Jazz it up in Toronto!

Jazz Greats: Sperandei – trained by Ellis Marsalis along with Harry Connick Jr. Sidemen and Canada’s 2005 Jazz Juno Winning Pianist play Three Special Shows

Friday July 1st – Trane Studios – 964 Bathurst St… Toronto (2 blks north of Bathurst Subway) – tel: (416) 913-8197 – Doors open at 8pm – performance at 9:30pm – Special opening night cover price: $15 at door

Saturday July 2nd – The Arts & Letters Club – 14 Elm St… Toronto (north of Dundas and Yonge) – tel: (416) 597-0223 – performance 6pm-8pm – Tickets: $25 via TicketWeb link from http://www.QuintetSperandeiEnsemble.com – or at the door

Wednesday July 6th – Fairview Public Library Theatre – 35 Fairview Mall Dr… North York – Doors at 5:30pm – performance 6pm-8pm – Tickets: $25 via TicketWeb link from http://www.QuintetSperandeiEnsemble.com – or at the door

It took the respect of internationally acclaimed Jazz greats to make us wake up and listen. The height of flattery is that not only did Harry Connick Jr’s sidemen request to perform with the inimitable, Sperandei – they have also turned down potentially lucrative and established New York dates, and absorbed their own travel and accommodation expenses to do so. Now that’s truly in the spirit of the culture of Jazz.  The enthusiasm alone gets one excited to attend these performances.
 
William Sperandei spent years battling pain, the cure of which was extensive, drastic jaw surgery that almost rendered him incapable of tooting his precious instrument. But passion, grit and unearthly love would deliver him once again to that lofty status of Lead Trumpeter, Band Leader, Composer and Arranger. Joining him for the honorable position in the Quintet Sperandei Ensemble will be the incomparable Ned Goold, Harry Connick Jr. saxophonist, featured on Connick’s release “Other Hours” to be found on Branford Marsalis’, Marsalis Music label. Having heard an audio clip of Sperandei in performance Goold said that he would willingly drive from New York to Toronto to work with Sperandei. Sperandei and Connick bassist, Neal Caine used to hang together, back in their mischievous ‘schoolboy days’ in New Orleans, where they studied under Marsalis family patriarch, world-renowned pianist Ellis Marsalis. Caine stated recently that Sperandei still is his favourite trumpeter. Vancouver enfant terrible drummer, Morgan Childs has performed gloriously with Sperandei on a couple of occasions, and stated that he’d walk the girth of several Provinces to do so again. William and outstanding pianist David Braid have a longstanding admiration of each others profound work, and revel in every rare chance to share stage with each other.
 
These Lords of the beat bring a party atmosphere and unleash it onto the ears of their listening audience.
The Jazz event not to be missed!
 
For further information please contact Valerie Dooley (publicist)
Tel: 416-488-9649 or email: val@tootscapital.com

June 30, 2005   Posted in: Canada