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    Check out this Jazz Fest gem: “Changing Seasons,” the SJO’s Broadway Theatre show featuring Phil Dwyer & Mark Fewer

    • June 26, 2014

    The Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra is pulling out all the stops for their festival offering this summer. It’s called Changing Seasons and it features compositions by Canadian jazzer extraordinaire, Phil Dwyer. They’ve also roped in two fantastic soloists to pack up Mr. Dwyer: violinist Mark Fewer, and tenor saxophonist Kelly Jefferson. The SJO’s not messing around — these are some big names in the jazz world.

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    “It’s a never-ending thing:” Jon Ballantyne on inspiration and challenging yourself as a musician

    • June 19, 2014

    Jon Ballantyne is always on his toes. Whether he’s being challenged by the jazz legends he grew up listening to, his old peers at school, or contemporary artists and colleagues, there’s always a better musician out there to inspire him. And that’s just how he likes it. “It’s a life long thing.”

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    Here’s all the hometown heroes performing at the Jazz Festival

    • June 19, 2014

    The Jazz Festival gives local musicians of all shapes and sizes all kinds of opportunities to get on stage and strut their stuff. Here’s a list of local acts you should check out, playing all around town from the Bess Gardens to the Experience Downtown Free Stage.

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    Video: Arturo Sandoval is the biggest badass on trumpet coming to the Jazz Festival

    • June 18, 2014

    Arturo Sandoval is crazy good at the trumpet. He makes sounds come out of his horn I didn’t know existed. Check out the video here, and catch him live at the Jazz Festival this Friday, June 20 at the Broadway Theatre.

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    Laila Biali’s REQUESTOMATIC: an interactive concert with a crowdsourced setlist coming to a Jazz Fest near you

    • June 4, 2014

    How many festival concerts have you been to that let you carve out a piece of the setlist? Canadian pianist, singer, and composer Laila Biali is putting her own modern twist on this old concept with REQUSTOMATIC.

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