TD Toronto Jazz Festival highlights for June 28 (2013)

Friday, June 28

FEATURED PERFORMANCES

Boz Scaggs (Paul James opens)

8pm, Nathan Phillips Square

A casual listen to the Boz Scaggs discography makes one thing obvious: Bozz Scaggs is both a musical seeker and a man of sizeable talent as a singer, songwriter and pianist

Canadian Jazz Quartet with Special Guest Allen Vache

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

Allan Vache is an internationally known jazz clarinetist

Roberta Gambarini

8pm/10:30pm, Jazz Bistro (251 Victoria Street)

Every once in a while, a truly great singer comes along who possesses the beauty, individuality and talent to remind us of the magic of the human voice; that singer is Roberta Gambarini

FREE PERFORMANCES

Tommy Smith & The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

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

Woodshed Orchestra

3pm, WIFI Patio, Nathan Phillips Square

The Woodshed Orchestra is an ecstatic soul-filled communal multi-headed celebration emancipation experience

Jorge Miguel Quartet

6pm, Trinity Stage, Distillery District (55 Mill Street)

Jorge Miguel creates new music that takes flamenco somewhere new and preserves its duende-an untranslatable Spanish word that means spirit and soul. Olé!

DRUMHAND

6pm, Pure Spirits Patio, Distillery District

DRUMHAND wields a name derived from the group’s percussive origins: hands, sticks and mallets pounding out old and new rhythms

Grooveyard

8pm, Shops at Don Mills (1090 Don Mills Road)

A sizzling soulful band with an eclectic repertoire and a performance energy that make the group distinct in the Toronto area