CMC Music Productions Presents

Due to Covid, all events are postponed until further notice.

Sheila Jordan in Concert

Opening: Sheri-D Wilson Friday, February 7, 2020
doors at 6, show at 7
Lantern Community Church (1401 10 Ave SE)
$35 at the door

Sheila Jordan, Jazz Vocal Master

Sheila Jordan is known as "one of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers."The New York Times raved, "Her ballad performances are simply beyond the emotional and expressive capabilities of most other vocalists." Christopher Loudon wrote inJazzTimes,"Though it's a fool's gambit to credit any living jazz vocalist as the world's greatest, it would be imprudent not to acknowledge that the indefatigable Sheila Jordan must rank within the top two or three."

Even as a nonagenarian, Jordan tours nationally and internationally with rave reviews. With well over 60 recordings as a leader or guest artist, Jordan has received the NEA 2012 Jazz Master Lifetime Achievement award, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Lil Hardin Armstrong Jazz Heritage Award for Excellence, IAJE Humanitarian Award, New York City MAC Award, Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz for Lifetime of Service Award, Bistro Award (for outstanding contributions to the art of jazz), International Association of Bassists Special Recognition Award, and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her biography, Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan written by Ellen Johnson (Rowman & Littlefield), was nominated for the 2015 Jazz Journalists Association Awards Best Book.

Jordan is extremely active as a mentor and educator, inspiring young singers to participate in the jazz music community. Sheila initiated the jazz vocal program at New York City's City College, has been a faculty member of "Jazz in July" at the University of Massachusetts ((Amherst), visiting professor at Stanford University, taught at the New School for Social Research, Manhattan School of Music, Musica Hochschule in Graz, Austria and continues to teach workshops throughout the world.

For more info visit Sheila Jordan Jazz

Sheri-D Wilson, D. Litt - Poet Laureate of Calgary 2018-2020

Sheri-D Wilson (aka The Mama of Dada) is the award-winning author of 12 books, the creator of 4 short films, and has released 3 albums which combine music and poetry.

Known for her electric performance-style, making her a favorite of festivals around the world - she's read, performed & taught in festivals across Canada, USA, UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Mexico, and South Africa.

Recognized for her environmental awareness and activism, she was headliner at the 2014 Emerald Awards, and in 2013, she read with David Suzuki. Her tenth collection of poetry, Open Letter: Woman against Violence against Women; was short-listed for the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award & CanLit. Her collection, Re:Zoom (2005), won the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry.

In 2018, Wilson was appointed the distinction of Poet Laureate of Calgary, and in 2017, she received her Doctorate of Letters - Honoris Causa from Kwantlen University. In December 2019, Sher-D Wilson was honoured with the Order Of Canada. Of the beat tradition, in 1989 Sheri-D studied at Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, in Boulder, Colorado.

for more info visit Sheri-D Wilson

Terry Barber in Concert

Friday, April 24
doors at 6, show at 7
Mamdani Opera Centre (1315 7 Street SW)
$35 advance, $45 at the door

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Terry Barber, The Countertenor

With an extraordinarily broad vocal range and natural fluency in many musical styles, countertenor Terry Barber has been featured on some of the world's most storied stages and has worked with many of the music industry's most prestigious figures.

A voting member of the Grammy Awards, and on the advisory committee for Nelly's X'treme Recording Institute, his voice has appeared on every major record label, with Grammy-winning artists like Chanticleer, Madonna, Jewel, Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Smith, and many more. Whether performing classical or popular favorites, he "breathes new life into everything he sings" and crafts what the Los Angeles Times calls "performances of great vitality and verve."

"...performances of great vitality and verve" - LA Times

Internationally acclaimed countertenor, Terry Barber, is known for his extraordinary range both vocally and stylistically. Past member of the Grammy winning group, Chanticleer, Terry Barber has been a soloist for the best venues around the world, from the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall, to Moscow's Svetlanov Hall, and has been a soloist on recordings for every major record label with a variety of artists from Madonna to the London Philharmonic.

Terry Barber began his education as a double major in engineering and music at Northwestern University, and completed his masters degree in historically informed performance from Trinity College of Music, London.

Barber is founder of Artists For A Cause Inc., a nonprofit which supports hundreds of artists as they use their talent for community improvement, taking on issues like poverty, health concerns, and more.

for more info visit Terry Barber, The Countertenor

PAST EVENTS

Brian Buchanan Trio

Friday, September 13
show at 8pm
King Eddy (438 9 Avenue SE)
$35 at the door

Canadian jazz pianist Brian Buchanan returns to the city to perform a rare Calgary concert. A celebrated pianist and composer, Brian brings his distinct sound to the stage with two of his long time colleagues, fellow Alberta music greats, bassist John Taylor and drummer Sandro Dominelli.

ADVANCE TIX ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. TIX AT THE DOOR $35.

BRIAN BUCHANAN

Well known to Canadian jazz fans for his distinctive and innovative sound, Brian's tasteful repertoire blends his own compositions with those from the pens of the masters. His style combines complex harmonies and thematic improvisations over a wide range of melodic based music.

Releasing two albums to great acclaim, Avenues and Soulstice, the projects see Brian perform with renowned musicians including Phil Dwyer, Bob Tildesley, Don Thompson, Dave Young, Jim Vivian, Billy Drummond and others.

In recent years Brian has been presented in concert as a solo pianist and leading his own ensembles, including a featured concert at Edmonton's Yardbird Suite as part of the Best of Alberta jazz series, concerts in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, and as part of 2018 International Jazz Week in Calgary. Joining him for the various concerts are Canadian notables such as Mike Rud, Ken Lister, Bill Coon and more.

Notable career accomplishments include a feature for Project Discovery, hosting BET on Jazz Cable Network shows from Western Canadian jazz festivals, an Alberta Recording Industry nomination for Jazz Album of the Year in 1994, and a position as Music Director with Disney Cruise Lines. He's been featured on live and studio recordings for CBC Radio programs Jazz Beat, Tonic and Alberta Music.

SANDRO DOMINELLI

Sandro Dominelli is one of Canada's most creative, talented and tasteful drummers. Through his continuing success as a much sought-after composer, bandleader, session player, and producer, he has proven to be an established luminary in the Canadian music scene.

Sandro's musical sensibilities have caught the attention of international and local jazz icons alike, who have been inspired to perform or record with his influence. His collaborations include a long list of the veritable whos who of the jazz scene, such as Joe Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Ernie Watts, Pete Christleib, Doug Riley, Oliver Jones, Guido Basso, Hugh Fraser, PJ Perry and Tommy Banks. Additionally, he's performed and recorded with such modern contemporary luminaries as Ben Monder, Chris Tarry, Kenny Werner, and Ralph Bowen.

As a composer, Sandro hit the scene in 2003 and since then has received rave reviews and accolades for his work. His first recording as band leader, Café Varze Jazz, went on to receive top honors at the Western Canadian Music Awards as Outstanding Jazz Recording of the Year and was also nominated in 2004 for a JUNO in the Best Traditional Jazz Album of the Year category. His follow-up album, Meet Me In The Alley, brought him more success, including a Canadian Music Week Award for Favorite Jazz Artist of the Year. Dominelli released The Alvo Sessions, featuring Chris Tarry and Rez Abbasi in 2010, for which he won another Western Canadian Music Award.

JOHN TAYLOR

John Taylor has been the assistant principal Bassist in the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra since 1983, prior to which he was the Principal Bassist with the Thunder Bay Symphony. He has also performed with The Toronto Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, the Hamilton Philharmonic, Orchestra London Canada and New Music in Toronto.

As a jazz bassist, John has performed with Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Mark Murphy, Nancy King, Fraser McPherson, Bobby Shew, Mick Goodrick, Norma Winstone, John Stowell, Steve Slagle, Tommy Banks and many others. John has toured with Billy Reed (drummer with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), Slavoe Tango, Kent Sangster and toured with the Vivienne Cardinal Quintet featuring P. J. Perry. He has played electric bass on ESO Pops Concerts with many guest artists including Bill Conti, Marvin Hamlisch, Toni Tenille, Maureen McGovern, Judy Collins, Helen Reddy, Robert Guillaume, David Amram , Ashley McIsaac and Natalie McMaster. His band, Nusteps, released a CD in 2006.

John has studied at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Music, the Orchestral Training Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, the Banff Centre School of Music, private studies with Tom Monahan (Toronto Symphony), and Thorvald Fredin of Stockholm Opera.