TWILIGHT JAZZ SERIES: CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH – FAITH AMOUR TRIO
🕑 TIME: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
🏟️ VENUE: Mahtay Cafe and Lounge
🏟️ ADDRESS: 241 St Paul St, St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M7
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Award-winning recording artist and songwriter Faith Amour is back with us for our 12th season of the Twilight Jazz Series!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Ross MacIntyre on Bass
Ross MacIntyre is one of the most sought after bassists in Canada. He has played on hundreds of recordings including 11 that have won or were nominated for JUNO awards. As a side musician, he has shared the stage with some of North America’s great performers including Matt Dusk, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Guido Basso, Geoffey Keezer Warren Vaché, Filo Machado, Heather Bambrick, Elizabeth Shephard, Kellylee Evans, Laila Biali, Jesse Cook, Shannon Butcher, Barbra Lica, Eliana Cuevas, Jorge Miguel, The Shuffle Demons, and many others. Read more.
Stu Harrison was born and raised in South-Western Ontario, beginning piano instruction at the age of 3. Completing his early studies through the Suzuki Method in London ON, and then studying with Harold Riddolls (RCM), he attained his ARCT by 16. Following several years of competitive classical performance, he branched out into a wide variety of musical settings, from choir direction to church organist, and finally to jazz. He attended the University of Toronto’s Jazz Performance program, graduating with Honours in 2003. Read more.
Wade Pfaff – Canadian Black Jazz Historian
Wade Pfaff, PhD candidate York U/ TMU, MA Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, 2020. Wade Pfaff is a diverse artist and academic with a background in community work and immersive anthropological fieldwork in Black history and jazz in Nova Scotia and Ontario. Read more.