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By Raina Hersh Ximena Griscti
Annabelle Chvostek is a Toronto-based singer, composer and producer whose music harkens back to the grittiness of 1930s tango, vaudeville and swinging Hot Club jazz. Throughout her career, Chvostek has composed music for dance and film, co-written songs with Bruce Cockburn, and played with the folk band The Wailin’ Jennys.
Chvostek’s new album
String of Pearls brings together her Canadian singer-songwriter tradition and the nostalgia of her East European heritage along with a long-standing connection to Uruguay. The songs were arranged and co-produced in Montevideo by long-time collaborator, composer and multi-instrumentalist Fernando Rosa, who gathered some of Uruguay’s top tango and classical musicians to add to an already stellar lineup of musicians from Toronto’s jazz manouche community.
Thomas Steele makes his own mark on big-band jazz
By Raina Hersh
Thomas Steele is a Toronto-based saxophonist, composer and educator who has performed across Canada in both big bands and smaller jazz ensembles, sharing the stage with internationally acclaimed artists like Tim Hagans, Andrew Rathbun, Tara Davidson and more.
In 2019, Steele released a quintet album called
The Bends. Now, his latest project
10Tet features a 10-piece jazz ensemble with some of the most engaging and lyrical musicians in Toronto.
For the
How would you describe your style to someone who hasn’t heard your music?
I would say it’s about taking a big band and putting it into a more modern stream. We have instrumentation that’s a bit unique. We’re trying to push the boundaries of some more modern and contemporary styles of jazz.
By Raina Hersh
Katie Ditschun is a singer-songwriter living in Alexandria, Ont.
She attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied jazz and contemporary vocals, and then returned to Canada and taught for a number of years.
In 2018, Ditschun began the process of recording her debut album called
Spare Skirt. She describes her music as “quirky piano with some serious jazz notes,” and it’s full of lyrical substance and sincerity.
The album’s latest single is the moody, ethereal
The Moon, a song that came together in almost an instant. “This song came to me in a sudden rush,” Ditschun recalls. “I sat at the piano and was astonished at how quickly it flowed out of me. It was like it had been poured into me.”
Jazz vocalist Fuat Tuaç talks upcoming album The Immigrant
By Raina Hersh
Fuat Tuaç is a vocalist who began his jazz journey by singing in his hometown of Istanbul, Turkey.
In 2011, he moved to Montreal to study jazz and very quickly took up residencies at some of the local bars and clubs, as well as performing and facilitating jam sessions with other musicians.
Tuaç sings in five different languages and has an eclectic repertoire. He released his debut album
Late Bloomer in 2017, and he’s currently working on his second album called
The Immigrant, due in early 2021.
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What has the experience been like putting together this new album,
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