On Saturday night, Halifax will be treated to one of Chicago’s most interesting film composers and jazz multi-instrumentalists. Joshua Abrams makes music that is challenging, accessible and it rings in tune with the body. For over 15 years, Abrams has been creating worlds within worlds. Since 2010, he performs with a rotating ensemble called the […]
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Carols everywhere
A piano, a gentle drum shuffle, a children’s choir: The opening notes of A Charlie Brown Christmas, scoring a lightly falling snow, are not just familiar, they’re iconic. The 22-minute television special, which debuted in 1965, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, five decades worth of festive feeling, holiday transportation and warm nostalgia. JazzEast’s […]
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JazzEast’s 30k in 30 days halfway point
JazzEast’s 30k in 30 days Indiegogo campaign has an altruistic goal—to make the ever-popular evening Festival Tent Mainstage concerts during the Halifax Jazz Festival free to the public. “In 2012 we hosted two free evening concerts; in 2013 that number grew to three. Droves of people came out to these concerts. We don’t want to […]
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6th Annual JazzEast Gala Fundraiser for Music Education is in it’s blue period
Laila “Yowza” Biali Feeling blue? JazzEast brings the Laila Biali Trio back to Canada after recording and touring with (the one, the only) Sting overseas for An Evening In Blue: 6th Annual JazzEast Gala Fundraiser for Music Education (Sunday, December 6, The Lord Nelson Hotel Ballroom, 6pm, $125. A receipt will be issued for $60 […]