Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 4 to 7 p.m.
No cover

A new gig in the early evening every Tuesday! Join Kelly Craig and Brian Browne for jazz and cocktails at Hy's steakhouse. Great for after work drinks, meetings and early date night.

• Brian Browne - piano
• Kelly Craig - trumpet
  

Originally from Montreal, Brian Browne moved as a teenager to Ottawa, where his musical career soon began. By the age of eighteen he was playing in local clubs and soon had his own CBC radio programme. He studied at the Berklee School of Music and later won a scholarship to study with Oscar Peterson in Toronto. In 1986 he opened Zoe's Lounge in Ottawa's Chateau Laurier hotel and remained there for a year as musical director. He subsequently moved to New York City, where he spent several years actively in the music scene. With his return to Ottawa, long-time fans of Browne's soulful, swinging piano sound are once again delighted by his local appearances.

www.brianbrowne.com

Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Kelly Craig was in a police sponsored band organization from age 7 onwards, and his high school had a strong music program. He also studied trumpet with Karen Donnelly and Ed Lewis. He was exposed to local music – gut-bucket guitar blues, soul and R&B music – via weekend jam sessions.

On moving to Ottawa, he played with Caribbean groups: reggae, soca, zouk, kompa, salsa, Afro-Cuban jazz and any variations thereof, as well as R&B and soul. From 2004 to 2008, he held the trumpet chair with the world-famous Motown studio band The Funk Brothers, and still plays with the group when they play in the north-eastern quadrant of North America, as well as writing charts for the group.

The Kelly Craig Sextet premiered new compositions by Adam Daudrich at a concert at the NAC Fourth Stage in May 2012, and also appeared at the 2012 Ottawa Jazz Festival.

Much of Kelly’s improvisational inspiration comes from performing with Brian Browne in a duo setting. Brian has encouraged him to draw upon his early influences for a blues-coloured sense of melody and tonality. Brian’s harmonic sophistication feeds the ears in a pure, unfettered manner. Brian reharmonizes standards on stage with no preconceived plan, making the statement of strong melodic ideas paramount in Kelly’s improvised sections. Kelly feels lucky to play with such fine musicians. Each day he is excited to pull the trumpet from its case and play, and anxiously awaits what adventure his trumpet will lead him to.

www.kellycraig.com/

Hy's Ottawa
170 Queen Street
Ottawa, ON
613-234-4545
hyssteakhouse.com

Tuesdays - 6 to 9 p.m.
No cover

• Miguel Angel de Armas - solo piano

Master pianist/composer Miguel Angel de Armas was born in Havana, Cuba. At the early age of nine, he started his musical studies at the Conservatory Amadeo Roldan and later graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte with a Bachelor in Cuban Percussion. In 1988, he founded together with prestigious Cuban musicians, coming most of them from Irakere, the legendary NG La Banda Orchestra. For over a decade he toured and performed in over 30 countries including the most important jazz festivals and cultural events of the world, such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreaux Jazz Festival, Nice Jazz Festival, Nantes Jazz Festival, Normandia Jazz Festival, Color Café Festival, Río de Janeiro Film Festival, and many others. During his musical career, he has recorded over 50 albums, some of them for outstanding record labels and collaborated with Cuban artists like Chucho Valdes e Irakere, Los Van Van, Pablo Milanés, Compay Segundo, Orquesta La Revé, Orlando Valle Maraca, Robertico Carcassés, just to mention some of them.

He has performed at famous scenes as the Lincoln Centre in New York, sharing stage with figures like Michel Camilo, Randy Brecker, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul and The Zawinul Syndicate, McCoy Tyner, Earth Wind and Fire, Take 6, Dominic Miller, David Murray, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Willy Colón, Oscar de León, Frankie Ruiz, Héctor Lavoe, Roberto Roena, José Cheo Feliciano, Luis García, Andy Montañez, Tommy Olivencia, Papo Lucca, Diky Gaytán, Afro-Cuba All Stars, Danilo Pérez, David Sánchez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Daniel Valentin, George Benson, Wynton Marsalis, Ivan Lins, Clark Terry, Tania Maria, Chico Freeman, Dave Valentin, Sammy Figueroa, Robbie Ammen, Gilberto Gil, Hermeto Pascoal, and others.

Now based in Ottawa, Ontario, Miguel's trio performs the original compositions of Miguel and Marc Decho and re-harmonizations of a popular & lesser known jazz standards. The music is modernized Latin-Jazz with a deep sense of tradition. A trio not to be missed!

www.migueldearmas.com

Rare Restaurant
570 Kanata Avenue
Ottawa, ON
613-254-7273
www.rarerb.ca/

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 6 to 10 p.m.
No cover. No reservations required.
Age of majority (19+) required after 9 p.m.

• Alex Moxon - guitar
  
• J.P. Lapensée – bass
• Jamie Holmes - drums
  

These musicians are share a rich playing history together for more than four years. They are comfortable playing in virtually any style of music. They work either as an independent trio or as a rhythm section for hire. The trio takes traditional jazz standards and performs them with contemporary improvisation and energy that helps bring new life to music that was originally heard several decades ago.

Options Jazz Lounge, Brookstreet Hotel
525 Legget Drive
Kanata
613-271-1800

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  - 7 to 10 p.m.
No cover

• Art Lawless - keyboards
  

Vineyards Wine Bar & Bistro
54 York Street, in the Market
613-241-4270
www.vineyards.ca