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SUMMARY:Qalandar + Universal Language at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:Qalandar are a contemporary Persian ensemble that strike a balance between tradition and innovation. \nGet Tickets\nThe ensemble (featuring Ali Razmi on vcocals\, Hamin Honari on tombak and daf\, Kenton Loewen on drums\, Gordon Grdina on oud\, and Hidayat Honari on tar) combines Arabic\, Persian music and free improvisation with traditional and contemporary Persian pieces. The compositional duties are shared among the ensemble members creating pieces that consider each of the musician’s varied histories while honouring a unified group aesthetic. The ensemble developed out of a weekly traditional Persian gig shared among friends. The group helped to open the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto and has played many times for CBC\, Coastal Jazz and Blues Society and VICO. \nThis concert will pay tribute to founding member\, Kamanche player\, father\, friend\, and artist Reza Honari. After the live set\, we invite you to enjoy the acclaimed comedy Universal Language. \nGordon Grdina — Oud\nAli Razmi Setar — Vocals\nHidayat Honari — Tar\nHamin Honari — Tombak and Daf\nKenton Loewen — Drums \nAbout Universal Language: One of oddest\, funniest\, freshest movies of the year\, Universal Language reimagines Winnipeg as a Farsi-speaking outpost of Iran. Matthew Rankin pays tribute to the cinema of Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi though his deadpan framing of a beige and concrete\, snowswept urban landscape\, where two young girls attempt to liberate a frozen hundred dollar bill from the ice\, while sightseekers drift between pet cemeteries and empty shopping malls\, and a man named Matthew Rankin (played by Matthew Rankin) returns home to visit his ailing mother.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/gord-grdinas-qalandar-universal-language-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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SUMMARY:Kevin Romain Trio / Beware of Mr. Baker at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:Early bird tickets are available now! There are a limited number of early bird tickets available\, so don’t wait! \nOur latest VIFF Live presentation combines a jazz set led by drummer Kevin Romain and one of the most notorious music docs ever made\, Jay Bulger’s bruising encounter with the legendary Ginger Baker\, aka “the world’s greatest drummer”. \nGet Tickets\nA true virtuoso\, Baker was famous for his stint with Eric Clapton in Cream\, but he saw himself as the heir to Max Roach\, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones\, and later recorded several jazz albums. Neither success nor failure brought him any peace however. Self-destructive and seething with rage\, Ginger was never easy to be around\, as Rolling Stone journalist and filmmaker Bulger found out to his cost… \nKevin Romain is a drummer\, improviser\, composer\, educator\, bandleader and curator based in East Vancouver. Since the early 2000s he has performed regularly across North America as well as Europe\, West Africa\, China and Japan. He studied jazz and contemporary music at Vancouver Community College and has studied the drums with luminaries such as Tomas Fujiwara\, Marcus Gilmore\, Jeff Ballard\, Mark Guiliana\, Dan Weiss\, Bernie Arai and Dylan van der Schyff. \nRomain’s current focus as a bandleader and composer is his post-bop quartet Salience Network. The debut full length record from this group was released in 2023 on The Infidels Jazz record label. Over the past decade Romain has performed extensively as a soloist on the drum set. 2025 sees the release of his first solo record Autopoietic 1\, a collection of improvisations rooted in his highly personal polyrhythmic vocabulary. \nFor this performance\, Romain will be joined by longtime collaborators Cole Schmidt (guitar) and Olive Shakur (bass)\, playing repertoire from the Ginger Baker Trio\, which saw the iconic drummer team up with jazz legends Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden in the mid 1990s.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/kevin-romain-beware-mr-baker-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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SUMMARY:Matt Grinke's Happiest Jazz Quintet on Earth Plays Pixar + Monsters\, Inc.
DESCRIPTION:The Happiest Big Band on Earth had their first show on April 27th\, 2018\, and was born through Matt Grinke’s love of jazz and Disney. Since then\, the Happiest band has continued to morph and shift into many different sounds and sizes\, anywhere from a trio to the full 17-piece big band\, including this quintet! \nGet Tickets\nMatt has also shifted from just a Disney fan to pianist and music director for Disney Cruise Line\, and is more than happy to arrange and perform Disney tunes even when he’s not on contract! For this special performance\, Matt’s quintet will performing a set of Pixar Studio favourites and deep cuts. After the music\, sit back and enjoy one of Pixar’s most popular movies\, Pete Docter’s Monsters\, Inc.\n\nTenor Sax — John Nicholson\nTrumpet — Rory Hislop\nPiano — Matt Grinke\nBass — Monica Sumulong Dumas\nDrums — Trent Otter
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/matt-grinkes-happiest-jazz-quintet-on-earth-plays-pixar-monsters-inc/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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