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SUMMARY:John Chaisson\, Dave Staples & Charley Cooley
DESCRIPTION:John Chaisson grew up in Antigonish\, and studied jazz at St. Francis Xavier University\, long before the singing jazz upright bass player Esperanza Spaulding came to prominence. Fans of John’s smooth baritone-plus-bass already had her Nova Scotia counterpoint. \nJohn has put true\, low notes behind PEI legend Lenny Gallant\, the stratospheric pipes of The Rankins\, and beneath the fretless lilt of Natalie McMaster’s fiddle. For Natalie\, John has been a music director\, that is to say\, her band-leader and arranger\, the person who runs rehearsals. \nNow based in Halifax\, John’s trio plays for special events and regularly at Baton Rouge and many other venues across Nova Scotia; John and trio also provided expert framing for young phenoms like saxophonist Rob Crowell. \nJohn admits that inspiration is a deep well – for him it starts with music in the house\, played and encouraged by his parents\, then with the arrival of a lead-singing bass player\, Paul McCartney. John also mentions McCartney’s apparent opposite in ’60s music – the iconoclast composer\, singer and bassist Charles Mingus\, himself known for heart-rending chord changes\, like those in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. \nJohn’s signature instrument is an unusual solid-body upright bass\, nothing McCartney or Mingus could have had\, in the day. This bass sounds sweet\, and repels the Maritimes’ dry and damp spells with warmth. \nDave Staples is a veteran East Coast performer and music educator and maintains a busy freelance career as a pianist\, trombonist\, composer and recording artist. Dave has performed and recorded with such artists and groups as Mike Murley\, Rene e Rosnes\, Kenny Wheeler\, Kurt Elling\, Omar Hakim\, the Maritime Jazz Orchestra and Bicoastal Collective as well as numerous East Coast musicians and ensembles\, including John Chiasson\, Ian Janes\, Scott and the Rocks\, Mike Cowie\, Latin Groove\, the Blakey Project\, the Mingus Project\, the Horace Silver Tribute Band\, the Halifax Trombone Summit\, the Back Alley Big Band and his own Dave Staples Septet. In 1995\, he received the East Coast Music Award (ECMA) with Jeff Goodspeed as Jazz Artists of the Year for their album release of “Eastern Passage”(CBC Productions) and is featured on the 2006 ECMA Jazz Album of the Year “Tom Roach: Piano Trios “(CBC Productions). \nDave taught instrumental music with the Halifax Regional School Board for over 30 years and is co-founder and director of the Nova Scotia Honour Jazz program\, which has worked with talented students of jazz in Nova Scotia for the last 25 years. He has also served as a board member of JazzEast and was on the Canadian Executive Board of the International Association for Jazz Education as Newsletter Editor and Director of Communications from 2003 to 2008. \nCharlie Cooley has performed and/or recorded with such artists as: Leonard Cohen\, K.D. Lang\, The Guess Who\, Heillig Manoeuvre\, Amanda Marshall\, Anne Murray\, Randy Brecker\, Kellylee Evans\, Sass Jordan\, Long John Baldry\, Matt Dusk\, and The Blues Brothers (musical director – Paul Shaffer) \nCharlie is also a member of the Juno Award winning world beat jazz ensemble Manteca. Manteca has performed in many territories around the world including The North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands (Holland)\, The Canadian Pavilion at Expo in Seville\, Spain\, The Aspen Jazz Festival\, The Playboy Jazz Festival at The Hollywood Bowl and The Pori Jazz Festival in Finland. \nCharlie has been the in-house drummer for many of Canada’s prime time television award shows such as The Juno Awards\, The Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame Awards\, The East Coast Music Awards\, The Gemini Awards\, The Canadian Country Music Awards\, and the Canada Day Celebrations from Parliament Hill (CBC)
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/john-chaisson-dave-staples-charley-cooley/
LOCATION:Wooden Monkey\, Alderney Landing
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SUMMARY:Jam with Gabe Mink Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Jazz jam with Gabe Mink & friends. \nGabe is a guitarist and bandleader and a rising talent on the Halifax jazz scene! He plays with a shifting cast of Eastern Canada’s top musicians. Gabe has extensive experience performing at festivals and venues throughout Canada.
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/gabe-mink-quartet/2025-09-25/
LOCATION:Propeller Brewing Gottingen\, 2015 Gottingen Stl
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SUMMARY:Benefit for Elyse Aeryn
DESCRIPTION:Coast2Coast Songwriters’ Night featuring Roxy Mercier\, Madison and Angela Saini\nAs many of you now know\, Elyse Aeryn was recently involved in a very serious motorcycle accident\, suffering many broken bones and requiring multiple surgeries. Thankfully\, it is expected that eventually she will fully recover\, but that road will be long and difficult and she’ll need all the help and support we can give her. You can help immediately by donating to her Go Fund Me campaign HERE. or there will be various ways to contribute set up at the show.\n\n\nTo stay true to her vision of three of Canada’s brightest up-and-coming singer-songwriters in her Coast2Coast show\, local powerhouse Roxy Mercier (from Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound) has stepped in to join Maddisun & Angela Saini so the show can go on as intended: an intimate night of songs and stories at The Carleton\n\n\n\n\nRoxy Mercier — Halifax\, Nova Scotia\nAs front person for the award-winning soul/funk band The Underground Soul Sound\, Roxy is a charismatic performer with a voice so powerful it has to be heard to be believed. Also an accomplished songwriter\, she is one of the brightest lights in our Halifax musical firmament.\n\n\n\nMaddisun — Cranbrook\, British Columbia \nBorn and raised in the wilderness of Cranbrook British Columbia\, Maddisun is sunshine-soaked\, mountain-made rock ‘n roll with powerful vocals and a magnetic spirit. Maddisun channels raw emotion\, resilience\, and roots\, taking you on a journey through wild beauty and nomadic dreams. Maddisun saw success on her 2nd album release Home Is Where The Music Is – with lead single Don’t Say No reaching large streaming numbers\, a placement on H&M’s official in-store playlist\, and spinning on CBC’s Afterdark program.\n\n\n\nAngela Saini — Toronto\, Ontario \nAngela Saini sweeps people away with instantly-memorable\, toe-tapping country folk-pop infused with storyteller sing-alongs about courage and finding joy in surprising places. A 2020 Independent Music Award Finalist for “Best Alt Country” and 2017 Toronto Independent Music Award winner\, she uplifts and inspires audiences with songs about second chances and empowering others. With several Canadian tours under her belt as well as treks across Germany\, England and The Netherlands\, the positive and upbeat songstress has been called “massively talented” by BBC Radio.
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/roxy-mercier-angela-saini-maddisun/
LOCATION:The Carleton\, 1685 Argyle St\, Halifax
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