UPCOMING SHOWS FEATURE RAUL MIDÓN, RON SEXSMITH, AL SIMMONS, NU SOUNDS SERIES

Jazz Winnipeg is thrilled to announce the next round of shows for the 2011-2012 Concert Season.

The exciting line-up includes the return of 2010 festival hit, Raul Midón, one of our country’s greatest songwriting talents, Ron Sexsmith, Juno-Award-winner Al Simmons like you’ve never seen before, Anna-Lisa Kirby Sings Leonard Cohen plus the 2011-2012 edition of the Nu Sounds Series!

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Jazz Winnipeg is pleased to announce the first three concerts of the 2011-2012 Concert Season! Los Angeles’ Dam-Funk, one of the sleeper hits of this year’s festival – along with Canadian stars Jesse Cook and Jill Barber – will kick off the season, with more concerts to be announced soon!

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Steve Martin – yes, that Steve Martin – brings his bluegrass show to Winnipeg this July! Joined by North Carolina’s Steep Canyon Rangers, Martin will be playing material from his brand-new CD, Rare Bird Alert, and his Grammy-winning CD, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo.

All the details are HERE!

Phew! What a busy–but fun–few days! Friday brought Elizabeth Shepherd to town followed by Born Ruffians on Saturday and Emilie-Claire Barlow (pictured above) on Tuesday. All three shows were unique and wonderful. Thanks to all three groups, The Park Theatre team, and most of all the great audiences who came out to support the shows. Thanks also to Paolo Porquez for the great shot above.

We’ve got a super-fun mid-summer concert announcement coming up on April 4 and then we announce the complete line-up for the 2011 TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival on April 15.

We are thrilled to have Elizabeth Shepherd, one of our favourite Canadian jazz singer/songwriter/pianists, returning to Winnipeg for a performance at the Park Theatre on Friday, March 18.

Check out the show details HERE!

One of the hits of the 2009 Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Keys N Krates return to Winnipeg with a new batch of live remixes to get the dance floor jumpin’!

Keys N Krates combine live instrumentation, turntablism and live sampling to remix existing pop music and samples from MGMT to Jay‐Z right before your eyes.

Check out the details HERE!

We kicked off the 2010/2011 Nu Sounds Series last month with a genre-blending concert pairing the Curtis Nowosad Trio with local hip hop group Magnum K.I. The results were fun, challenging and the perfect example of what Nu Sounds is all about – Manitoba musicians developing new musical ideas.

If you missed the concert, or if you were there and want to relive the experience, the show was recorded and is now available to stream online. Just click on the handy-dandy music player below!

And don’t forget, the next Nu Sounds Series concert is next Sunday, January 16, when bassist Luke Sellick brings his quartet to the Park Theatre. All the details are HERE!