Enjoyable music (we won't attempt to qualify what's 'good' is!) knows no boundaries. And being skilled and versatile, area jazz musicians and improvisers can also be heard playing a variety of this other music: funk, blues, classical, chamber music, folk, pop, R&B and more. And during the past two years, area jazz fans have heard some interesting jazz that had one foot solidly planted in another genre.
OttawaJazzScene.ca is pleased to list some of these other musical events ("extra-jazz affairs") by area jazz musicians. The event must be of interest to OJS readers, and performers must be active in the Ottawa-Gatineau jazz scene, in the editors' sole judgement.
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Friday, November 12 - 9 to 11:30 p.m.
Cover: TBA
Matt says: "Though we are basically a cover band we do make a point of playing only the Beach Boys Friends Album... we’ll get to the other tunes later, for now we love the Boys."
www.mattouimet.com/
www.myspace.com/mattouimet
Raw Sugar Café
692 Somerset St West
613-216-2850
www.myspace.com/rawsugarcafe
Monday, September 6 - 10 a.m., 12 noon, 3 p.m.
Tickets: $18 for a Monday pass, $32 for a pass for all four days of the festival
R&B, soul, funk and swing.
SoulGrüv is 2 voices, a 4-piece rhythm section and 6 horns:
http://www.bigbandcaravane.com/soulgruv
Festive Stage
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
www.montgolfieresgatineau.com/anglais/accueil2010_en.htm
144, boulevard de l'Hôpital Bureau 510
C.P. 1970, succ. Hull, Gatineau (Québec) J8X 3Y9
Téléphone : 819 243-2331 / Sans frais : 1-800-668-8383
Thursday, August 19 - 8 p.m.
Cover: $5
Opening for Hinterland.
Matt says: "Though we are basically a cover band we do make a point of playing only the Beach Boys Friends Album... we’ll get to the other tunes later, for now we love the Boys."
www.mattouimet.com/
www.myspace.com/mattouimet
Elmdale House Tavern
1084 Wellington Street West
613-728-2848
www.elmdaletavern.com/
Friday, July 30 - 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Cover: $6
Montreal’s Flotilla makes for an unusual, genre-defying indie-rock outfit, with a classical harpist, an avant-garde composer, and a jazz-trained singer-songwriter on the roster. Ottawa's own Adam Saikaley’s artistry knows no bounds, and will leave you rapt with his blend of organic electro-psych-pop. A boy-wonder and wonderful multi-instrumentalist.
David Little G began early 2007 as a solo project and have morphed into some very warm, melodic, and catchy sounds created by local jazz drummer Jeff Asselin, Igor Ivanov, Karyne Belanger, and Jeff Gleeson.
www.myspace.com/flotillamontreal
www.myspace.com/adamsaikaley
www.myspace.com/davidlittleg
events.myspace.com/Event/6104579/Flotilla-w-Adam-Saikaley--David-Little-G
Raw Sugar Cafe
692 Somerset St West
613-216-2850
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www.myspace.com/rawsugarcafe
Tuesday, July 27 - noon
Tickets: $35 in advance for reserved seats, $25 for general admission
New Music Dialogues - Cello, Basses and Bassoon!
www.chamberfest.com/dotnetnuke/Festival/FestivalSchedule.aspx
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper St.
Ottawa
613-592-3659
As part of the Five D, an Ottawa band which enjoyed success throughout Eastern Ontario in the late nineteen sixties, Poulin, Bradfield, Campbell, and Richardson formed a lasting friendship that, forty-two years later resulted in their first album of fresh, original R’nB.
The name Yohawks has a special meaning and a history in Ottawa. In the late sixties, a Yohawk was a person who dressed with a certain style; sneakers, desert boots or penny loafers, with a plaid, madras or paisley shirt and tight fitting faded jeans. On the other side were The Squirrels, with their jet boots, greasy hair and jean jackets. Yohawks and Squirrels were Ottawa’s version of Mods and Rockers, and were the first recorded gangs in the city.
Today, The Yohawks are a nine piece R’nB band, and are busy working on the follow-up to their first album, MPH.
Friday, July 16 - 9:30 p.m.
Cover: $8
Swinging uptown big band blues.
Elmdale House Tavern
1084 Wellington Street West
613-728-2848
Friday, June 25 - 9:30 p.m.
Swinging uptown big band blues.
Greenfields Pub
900 Greenbank Road (Barrhaven)
Ottawa
613-823-9900
www.greenfieldspub.ca
Sunday, June 20 – 7 p.m.
Cover: TBA
Elmdale House Tavern
1084 Wellington Street West
613-728-2848
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