If you are in Vancouver in November here are some places you can catch me with Sharon Minemoto and Jared Burrows
November 1, 6pm to 9pm – La Fabrique St-Georges with Sharon Minemoto on piano and Brent Gubbels on bass https://www.fabriquestgeorge.com/lounge-info
November 5, 6:30pm to 9:45pm – 2nd Floor Gastown with Sharon Minemoto on piano and Brent Gubbels on bass https://www.waterstreetcafe.ca/2nd-floor-gastown
The Monik Nordine Trio has been featured from Stockholm to Vancouver and consists of Sharon Minemoto on piano and Brent Gubbels on bass. Monik is a saxophonist and vocalist who recently returned from Trinidad where she joined the band Pantar. She has toured with Hugh Fraser’s band VEJI and recently completed a residency in Stockholm, Sweden with funding from the Canada Council for The Arts and the BC Arts Council to work with Ann Sofi Söderqvist.
Sharon Minemoto is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer who recently recorded a new album “Dark Night, Bright Stars” with her own group. Since the age of sixteen she has been performing to audiences around the world her groups have been featured at jazz festivals and jazz clubs across Canada.
Brent Gubbels is a Vancouver bassist who has worked with the Hard Rubber Orchestra, Gypsalero, Rumba Calzada, John Reischman, and the Vince Mai Project among others. He has toured North America and Europe to perform for many jazz and folk festivals and can be heard on recordings by Oscar Lopez, Gypsalero, Juno nominees Susan Crowe and Compadres, Juno winner James Keelaghan, and others.
Together they are the Monik Nordine Trio!
November 15 – Presentation House with Thunder Lizard (Jared Burrows, guitar; Nick Peck, organ; Joe Poole, drums)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsD9_-vfw_8
November 16 – Capilano University lunch hour concert series
Also, keep on the lookout for this Balkan band….
Monik Nordine 