Valentine’s Jazz Night

Join us for an evening of live jazz on the 3rd floor at the Lower Deck, featuring the Patrick Simms Trio. Enjoy a relaxed, intimate atmosphere with smooth jazz performances setting the tone for the night.

Hailing from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Patrick studied classical music at Dalhousie University. Not content to only sing opera arias, Patrick is also well versed in the styles of old school jazz crooning, folk music with small and large bands and orchestras, as well as the heavier blues and soul music that he performs with his band The Brickworks, whether it’s a performance at Bearly’s House of Blues or the Halifax Jazz Fest.

When he’s not singing at restaurants, clubs, or private events, Patrick is gainfully employed as a car salesman, but without the grease and the pressure. He has used this job as a fun excuse to conceptualize and direct a series of musical automobile advertisements, stretching his Don-Draper-wannabe advertising muscles.

Patrick’s first and foremost love is music, and is able to provide tailored music for private events, from classical, jazz, blues, folk, funk, and just about everything in between.

As for collaborators, Patrick performs with many musicians around HRM, but the core group includes such wonderfully talented players as Kenneth Pasher, Dilshan Weerasinghe, Nick Donovan, Josh Awe, Brendan Melchin, Lukas Pearse, Kyle Tully, John Janigan-Mills, Paul st Amand, Andrew MacKelvie, Ally Fiola, Ali Enriquez. On the classical side of things Patrick often sings with soprano extraordinaire Brittany Cann, and pianists Tara Scott, Greg Myra, Lynette Wahlstrom just to name a few.