Good news for festival goers who missed their chance to get tickets to this year’s first batch of sold out shows: the festival is releasing a limited number of extra tickets on Monday, June 9, at 10:00 a.m.
Enter Take Five: the Pickup’s new cheekily-named, ongoing, many-part-series that puts the same five questions to as many jazzers, big and small, as possible.
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Jazz bassist legend Christian McBride answers our Take Five questions and talks about who would be in his ultimate fantasy trio.
Featured · Jazz Festival · Take Five
Canadian jazz pianist, singer, and composer Laila Biali answers our Take Five questions and has some solid advice for young musicians trying to make a name for themselves.
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The headliners include indie rock phenoms Tegan and Sara, funky jam legends Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood (with John Scofield making a festival appearance in Saskatoon for the second year in a row), jazz singer and violinist Cassandra Wilson, and Grammy award-winning bluesman Ben Harper and his good friend Charlie Mussselwhite.
