For Chuck Copenace, Oshki Manitou is a decidedly personal musical expression, a gift to his family and community, and a means of sharing how ceremonial melodies have changed his musical outlook and united his creativity and spirituality. Oshki Manitou finds the Winnipeg-based, Ojibway musician expanding dramatically on his previous work as a trumpet player, arranger, and composer, fusing contemporary interpretations of sweat-lodge melodies with jazz and elements of dance and electronica.
The result is a collection of eminently groovy, haunting, and ethereal songs that display Chuck Copenace’s signature voice and substantial skills as an interpreter, composer, and performer as never before. But there’s a larger purpose behind his efforts, for which Oshki Manitou is just a starting point. “I’m committed to sharing my story and I want to introduce young people to jazz, but I also want to bring indigenous musicians together. And I think my music can be a platform to further that mission.”
*PLEASE NOTE*
Sunday shows at Jazz at the Fort Garry Hotel feature two 60-minute seatings per evening. Please select which seating you would like to attend during checkout at the link above.
Seating 1 | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
(Doors open at 5:30pm)Seating 2 | 8:30pm - 9:30pm
(Doors open at 8:00pm)