off the new season with her distinct, evocative voice is Jill Barber! Renowned for writing songs that evoke feeling of a bygone era, Jill will dazzle the audience
on November 22nd!
Expect casual, entertaining and intriguing storytelling and performing, as Ross and six jazz luminaries chat, reminisce and play the music that inspires them. Our President’s Choice is a rare opportunity
to get to know some of the greatest performers in Canadian jazz, in an up-close and personal setting. Purchase your tickets today!
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Our President's Choice Concert Series is proudly sponsored by:
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JAZZ.FM91 Launches Loyalty Rewards to Thank You – Our Dedicated Donor!
JAZZ.FM91 holds our relationship with our donors, as fundamental to our success. To honor our donors, we are launching our
JAZZ.FM91
Loyalty Rewards
program.
The
JAZZ.FM91 Loyalty Rewards
program
helps to connect our generous and loyal donors to the station by providing Loyalty Rewards members with exclusive content and opportunities to enrich their listening relationship with JAZZ.FM91.
Please consider becoming a Loyalty Rewards member today.
All gifts of $240/year ($20/month) or more qualify you for the
JAZZ.FM91 Loyalty Rewards
program.
Current perpetual donors of $20/month or more, and individuals who have donated $240 or more in the past year will automatically be enrolled as members of the
Loyalty Rewards
program. Loyalty Rewards members have already started receiving benefits including advance ticket access to our recently announced new
Our President’s Choice Concert Series
.
Other benefits include an invitation to an exclusive Loyalty Rewards member-only event during ‘JAZZ.FM91 Loyalty Week’, special discounts on JAZZ.FM91 educational courses, and monthly draws just for Loyalty Rewards members.
Cornel Brenninkmeyer is the lucky winner of our November Loyalty Rewards draw prize and has won a special prize basket from
Black Oak Brewing
. A $200 value prize package including hat, glasses and a group tour pass to their Etobicoke brewery.
Let us help say thank you by rewarding you! For more information visit
jazz.fm
or to donate to join the Loyalty Rewards program visit
www.jazz.fm/donate
, or call Mary Kate Dall at 416-595-0404 ext. 245.
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MARKING A MILESTONE
On November 8th with an unforgettable evening of music with
Humber At 50: A Celebration Through Music
presented by TD Insurance at Koerner Hall.
Hosted by JAZZ.FM91's President & CEO, Ross Porter, performing on the Koerner Hall stage will be some of Canada's finest musicians!
Performances include Humber's Faculty Big Band directed by Denny Christianson featuring Pat LaBarbera and Al Kay with special guest, Kurt Elling; in addition to Rik Emmett; Laila Biali and Rich Brown's Rinsethealgorithm with Robi Botos, Larnell Lewis and Luis Deniz.
For tickets and to learn more about the evening visit
,
jazz.fm
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The story behind
Blues for Dracula, to my knowledge the only Halloween-themed jazz album in existence, began in a Los Angeles burlesque club called Duffy’s Gaiety.
Drummer Philly Joe Jones, best known for his work for Miles Davis, worked there in the 1950’s along with comedian Lenny Bruce. The two became fast friends. Jones was a talented impersonator and showman, so Bruce decided to
teach him his Bela Lugosi routine.
This act became the basis for “Blues for Dracula”, the title track of Jones’ 1958 debut album as a leader. Jones simultaneously plays drums and monologues in a thick Transylvanian accent, introducing himself as “Count Dracula… the bebop vampire!”. The album cover features Dracula at the drum set, a bat hanging from one drum stick. One listener who enjoyed the routine was saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Inspired to write his own Dracula tribute, Shorter composed “Children of the Night”, which premiered on Art Blakey’s 1961 album
Mosaic. The title comes from one of Lugosi’s lines in the original movie: “They are the children of the night. What beautiful music they make.”
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THE BENEFITS OF PLANNED GIVING W/ MARK HALPERN: PART 4 WILLS & CHARITY
Jazz listeners can learn how to benefit from donating to charities, how to leave substantial gifts to family and loved ones and not the tax man. Ross Porter sat down with Certified Financial Planner and Trust & Estate Practitioner, Mark Halpern, who is the president and founder of
WEALTHinsurance.com
. They created four informative and entertaining podcast episodes on planned giving, financial planning & estate planning.
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The JAZZ.FM91 Sound of Jazz Concert Series
is proudly sponsored by:
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THE SOJ LINE UP ANNOUNCED:
Our full line up of for the Sound of Jazz Concert Series at the Old Mill Toronto:
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John Macleod & the Rex Hotel Orchestra
Date: Monday, November 6th, 2017
Kevin Clark's Tribute to Satchmo & New Orleans
Date: Monday, November 20th, 2017
Matt Dusk's Old School Yule
Date: Monday, December 11th, 2017
Kellylee Evans "Love Songs"
Date: Monday, February 12th, 2018
JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band
Date: Monday, March 5th, 2018
Gene Bertoncini
Date: Monday, May 7th, 2018
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JAZZ PROSE:
PAUL DESMOND
An Engaging Viewpoint
An Alto full of wit,
Articulate and informed,
Conversationally interesting,
Blue but only just,
He had the sound of warm sunlight,
with a roguish inflection,
Rabbiting around the harmonic perimeters,
Adventuring,
Proceeding strategically, whimsically,
Winning with intelligence.
c.Freddington 2017
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JAZZ.FM91/BOOST MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM BEGINS!
On Monday, October 23, 2017, JAZZ.FM91 launched a brand new music therapy program,
in collaboration with The Boost Child and Youth Advocacy Centre and The Child Development Institute (CDI). Both of these Toronto-based organizations provide much needed support for child victims of abuse and trauma.
Heading up the group therapy sessions for child and parent clients of Boost and the CDI was Aaron Lightstone MMT, MTA, an award winning music therapist and musician who has been working with the station for the last ten months to create the JAZZ.FM91 branded music therapy program at St. Michael’s Hospital. So far feedback about the program from staff and clients at Boost/CDI has been overwhelmingly positive. JAZZ.FM91 is dedicated to the healing power of music and art and is proud to be offering free music programs such as this to our community.
Pictured in photo: Ruby Tesky, Aaron Lightstone, Kaitlin Winslow, Kristen Tripp
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JAYMZ BEE CELEBRATES THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW BOOK COSMIC FISHING
PRESENTED BY PAGES UNBOUND & INSOMNIAC PRESS
FEATURING:JAYMZ BEE reading from Cosmic Fishing, Interviews of Jaymz by ROSS PORTER & RALPH BENMERGUI Jaymz performing with the GREAT BOB SCOTT TRIO featuring George Koller, Eric St-Laurent and special surprise guests.
Pages UnBound and Insomniac Press celebrate Cosmic Fishing, a new book of lyrics and poetry written by band leader, broadcaster and noted surrealist, Jaymz Bee, with a special evening of entertainment at the Gladstone Hotel. Legendary broadcasters Ross Porter and Ralph Benmergui will interview Jaymz about the roots of his creative process in a special conversation. Jaymz will start the evening with a reading from Cosmic Fishing, accompanied by appropriate surrealist imagery and conclude it with an astonishing kick-ass jazz performance with local legends THE GREAT BOB SCOTT TRIO and other top Toronto musicians.
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JAZZOLOGY WITH HEATHER BAMBRICK
Thursday, October 26 | 9PM-10PM
Proudly sponsored by RBC Royal Bank, tonight Jazzology features
Lucas Ross, Guitarist from York University
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RONNIE SCOTT'S
Friday, October 27 | 9PM-10PM
On this weeks'
Ronnie Scott's Radio Show, there’s a chance for you to hear Ian Shaw’s in-depth interview with
Stacey Kent and her partner in life and music
Jim Tomlinson, as they talk about Stacey’s brand new album ‘I Know I Dream (The Orchestral Sessions)’.
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JAMIE CULLUM BBC RADIO SHOW
Saturday, October 28 | 11AM-12PM
Jamie Cullum’s
guest is the singer and songwriter
Georgia Van Etten
who talks about her jazz roots in Take 5.
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SOUND OF JAZZ
Sunday, October 29 | 11AM-12PM
Eclectic singer-songwriter
Jill Barber dazzles our
Live to Air audience with her distinct, evocative voice in this performance. One of Canada's brightest stars, she will be opening
Our President's Choice concert series this year on Nov. 22nd.
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DOCUMENTARY SUNDAY
Sunday, October 29 | 4PM-5PM
Ross Porter asks, If you were marooned on a remote island with no prospect of returning home which CD's would you have with you to help pass the time? This week's
Stranded with
Moe Koffman.
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HOST YOUR OWN RADIO SHOW
Sunday, October 29 | 10PM-11PM
JAZZ.FM91 presents another edition of our
Host Your Own Radio Show with
Robin Habermehl
and
Nicholas Uffin
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About Us
More than just a radio station,
JAZZ.FM91
is Canada's only broadcaster and registered not-for-profit charitable arts organization dedicated to enriching the cultural, educational and community experience of their audience.
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"JAZZ.FM91 one of the most vibrant and versatile jazz stations on the planet" - Jazz Times
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