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Winnipeg Free Press Review

JAZZ

Keith Price
Double Quartet (Indie)

Winnipeg guitarist Keith Price has a new album set for release later this month as he prepares for an appearance at the Jazz Festival. Keith is a hugely talented guitarist and composer who has had some great releases — like music for a well-known spaghetti western.

His double-quartet concept here is very cool and is made up of Keith on guitar, Neil Watson alto, Dallas and Jeff Presslaff on keyboards, Julian Bradford and Marty Thiessen on basses and Jaime Carrasco and Kevin Waters on drums.

Keith’s music is frequently rock influenced and funky with a typical driving rhythmic base setting up the solos. There are times when the effect is relentlessly hypnotic, a feature I have always enjoyed in his music. Check out Grunge as an example. His music builds throughout the pieces, with hints of electric Miles. I feel that, at times, Keith flies under the radar here at home, which is a shame. In a blindfold test, his albums could hold up well with releases from anywhere in the world. The Double Quartet will be at the Rachel Browne Theatre on June 24 if you want to see them live, and the album will be released June 23. Keith is a big asset in our local jazz world. ★★★★ out of five

Stream: Old Market Square

By Keith Black

Amber Epp – Jazz Winnipeg Nu Sounds

NU SOUNDS: Amber Epp

April 23 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

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Join us for a jazz interpretation of The Great Canadian Songbook. Amber Epp transforms songs that you love from classic Canadian artists like Leonard Cohen, The Guess Who, and Joni Mitchell while infusing the set with tunes by contemporary artists like Tegan and Sara and Feist. The furthest thing from a cover band, Epp and company want to preserve the original spirit of the work while presenting it with a new energy. Epp‘s process is to retain the original melody and lyric of each song, while transforming some aspect of the song to make something new. The pop tune becomes a bossa nova; the indie rock tune gets reharmonized; the power ballad is pared down to voice and percussion. The idea is to keep original spirit of the tunes, the thing we all love about the tunes, and present something new along with it.

Epp will enlist the skills of her bandmates, Keith Price (guitar), Julian Bradford (bass), and Daniel Roa (drums and vocals), who all have experience composing, arranging, and interpreting songs by Canadians.  Each band member will also bring an original they are proud of, something they hope to be remembered by, their contribution to Canada’s incredible artistic tradition. This concert allows these musicians to carry the torch for Canadian ingenuity in the arts, right here in Manitoba.

Nu Sounds is about bold ideas and daring creative pursuits. The results have always been incredible and have delighted, engaged, and challenged the audiences. Jazz Winnipeg is delighted to be presenting this series for 2017 with support from the Manitoba Arts Council, Manitoba Music, and UMFM.

Nu Sounds – Jazz Winnipeg

With Sol James, Erin Propp, Sheena Rattai, Julian Bradford, and Quincy Davis

Some of Winnipeg’s tightest jazz musicians join forces with some of Winnipeg’s most powerhouse vocalists to present songs from a bountiful songbook of contemporary indie/pop music. The ensemble will put their own spin on songs by artists like The Alabama Shakes, Wilco, The Weakerthans, and Sufjan Stevens while creating a lyrical story arc that accompanies the incredible musicianship. It’s Keith Price like you’ve never seen him and these songs like you’ve never heard them.

Nu Sounds is about bold ideas and daring creative pursuits. The results have always been incredible and have delighted, engaged, and challenged the audiences. Jazz Winnipeg is delighted to be presenting this series for 2017 with support from the Manitoba Arts Council, Manitoba Music, and UMFM.

NU SOUNDS: Keith Price

An Excellent Way To Spend An Evening

An Excellent Way To Spend An Evening with…

Valiska (Calgary)
Latest album, “Healer,” available now on cassette at http://valiska.bandcamp.com/

An Ant And An Atom (Lethbridge)
Latest album, “Entropy,” available now on CD with hand-made packaging at http://anantandantom.com/

FreakingSnap
http://freakingsnap.bandcamp.com/

Keith Price
https://www.keithprice.ca/

Join us at the beautiful CFR in the Osborne Village. $7

 

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