OttawaJazzScene.ca - Extra-Jazz Affairs

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 few 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 OttawaJazzScene.ca readers, and performers must be active in the Ottawa-Gatineau jazz scene, in the editors' sole judgement.

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(If you're looking for more folk-oriented events in the Ottawa area, we recommend checking out Ottawa Folk Music Events, run by Brian Silcoff.)

The Swing Sisters at Greenfields Pub

Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 6 to 9 p.m.
Cover: $10

Paula McGowan - vocals
Laura Hillary - vocals
Sherri Harding - vocals

The Swing Sisters perform a wide variety of music including swing of course, beautiful ballads, disco & funk, rhythm & blues as well as rock and Latin songs.

Also on the bill: Sherri Harding and the Heat

Sherri Harding - vocals
Gino Scaffidi - guitar
Ed Bimm - keyboards
Tom McMahon - bass
Peter Beaudoin - drums
Bernie Maisonneuve - backing vocals & percussion

Greenfields Pub
900 Greenbank Road (Barrhaven)
Ottawa
613-823-9900
www.barrhavenspub.com

Sexy Guitar Night featuring Salacious Sax at Irene's

Friday, February 10, 2012 - 9:30 p.m.
Cover: $10

Tony D - guitar
Zeek Gross - saxophone
Don Cummings - Hammond A1 organ
Jack MacGregor - drums
Joe Hawkins - bass

Funk, jazz and soul music for guitar and sax.

Irene's Pub
885 Bank Street (in the Glebe)
613-230-4474

Jed Rached and The Fat City 8 at Irene's

Friday, January 20, 2012 - 9:30 p.m.
Cover: $10

Jed "Rocket" Rached - vocals
Sandy Gordon - alto sax
Terry Owen - tenor sax
Rick Rangno - trumpet
Guy Del Villano - piano
Joe Hawkins - guitar
George Pendergast - bass
Billy Brennan - drums

Swinging uptown big band blues.

www.fatcity8.ca

Irene's Pub
885 Bank Street (in the Glebe)
613-230-4474

Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays at Mavericks

Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 9 p.m.
Cover: TBA

Slim Moore - lead vocals
Mary Caruso - backup vocals & tambourine
Thibeaux Toussaint - guitar
Donovan Willis - bass
Phil Motion - drums
Nicholas Dyson - trumpet & flugelhorn
Matt Cedricks - alto sax & flut
Arland Ellis - tenor sax
Johnny Tabana - baritone sax

A new side project of Souljazz Orchestra. The band recently released its first CD.

www.slimmooreandthemarkays.com/
www.myspace.com/slimmooreandthemarkays

A night of deep, raw, passionate soul sounds, featuring the hot-buttered vocals of the legendary Mr. Slim Moore, with a tough-as-nails instrumental back-up by members of the Souljazz Orchestra.

Mavericks
221 Rideau Street
Ottawa

Phil Motion & The Easy Lo-Fi at the Elmdale Tavern

Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 9:30 p.m.
Cover: TBA

Phil Motion - guitar, vocals
Marc Decho - bass
Mary Gellner - drums
and special guests

Plus The Marlow Beat Kings.

Phil Motion & The Easy LO-Fi is an original back-to-basics return to classic funk, blues, northern soul, and motown. Dirty drums, warm, punchy bass, gritty guitar tones and hard-driven vocals make up the recipe for nothing short of old-school love. Lo-fi do-it-yourself recordings and an imagination gives this project two strong legs to stand on. Produced and recorded by Phil Motion on Garageband with two sm57s makes for a feel and sound that rooted in a no 'glit' all grit pocket. A bit of help from Jay Jaknunas at Metropolitan Studios with the tighten up, some of the most solid players pushin' and pullin', and the band is good to go.

Phil Motion est un groupe qui fait un retour aux bases du funk classique, blues et motown, avec rien d'autre que du groove pur!

www.myspace.com/philmotion

Elmdale House Tavern
1084 Wellington Street West
613-728-2848
www.elmdaletavern.com/

The Marlow Rhythm Kings at the Mercury Lounge

Thursday, December 29 - 9 p.m.
Cover: $8

Thibeaux Toussaint (aka Pierre Chretien) - combo organ
Phil Motion - drums and skins
Marc Decho - bass

The Marlow Records House band ... psychedelic R&B, Soul, Boogaloo organ trio featuring members of Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays and The Souljazz Orchestra!

www.myspace.com/marlowrecords
www.upandupmusic.ca/

The Mercury Lounge
56 Byward Market
Ottawa
www.mercurylounge.com

Ferriswheel CD Launch at Le Temporaire

Thursday, December 8 - 8:30 p.m.
PWYC

Simon Trottier - acoustic guitar, lap steel
Mathieu Charbonneau - piano and synths
Phillippe Charbonneau - double bass
Olivier Fairfield - drums and percussion
Pietro Amato - french horn
Joshua Zubot - violin
with
Rolf Klausener (The Acorn)

CD Launch for Un peu au nord et sans distorsion .

A story (in French) about the new album: voir.ca/musique/2011/11/24/ferriswheel-face-a-face-b/

http://ferriswheel.bandcamp.com/

Le Temporaire
75 St. Rédempteur
Gatineau (Vieux Hull)

Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays at the Mercury Lounge

Thursday, November 24 - 9 p.m.
Cover: $10

Slim Moore - lead vocals
Mary Caruso - backup vocals & tambourine
Thibeaux Toussaint - guitar
Donovan Willis - bass
Phil Motion - drums
Nicholas Dyson - trumpet & flugelhorn
Matt Cedricks - alto sax & flut
Arland Ellis - tenor sax
Johnny Tabana - baritone sax

A new side project of Souljazz Orchestra. The band is hot off its Canadian record release tour for its first CD.

For what it's worth, the new album's been getting some solid airplay and feedback from all over the globe too:

"A future classic right here!"
DJ Jeremy Sole, Los Angeles CA (KCRW / theLIFT / Afro Funké / Musaics)

"Top soul album of 2011"
Mangroove DJ crew, Montréal QC

"One of the best new funk albums we've heard in years"
Dusty Groove, Chicago IL

"The best soul music produced in Canada possibly ever"
DJ D-Mass, Ottawa ON

"This one will bring tears to the eyes of fans of Black Moses Isaac, Superfly Curties or Bobby 110th Street"
90BPM, Paris France

You can see more of what folks have been saying here: www.slimmooreandthemarkays.com/reviews.html

"You might have heard that the Souljazz crew's been hard at work on a brand new orchestral soul project, Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays, backing dynamite Jamaican-Canadian singer Slim Moore, along with our boys Nick Dyson and Donovan Willis. The band's got a killer record coming out on October 4th, don't sleep on this one (it's massive: full string section, gospel choir, whacka-whacka Shaft guitars, fuzz bass, trombone burps, out-of-tune piano, breathy flute, inappropriate bongo solos... what else can you want really?)"

www.myspace.com/slimmooreandthemarkays

A night of deep, raw, passionate soul sounds, featuring the hot-buttered vocals of the legendary Mr. Slim Moore, with a tough-as-nails instrumental back-up by members of the Souljazz Orchestra.

Mercury Lounge
56 Byward (Upstairs) near George St.
Ottawa
www.mercurylounge.ca

Sherri Harding and the Heat at the Atomic Rooster

Sunday, November 13 - 6 to 9 p.m.

Sherri Harding - vocals
Gino Scaffidi - guitar
Ed Bimm - keyboards
Ken Seeley - bass
Peter Beaudoin - drums
Bernie Maisonneuve - backing vocals & percussion

Atomic Rooster
303 Bank Street
Ottawa