Calgary Jazz Festival
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Barry Shaw Livin in Swing Orchestra
6/25/01
9:00pm
Holiday Inn Downtown
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Bryan Lee
6/27/01
Doors 8:30pm
The Warehouse

Bryan Lee, New Orleans blues veteran, performs a mix of Chicago and Texas shuffltes, Crescent City funk, Memphis styled soul and blues rock.
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Buddy Guy
6/27/01
8:00pm
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Buddy Guy is hailed as one of the best guitarists in the world by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones. guy has won four Grmamy Awards and nominated for two others -- a natural showman.
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Bull Frog Featuring Kid Koala
6/23/01
Doors 8:30pm
The Warehouse

The six-piece Ninja Tune funk band out of Montreal, Bullfrog, performs their R&B funk - influenced music together with the awesome turntable talents of Kid Koala.
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Cheryl Fisher Quintet
6/29/01
8:30pm
Holiday Inn Downtown

Vocalist, lyricist and composer, Cheryl Fisher has performed in Paris, London and across Canada.
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Chris Potter Quartet
6/28/01
8:30pm
Holiday Inn Downtown

Talented saxophonist Chris Potter performs warm and rhythmic music with fresh ideas. The thirty-year-old is one of the busiest players in New York, moving easily between experimental, advanced bop and straight-ahead music.
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Christine Keillor
6/27/01
12:00pm
Bow Valley Square 2
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Cinematic Orchestra
6/26/01
10:00pm
The Warehouse
The brilliantly named Cinematic Orchestra from the UK is led by composer/sampler/multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe who formed his first group, Crabladder in 1990. Crabladder's fusion of jazz and hardcore punk elements with experimental rhythms, inspired Swinscoe to further explore the possibilities of sampling. After the group's demise in the mid-'90s he started recording on his own.
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Dalai Lamas
6/22/01
10:00pm
The Warehouse

The Saskatoon based Dalai Lamas perform a blend of hip-hop, jazz, latin and reggae. The band has performed with artists such as The Philosopher Kings, The New Meaniees, and jacksoul. They have been present at jazz festivals throughout the country and have made appearances on CBC radio and TV with exposure on Much Music's 'Much West'.
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Firehouse
6/30/01
9:00pm
Chinook Keyboard Centre

Led by guitarist John Lindblom, the Swedish quartet performs music in the spirit of Ornette Coleman. Their music is fresh and accessible, with a free-spirited sense of improvisation and structure.
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Glennis Houston
6/28/01
12:00pm
Bow Valley Square 2
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Jessica Williams
6/29/01
10:00pm
Chinook Keyboard Centre
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John Hammond with Blind Boys of Alabama
6/30/01
8:00pm
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

John Hammond is a legendary solo-acoustic blues guitarist and singer, a consecutive four-time Grammy nominee (’96 to ’99) and Grammy award-winner for 1984’s Blues Explosion. With a career spanning upwards of 30 years, Toronto's Globe and Mail calls him "one of the most important acoustic blues performers in the world."

Gospel legends from Alabama, Blind Boys feature original vocalists Clarence Fountain and George Scott.
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Joshua Redman Quartet
7/1/01
8:00pm
Max Bell Theatre (PAC)

Joshua Redman has enjoyed a meteric rise in success since he won the 1991 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Competition. He burst onto the scene in 1993 with his self-titled debut and Wish, which together sold over a million copies. The quartet includes Aaron Goldberg, piano, Ruben Rogers, bass, and Greg Hutchison, drums.
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Lambda
6/28/01
8:00pm
Chinook Keyboard Centre
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Mary Boyes
6/25/01
12:00pm
Bow Valley Square 2
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Metalwood
6/24/01
9:00pm
The Emerald Café
Metalwood celebrates the release of their fourth CD, The Recline, combining impressive facility with equally serious compositional skills. It is the resurgence of groove-oriented jazz. Get Tickets @



Molly Johnson
6/27/01
8:30pm
Holiday Inn Downtown

Recognized as one of Toronto's most versatile vocalists, Molly Johnson is a highly respected jazz singer who performs renditions of the classics.
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Monique Beaumont
6/29/01
12:00pm
Bow Valley Square
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New Deal
6/25/01
10:00pm
The Warehouse

Three leaders of Toronto's electronic/jazz scene formed this band in 1998 in order to push their music farther into the electronic realm while maintaining an organic, natural feel for both the recorded and live performance.
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New Guitar Summit
6/29/01
8:00pm
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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Pierre Dorge & the New Jungle Orchestra
6/30/01
8:30pm
Holiday Inn Downtown

One of Europe's great jazz ensembles, Pierre Dorge and the New Jungle Orchestra present exotically-hued, rhythmically vibrant music that is both sophisticated and very accessible. They deftly explore the meeting place of improvised music and large scale forms, a synthesis of Afro-American, European, Asian and African styles.
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Riel
6/28/01
8:00pm
Martha Cohen Theatre (PAC)
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Roy Hargrove Quintet
6/26/01
8:30pm
Holiday Inn Downtown