A killer version of “Yardbird Suite” played and scatted at breakneck speed with Kevin Mahogany signaling for extra punch and the band delivering right on time. That “something made famous by Frank Sinatra”, “One for my Baby” came next and “Secret Love”. Read Article

Internationally renowned jazz pianist Barry Harris brings his music to an unlikely group of Toronto kids. Read Article

The creative arts scene of Toronto just added a new color to its vibrant pallet with the May inauguration of the Art of Jazz Celebration. Solidly based in jazz education, Art of Jazz was founded by Toronto’s jazz emissaries, saxophonist Jane Bunnett and trumpeter Larry Cramer, along with Bonnie Lester and Howard Rees. Read Article

A Tribute to Barry Harris
At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto on Thursday

It was set up to look like a simple duet, but in truth it was more like a jazz piano summit, a duel between geniuses.

Behind the Steinway on the left sat Barry Harris, bebop legend, master educator and honoree of the Toronto tribute concert that opened the five-day inaugural Art of Jazz Celebration. Behind the Steinway on the right sat Hank Jones, also a bebop legend; the older brother of drummer Elvin Jones and trumpeter Thad Jones, he's considered one of the most accomplished and technically gifted pianists in jazz. Along with Oscar Peterson, Harris and Jones are considered the elder statesmen of jazz piano. Read Article