Trail & District Arts Council presents
Jazz at the Griff
Keith Todd - Off the Grid
Thursday, January 14 at 7:30 pm
The Griff at The Bailey
The Jazz at the Griff series, presented by Trail & District Arts Council, brings you Keith Todd’s “Off the Grid ”, on Thursday, January 14 at 7:30 pm. Enjoy the jazz club vibe of The Griff as you savour a glass of wine in a setting that is up close and personal with the band.
Laying down the groove spanning multiple styles including jazz, old school, Afro and Latin funk are Daralyn Fox on trumpet / flugelhorn, Keith Todd on trombone, Clinton Swanson on sax, Doug Stephenson on bass, Steven Parish on drums, and Mark Spielman on guitar.
Solar powered musicians who play old school funk, with Afro and Latin feels thrown in. From Dixieland to flugelhorn ballads, originals and energetic covers; it's hard to sit still and watch Off The Grid work their magic.
Trombonist Keith Todd was first inspired to take up the trombone by a Canadian Brass concert. He went on to receive a BMus in trombone performance and his teaching certification from the University of Victoria. Keith has played with jazz group Bessie and the Back Eddies, the 11-piece funk band Hornography, the Symphony of the Kootenays, and performs regularly in musical theatre productions in Nelson.
Doug Stephenson has been an integral member of Western Canada's music community for over thirty years. The Calgary native is a bassist, guitarist, composer, producer, and mixing engineer. He has performed with artists such as Charlie Rouse, Les McCann, Bob Murphy, Jay Thomas, John Stowell, Tommy Banks, P.J. Perry, Altered Laws, Campbell Ryga, and Blues legend Big Miller.
Mark Spielman is a bass player whose career has been divided equally between live performance, studio session and education. As a member of “The Circle,” a Florida-based contemporary jazz group, he opened for Hall and Oates, Chicago, Rod Stewart and George Benson. Other performance credits span a variety of styles including jazz dates with Frank Gambale, Dee Daniels and Jimmy Haslip, as well as pop/rock artists such as Ellen MacIlwaine, Shari Ulrich and Paul Janz.
Steven Parrish has a BA in Audio Engineering from the Berklee College of Music and studied Drum Set at Berklee, jazz drum set privately with Frankie Dunlop (Thelonious Monk, Lionel Hampton). Mentored by the legendary Les Paul at age 17, Steven's also played, engineered and/or programmed tracks for Rock 'n' Roll legend Cub Koda, Ian Hunter, Joe Bouchard of Blue Öyster Cult and Rap artist Stezo-E. He has played Jazz with Anthony Braxton and Pat LaBarbara, Robben Ford, John Handy, Jimmy Haslip, Max Bennett, Bob Mintzer, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, Pat Mastellotto and Oz Noy, among others.
Clinton Swanson is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and leader of several bands in the Kootenays. Swanson grew up in the Slocan Valley and performs on sax with numerous ensembles under his own name and as a sideman, including Below the Belt, Hornography, Sax Drive, and Jazz at the Griff favorites Swing, Bluegrass, Old Country, Rock, Pop, and Disco aficionados The Devils You Don’t.
Daralyn Fox is a trumpet player and composer/arranger based out of Rossland, BC. Daralyn has studied music performance at MacEwan University in Edmonton AB and St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish NS with a focus on jazz. She has also studied with the likes of William (Bill) Dimmer, Dominic Spera, and Jon Faddis. In her time as a performing artist, she has had the pleasure of playing with the incomparable Tommy Banks, Bobby Cairns and Dominic Spera.
2 x 45 minute sets plus intermission.
Single tickets are $26. Individual Ticket Under 30 years old (with ID): $13.
Or buy a 4-show series pass for Jazz at the Griff for only $88. Limited availability. Get your pass now!
EDGE Members get a 20% discount on full price tickets.
All individual tickets available online at purchase.trail-arts.com, by phone at 250-368-9669, and in person at the Bailey Box Office at 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail. Series passes available only by calling or visiting the Box Office.
All shows general admission. Groups of 4 may reserve a table at the box office.
The Jazz at the Griff series is made possible thanks to funding from McEwan Law, BC Arts Council, BC Live Performance Network, the Government of Canada, and Tourism South Kootenay. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
Jazz at the Griff subscribers also get 20% off:
Rémi Bolduc Band: Jazzy Christmas - Thursday, December 17 at 7:30 pm in The Bailey. Alto saxophone master Rémi Bolduc revisits the greatest Christmas tunes, both the classics and the lesser-known ones, adding his unique touch of blue for the delight of jazz lovers. Christmas + jazz = a perfect evening!
CaneFire: Caribbean Jazz - Wednesday, March 24 at 7:30 pm in The Bailey. Dynamic and intense CaneFire creates music fashioned out of a myriad of Caribbean and Latin traditions. Pianist and composer Jeremy Ledbetter brings together band members from Canada, Cuba and Trinidad for an original sound featuring the steelpan at the front of this Latin jazz combo, alongside horns, drums, bass and sax.
All shows in the Jazz at The Griff series are:
Rick Lingard Band - Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 pm in The Griff - Rick Lingard as lead vocalist and saxophonist, Juno award-winners Mike Rud on guitar and Dave Restivo on piano, Steve Parrish on drums, and Doug Stephenson on bass kick off the jazz series.
Keith Todd’s “Off the Grid ” - Thursday, January 14 at 7:30 pm in The Griff Solar powered musicians who play old school funk, with Afro and Latin feels thrown in. From Dixieland to flugelhorn ballads, originals and energetic covers; it's hard to sit still and watch Off The Grid work their magic.
Van Django - Thursday, March 25 in The Griff – Rooted in the gypsy jazz of 1930's Paris, France, their original compositions and arrangements include humorous mash-ups and eclectic influences. Since the group's formation in 1998, they have toured extensively in Canada as well as international forays to the US, Europe and China.
Casey Thomas-Burns Quartet - Thursday, April 22 in The Griff - “Swinging, singing, and sparkling,” trombonist and vocalist Casey Thomas-Burns lights up the stage with joyful energy and classic swing style. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Peggy Lee, Harry James, and Sarah Vaughan, Ms. Thomas-Burns leads her quartet in performances that blend the timeless elegance of the jazz Golden Age with the joyful spirit of New Orleans hot jazz.
