Media Release | Headliner and Marquee Shows Now on Sale

June 28 to July 2, 2023

edmontonjazz.com

Headliner and Marquee Shows Now On Sale

Media Release
For Immediate Release

May 1, 2023

EDMONTON- Edmonton Jazz Festival Society (EJFS) continues connecting Edmonton and Alberta through music with the annual summer jazz festival. Starting today, tickets for the festival Headliner, jazz and pop trumpet sensation Chris Botti, and world-renowned musicians in the Marquee Series, are now on sale. TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival starts Wednesday June 28 and runs until Sunday July 2 live and in person in a variety of venues across Edmonton, including outdoors at Victoria Park.
 
“TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival remains committed to featuring international, national, and Edmonton-based jazz musicians,” says Festival Producer Kent Sangster. “This year, as in previous years, we are excited to present some musicians who transcend jazz and have found success in other mediums such as pop, rock, and hip-hop. We hope you will join us in experiencing all jazz has to offer.”
 
"TD is proud to be a presenting sponsor of the Edmonton Jazz Festival for the ninth consecutive year," said Robert Ghazal, Prairie Region Head and Senior Vice President, TD Bank Group. "Through the TD Ready Commitment, our corporate citizenship platform, we aim to support music, arts and cultural initiatives that reflect diverse voices and bring people together."
 
Tickets for Headliner Chris Botti and Marque Series shows are on sale on the Edmonton Jazz Festival Website at edmontonjazz.com. Information on more shows will be released in the next two weeks.

Headliner Winspear Centre

An Evening with Chris Botti
Thursday June 29 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM 
$89 + SF | $79 + SF Youth Under 25

Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist.  His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and has led to four #1 jazz albums along with multiple Gold, Platinum, and Grammy Awards. Most recently, his latest album Impressions won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre.

Marquee Jazz Series Triffo Theatre

John Beasley’s MONK’estra with the Edmonton Jazz Orchestra
Wednesday June 28 | 7:30PM - 9:00PM | 
$45 + SF | $35 + SF Youth Under 25
                                

Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Pianist Arranger John Beasley in concert with The Edmonton Jazz Orchestra is TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival’s Opening Night marquee event. Join us as we kick off our 2023 summer festival with jazz pianist/arranger extraordinaire John Beasley joining forces with the EJO, featuring the music of Thelonius Monk, re-worked by Jon Beasley for a jazz orchestra.

Emmet Cohen Trio
Friday June 30 | 7:30PM - 9:00PM | 
$40 + SF | $30 + SF Youth Under 25 

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is in the vanguard of his generation's advancement of music and the related arts. Downbeat observed his "nimble touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary indicate he's above any convoluted technical showmanship." Cohen notes performing jazz is "about communicating the deepest levels of humanity and individuality; it's essentially about connections," both among musicians and with audiences.

Marquee Jazz Series Starlite Room

The Bad Plus with Opener Efajemue
Thursday June 29 | Opener 8:00PM | The Bad Plus 9:30PM
$40 + SF | $30 + SF Youth Under 25 

Reid Anderson, Dave King, Ben Monder, Chris Speed

The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals. A democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. For the past two decades they have played with spirit and adventure, made their own rules and done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent.
 
Ted Taforo, alto saxophone; Francisco Ojeda, bass; Javier Santiago, keyboards; Efajemue Etoroma, Jr., drums
 
Efajemue is a Los Angeles-based drummer, producer, and educator who has worked with artists such as Moonchild, Scary Pockets, Jeff Bernat, Vidya Vox, Carlos Nino, and Nate Mercereau.

Nik West with Opener Leon Phal
Friday June 30 | Opener 7:30PM | Nik West 9:00PM
$40 + SF | $30 + SF Youth Under 25 

Explosive stage presence isn't enough to describe the way Nik West moves, wows, and shocks crowds everywhere. She is a real life gumby on stage, all while singing, dancing, and slapping the hell out of her bass guitar! With credits including work with artists such as, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame, Prince, John Mayer, Glee and more, bassist, singer and songwriter Nik West is anything more than just another pretty face.  
 
Saxophonist Léon Phal is part of the young generation of jazz musicians fed on the classics from which he frees himself while paying homage. Every note is played with brio whether it is the RH Factor of Roy Hargrove or the " Voodoo" by D'Angelo. Surrounded by his lifelong accomplices, his mastery of the instrument, his incredible sense of melody, and the delicacy of his compositions amplified by a devastating groove, expect a bright future for this Franco-Swiss from Champagne.
 
Lyricist Lounge Hosted By Arlo Maverick
The Temple at Starlite Room | Friday June 30 | 10:30PM - Midnight
25 + SF
 
New to JazzFest, this is a night of Jazz-fused Hip-Hop that pays tribute to 90s Golden Era through live instrumentation and lyricism. With Performances by TARiiiQ & Arlo Maverick, join us for an extended Late Night at Starlite Room.