Brett Hansen Quartet

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Saturday • 6:00 pm

Jazz Alley | (Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118)

Brett Hansen is an Edmonton based guitarist, composer, and educator. He is a graduate of MacEwan University’s Bachelor of Music program where he graduated with distinction studying under Juno Nominated guitarist Jim Head. He has studied under other acclaimed guitarists including Matthew Stevens, Gilad Hekselman, Mike Stern, Julian Lage, Lage Lund, Pete McCann, and Rez Abbasi. Brett is an in demand side person having performed with the likes of PJ Perry, Mike Rud, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Tim Tamishiro, Chris Andrew, and many others. He has performed internationally and at renowned clubs and festivals across Canada. With hundreds of performances and almost a dozen recordings as a side person, he is currently working towards his debut album as a band leader.

Peter Filice Quartet

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Saturday • 5:00 pm

Jazz Alley | (Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118)

Peter Filice is a trombonist, writer and vocalist based in Edmonton. At 14, he joined the Littlebirds All Star Jazz Big Band and Combo, playing in it for 5 years, 3 of them as first chair of his section. Having graduated from Victoria School of the Performing Arts, he his now finishing a degree at Macewan University for Jazz and Contemporary music (performance major). He has played alongside a variety of acts in and around Edmonton, such as the YSJO and the Brasstactics, while also writing for groups as a leader and as a sideman/arranger.

The Felt Hat String Band

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Saturday • 4:00 pm

Jazz Alley | (Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118)

John Calverley is the violinist and leader of the Felt Hat String Band. The group includes some of Canada’s finest professional musicians playing in the hot swing- jazz style. This quartet which includes violin, two guitars, and bass, came about from a love of the 1930’s Gypsy-Jazz pioneered by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. The Felt Hat String Band performs melodies from the canon of this genre in a new and refreshing way, while staying true to the origins of this classic sound.

Contact:
John Calverley
superfiddle@gmail.com
+1(780) 982-0293

First Gen (Scott Snider)

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Saturday • 3:00 pm

Jazz Alley | (Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118)

First Gen is a jazz rap band based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Fronted by Scott Snider aka Gr8Skawt, the band is a passion project built to push the first-generation immigrant experiences through improvisatory jams and lyrics celebrating where the members came from, their families, and the pop culture they gravitated to. Heavily influenced by the hip hop heavyweights MF DOOM, Nujabes, Dumbfoundead, Denzel Curry and the member's jazz backgrounds, every show is a voyage as the band aims to complete its mission of making waves from overseas.

Jacob Rabuka Duo

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Jacob Rabuka

Morgan Hanna

Saturday • 12:00 pm

Jazz Alley | (Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118)

The Jacob Rabuka Duo is a sax-guitar pair composed of local musicians Jacob Rabuka and Morgan Hanna. Both are recent graduates of the MacEwan Music program and play a variety of music ranging from RnB to modern jazz. They aspire to bring a fresh take to the jazz genre with their melodic playing, unique compositions, and arrangements.

Socials
Instagram: jacob.rabuka
Facebook: Jacob Rabuka
Tik Tok: jacobrabuka

Audrey Ochoa

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Friday • 7:45 pm | Sunday • 5:00 pm

Jazz Alley | (Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118)

Audrey Ochoa is one of Edmonton’s most prolific trombone players, playing Jazz, Rock, Pop, Latin, Punk, Ska and whatever other genre will have her. Audrey released her debut album in 2014, “Trombone and Other Delights” which spent several consecutive months on the !Earshot! Jazz Charts, eventually earning the #5 spot on the annual top 10 for 2014. She released her second album ”Afterthought” with her trio in 2017.

Socials
Website: https://audreyochoa.ca/

Zack Lim

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Friday • 7:00 pm | Jazz Alley ((Alley) 93 St & 118 Ave (Southside of 118))

Saturday • 2:00 pm & 5:00 pm | Sunday • 3:00 pm & 5:00 pm | The Nina Gallery (9225 118 Ave)

Joined with Biboye Onanuga on drums, Zack Lim explores the modern applications of organ duo, performing standards and originals. Zack creates his sound from his understanding of a variety of genres, and hopes to spark musical joy and curiosity in his audience.

Socials
Insta: @zack.lim

Lori Reid

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Sunday • 5:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

In service to the sacred sound, Lori Reid believes music, the really good stuff, is to be felt rather than heard.

With her 2003 recording debut RADIO, Reid channeled the waves of emotion, frequency and genres coming from the AM/FM dial.

With the fates, Reid (along with co-founders Jenny Allen and Lin Elder) traveled Canada with 2 cross country tours and 3 albums (Till We Have Faces, slam, Therapy), spanning 20 years as a group, with 2008’s Therapy hitting the #2 spot on the CKUA top 100 of 2008.

2012 saw Reid collaborate with Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, The Band, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) on her second solo release, Temperance Hotel. Featuring Linden on multi instruments and scoring and production duties, fellow fate Lin Elder, Willie Nelson's harmonica collaborator, Mickey Rapheal, and Nashville master craftsmen, Bryan Owings and Dave Roe. Temperance Hotel peaked at #5 on the Roots Report and received National airplay on public, commercial and satellite radio.

Most recently, Reid has been finding comfort in the roots of popular music and the origins of folk with fellow songwriter, Heather Jean Jordan. Their multi-genre, time bending duo, The Evangelines, blending the light and shadows of the folk music landscape, is based out of Banff, AB.

Presently, Lori Reid is in "the elements"…her next collaboration with Colin Linden, featuring The rotting Matadors (John Dymond, Gary Craig, Ken Pearson).

Due for release in 2024, this latest production, the 3rd solo release from Reid, is a testament to living true to our nature.