Mike McLelland's "Bobby Fenton Tribute"

The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar

Mark Eisenman is one among a handful of the top ‘in-demand’ jazz pianists in Toronto. Born in New York City but based in Toronto since 1972, Mark started studying the piano with his father. By the age of eighteen he had resolved that he would be pursuing the piano as a career interest. He entered into the music program at York University and after a short time discovered jazz music. With his introduction to this idiom his musical interest peaked

Mark Eisenman & Mike Murley Quartet

An engaging, lyrical saxophonist, Mike Murley is one of Canada’s most celebrated jazz artists.  He has played on fourteen Juno Award-winning recordings since 1990, seven as a leader or co-leader, seven as a sideman.  His most recent Junos include The North (2018), Metalwood’s Twenty (2017) and his trio’s Test of Time (2013).

Mike Murley Quartet

Jerry Bergonzi knows all about the struggles that used to face aspiring jazz musicians. The Boston native withdrew from the liberal arts college he was attending after being continually thrown out of practice rooms “so somebody serious about music” could use the space. The young saxophonist also found that many veterans of the period were not inclined to mentor newcomers. “Back then, if somebody knew, they weren’t going to tell you,” he recalls. “`Learn tunes’ and `listen to records’ was the rule. I had to figure it out myself, beginning with studying the bebop language, then expanding from there.”

Boston's Jerry Bergonzi Quartet

Mike Murley & Heather Bambrick's Cruise Band

Pat Labarbera, saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, jazz educator was born in Mt. Morris, New York and spent the first thirty years of his life in the United States before moving to Toronto in 1974. His father taught the basics of music to Pat and his two younger brothers, John (a gifted arranger/trumpeter) and Joe (a highly accomplished drummer). He studied at the famed Berklee College of Music, and soon after graduating, began to make his presence felt with the best of the American big bands.

Mike Murley

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16 - 17 Feb, 2025

Mike McLelland's "Bobby Fenton Tribute" · The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Club

12 - 15 Feb, 2025

Mark Eisenman & Mike Murley Quartet · The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Club

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