After a tremendous reception last month at the Shaw Auditorium in Nanaimo, The Monik Nordine Trio will be hitting the stage again on April 18 in Courtenay, BC at High Tide Public House, 268 5th Street. Monik has recently returned from Trinidad where she joined Rellon Brown and the Dominant Sevenths at Naparima Bowl and worked with sitarist Mungal Patasar at North Coast Jazz Fest in Trinidad (2023). In Vancouver she joined the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra for a show in November, 2023 at Frankie’s Jazz Club, and is gearing up for a performance in May on Salt Spring Island with Nick “Brownman” Ali and his Brownman Electryc Trio.
In 2021 Monik collaborated with Andreas Hellkvist and Daniel Olson in Sweden. Monik Nordine Trio | Andreas Hellkvist She has toured with Hugh Fraser’s band VEJI and completed a residency in Stockholm, Sweden in 2021 with funding from the Canada Council for The Arts and the BC Arts Council to work with Ann Sofi Söderqvist. Joining Monik on April 18 are Nick Peck on organ and Hans Verhoeven on drums.
April, 18, 2024 at High Tide Public House, Courtenay, BC
Music starts at 7pm
Tel. (250) 334-8811 for reservations.
“…facile in her execution and fluid in the spinning out of her melodic ideas.”. – Rick Helzer, Jazz Improv Magazine
“Electrifying group!” – Gulf Islands Driftwood
“… solid performance and writing chops.” – Downbeat Magazine