TD Toronto Jazz Festival highlights for June 24

(News Release)

Monday, June 24

FEATURED PERFORMANCES

Pino Daniele (Rita Chiarelli opens)

8pm, Nathan Phillips Square

An Italian superstar guitarist who blends traditional Neapolitan music and international and modern influences

Fred Hersch

7pm, Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre (231 Queen’s Quay West)

“The most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so” – Vanity Fair

Canadian Jazz Quartet with special guest Harry Allen

7:30pm, Home Smith Bar, Old Mill Toronto (21 Old Mill Road)

Trad jazz icon performs with Toronto favourite Canadian Jazz Quartet

Bill Charlap

8pm, Jazz Bistro (251 Victoria Street)

One of the world’s premier jazz pianists plays solo in an intimate performance

Dr. Lonnie Smith

10pm, Horseshoe Tavern (370 Queen Street West)

An authentic master and guru of the Hammond B-3 organ for over five decades

FREE PERFORMANCES

John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra

12:30pm, Toronto Star Stage, Nathan Phillips Square

Juno winning all-star Toronto based big band

Heavyweights Brass Band

3pm, WIFI Patio, Nathan Phillips Square

Inspired by the New Orleans brass band tradition, they keep on foot firmly rooted in jazz & one foot forward into the future

Norman Marshall Villeneuve’s Jazz Message Quintet

7pm, Shops at Don Mills (1090 Don Mills Road)

The elder statesman of jazz drums

For complete club listings, please visit www.torontojazz.com

TD Toronto Jazz Festival June 20 - June 29, 2013