Jazz On Waverley
This will be our fifth annual "Jazz On Waverley" concert series,
which we hold right out front of our church building!
(In unfavourable weather conditions, we'll host the concert inside...)
We're so thankful for everyone who has attended, supported, and served at this neighbourhood event!
We're especially grateful for the friendships we've developed with these remarkable artists, and look forward to blessing our neighbourhood by providing opportunities to share their artistry.
So, join us for "Jazz On Waverley"!
Bring your friends, your family, and your neighbours!
* Free-will offerings will be accepted to support the ministries of Waverley Road Baptist Church.
Friday, July 24th @ 8pm
Bob is best known as a tenorman who’s appeared over the years with various rock, jazz, and classical artists and has recorded as a sideman on many recordings including 2 Juno-nominated CDs with ‘Time Warp’ during the 1980’s.
More recently recorded examples of particular note are his solo and ensemble performances on tenor saxophone on Richard Underhill’s 2003 Juno-award winning CD ‘tales from the blue lounge.’
…60 years later, Bob’s original artistic vision, ‘to make music and be heard,’ continues.
Adrean is an award-winning pianist and composer, and is one of Canada’s most distinct voices on the piano.
Since the late 1990’s, Adrean has been in high demand as a freelance performer and educator, and has been busy touring extensively across Canada and the United States, as well as in venues across Europe, Australia, the UK, Israel, and in Japan.
Chris has studied with Don Thompson, Paul Novotny, and has recorded & played with Alex Pangman’s Alleycats for many years now on multiple cross Canada tours, as well as with Sarah Slean, Jake Chisholm, The Shuffle Demons and his own Chris Banks Trio.
Greg has been performing with jazz bands on the Toronto club and recording scene for the past three decades. He played with the George McFetridge Trio and as a member of the Pat LaBarbera Quartet. Greg has been a dear friend of Waverley.
Friday, July 31st @ 7pm
Pat is an American-born Canadian jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist born in Mt. Morris, New York, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands from 1967 to 1973, and joined the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine in 1975.
He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1974, and was a distinguished member of the faculty at Humber College.
His album, Deep in a Dream, won the 2000 Juno Award for Best Mainstream Jazz Album.
David is one of Canada’s most respected and influential jazz artists. He is a 3-time winner of the National Jazz Awards’ Pianist of the Year Award, and is listed in the current edition of Canadian Who’s Who.
He can be heard on numerous recordings, including the Grammy-winning Mel Tormé/Rob McConnell collaboration Velvet and Brass (Concord Jazz), Mike Murley’s Conversation Piece (Cornerstone), Marc Jordan’s This is How Men Cry (Blue Note/EMI), and his own lauded debut Prayer for Humankind(ness) (Radioland/Universal).
Duncan is a double bassist, composer and arranger, and has been working at the highest levels of jazz for almost thirty years.
In that time he has worked with such luminaries as Norma Winstone, Rob McConnell, Scott Hamilton, Houston Person, Peter Appleyard, Ed Bickert, Mark Murphy, Bobo Stenson, Dianna Krall, Sheila Jordan, Kenny Wheeler, Bobby Watson, Sam Rivers, Harry Allen and Edward Simon to name but a few.
Duncan was a member of Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass and the highly distinguished Canadian Jazz Quartet for ten years before moving to Europe.
The new recording Who Are You? released in the summer of 2023 on TPR records has received national and international acclaim and airplay.
