We have a wonderful article in this month’s edition of Monday Magazine.  Very excited about the upcoming Valdy concert with the VJO, have a look at the article:

Monday Magazine March 2019

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The Victoria Premier Has Been Announced of Valdy Goes Big Band

Canadian folk icon and Juno award-winning performer Valdy is teaming up with the Victoria Jazz Orchestra and will be performing a big band-infused cross-genre show within the innovative rarer folk-jazz genre. The concert will feature the beloved music of folk legend Valdy with treasured jazz standards March 16, 2019, at the Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria, BC, at 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets will be available in January and can be purchased at the Victoria Conservatory of Music at 900 Johnson Street, by phone at (250) 386-5311 and online through alixgooldenhall.com. Students and seniors’ tickets are $32, general admission is $37. The concert starts at 7:30 pm and the doors open at 7:00 pm.

The Victoria performance will feature Valdy’s hits from the 1970’s until the present day including the favourite hits “Peter and Lou,” “Easy Money,” “Daddy’s OK,” “Highway 63,” and jazz standard gems for big band.  Multi-JUNO award winner Valdy is a recipient of the Order of Canada and has received seven JUNO award nominations. With fourteen albums to his credit and having achieved sales of nearly half a million copies (four of which are certified gold), he received SOCAN’s National Achievement Award in 2005 and currently maintains a busy touring schedule across Canada and abroad.

The Victoria Jazz Orchestra, Vancouver Island’s premier big band has been featured at the Victoria and Nanaimo International Jazz Festivals. Led by gifted talent Canadian saxophonist and composer Monik Nordine, the orchestra features lyrical Victoria area jazz soloists such as guitarist Rob Cheramy and tenor saxophonist Andrew Greenwood.  Nordine formed the band in 2013 and many of the big band’s first performances were held at Victoria’s historic Hermann’s Jazz Club. The Victoria Jazz Orchestra has teamed up with soloists, composers, and conductors from BC and other parts of Canada including Chelsea McBride, John Korsrud, Jennifer Scott, Jill Townsend, and Bill Coon.  Having been featured as a performer with VEJI, The Pat Coleman Quartet and The Jon Miller Quartet, bandleader Nordine has three captivating well-crafted original jazz albums to her name – not just to but over the moon, Departure and The Old-New Town.

Valdy Goes Big Band evolved on Salt Spring Island as a collaboration between the jazz and folk communities and was first presented by the Swing Shift Community Big Band on Salt Spring Island in June of 2018 under the direction of powerhouse trumpet player Derrick Milton.  Renowned songwriter Valdy has always had a deep respect for the jazz tradition and has been a closet jazz player for most of his life and is keen to perform his music with the Victoria Jazz Orchestra.  Joining the Victoria Jazz Orchestra for the first time, dazzling trumpet player Derrick Milton currently performs with The Foothills Brass and directs Salt Spring Island’s the Swing Shift Community Big Band.

Singer-songwriter Valdy meets the swinging sounds of big band with orchestrations of his original compositions as scored by saxophonist and VJO bandleader Monik Nordine, Capilano College jazz studies program founder Mike Reveley, bandleader and pianist Andrew Homzy, and trombonist/arranger Keith Ollerenshaw.

Mark it on your calendar! Join us for an evening of Valdy’s hits with Vancouver island’s most acclaimed big band. Don’t miss the fun with the Victoria Jazz Orchestra for this memorable Victoria big band concert premier featuring favourites performed by folk legend Valdy not-to-be-missed — see you there!

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Valdy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhfAuaOLJo      http://valdy.com/

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On Sunday, October 14 from 7pm to 8pm the Monik Nordine Trio will be performing for the Jazz Vespers series at the Church of the Advent in Colwood.  Admission is by donation and the doors open at 6pm.

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The Monik Nordine Trio features Monik Nordine on alto saxophone and vocals as well as band mates Brent Jarvis on piano and Bruce Meikle on bass for a jazz trio of exceptional artistry. The group performs standards from the Great American Songbook as well as featuring original compositions by well known Canadian composers. The trio has a new album titled “The Old-New Town” and was featured in June at the Hermann’s Jazz Festival.

 

The Monik Nordine Trio with Brent Jarvis and Bruce Meikle will be performing at the Hotel Grand Pacific on September 22 and 29 from 8pm to 11pm – no cover charge!

We are pleased to be back at the lounge for 2 weeks in September to present music from our album “The Old-New Town” and new material.  You can hear the album and purchase it here:  https://moniknordine.bandcamp.com/

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The Monik Nordine Trio  at Hermann’s Jazz Club’s 1st Annual Jazz Fest 2018 Join The Monik Nordine Trio on Thursday, June 28, 2018 from 5pm to 8pm at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View Street in Victoria, BC) for an evening of swingin’ jazz with Monik Nordine on alto saxophone and vocals, Rob Cheramy on guitar and Bruce Meikle on bass. Tickets are available here: https://hermannsjazz.com/show/468047/view See you at Hermann’s!

Victoria Jazz Orchestra

Tribute to Ross Taggart

with guest conductor Jill Townsend
and guitarist Bill Coon

Saturday, April 14, 2018
8pm to 11pm, doors open for dinner at 6pm
at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View Street, Victoria, BC)

Tickets $30 and $40 available at the door and through Eventbrite tickets

Reservations for seating by email: info@hermannsjazz.com

If you are in Victoria on the weekend of March 30 – March 31 you might want to visit the Vista 18 Grill and Wine Bar.    Monik will be performing with Brent Jarvis from 8pm to 11pm on Friday and Saturday night.

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The Monik Nordine Trio at the Vancouver Island Convention Center

On March 23, 2018 at 7:30pm The Monik Nordine Trio will be performing for the Nanaimo Jazz Society’s “Women In Charge of Jazz” presentation.Tickets and information are available here: https://nanaimojazzfest.ca/event/women-in-charge-of-jazz/ The program will include The Ashley Wey Trio, and all compositions will be written by women. The Monik Nordine Trio has recently released a CD entitledThe Old-New Town. The album features Monik Nordine on alto saxophone and vocals as well as band mates Brent Jarvis and Bruce Meikle for a jazz trio of exceptional artistry. The album is dedicated to the memory of Canadian composer and pianist Jan Jarczyk who’s composition The Old-New Town is the title track, as well as featuring new compositions by Nordine. Nordine’s compositions on The Old-New Town highlight a writing approach that is thoughtful and lyrical. There is a nod to the American Songbook with songs based on standards such as “All the Things You Are” by Jerome Kern and “I Fall In Love Too Easily” by Jule Styne. The track “Yin and Yang”, is a suite in the style of John Coltrane based simultaneously on a Hindu hymn and the Gil Evans composition “La Nevada”. As one of BC’s top soprano and alto jazz saxophonists, Nordine has a powerful, lyrical, and impressive command of the saxophone. She has received several prestigious arts awards and she performed on the JUNO-nominated album “Cruel Yet Fair” with the Hard Rubber Orchestra. www.moniknordine.com https://moniknordine.bandcamp.com/ https://nanaimojazzfest.ca/event/women-in-charge-of-jazz/ ” …solid performance and writing chops.” — DownBeat “…facile in her execution and fluid in the spinning out of her melodic ideas.” — Rick Helzer, Jazz Improv Magazine “…soaring, dynamic solos…” — PBQ News

I will be performing with two wonderful groups in the Victoria International Jazz Festival this June so come down to Centennial Square and join the fun!  These shows are free of charge and open to …

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I will be performing with two wonderful groups in the Victoria International Jazz Festival this June so come down to Centennial Square and join the fun!  These shows are free of charge and open to the public.

The West Coast Latin Orchestra is performing on June 25 at 3:45pm
http://jazzvictoria.ca/jazz-fe…/…/west-coast-latin-orchestra

 

 

Monik and Departure in Calgary, 2012 (photo by Bart Habermiller)

Join Monik with Brent Jarvis on piano and Bruce Meikle on bass  on Tuesday, May 3 from 7:30 to 10:30pm for an evening of lyricism and song.  Tickets are $12 and $8 and will be available at the door on the evening of the show.

 

The Jon Miller Quartet will be performing a free concert at the Beacon Hill Bandshell on Monday, September 7 from 1:30 to 3:30.

On September 29 the Victoria Jazz Orchestra is back at Hermann’s Jazz Club (http://www.hermannsjazz.com/) for their third season and will be featuring the music of Victoria’s very own Ian MacDougall. Also on the program are two new compositions by student composers Leif Bradshaw and Jacob Moreau

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The Victoria Jazz Orchestra and Mike Allen perform the music of Joe Henderson.

On Tuesday, April 28 The Victoria Jazz Orchestra will be joined by composer, arranger, trumpetist and pianist Alan Matheson to present an evening of music honouring Benny Carter, Billy Strayhorn and Clark Terry.

Alan Matheson is a Canadian trumpeter, pianist, composer and arranger. He studied with Vincent Cichowicz at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) and graduated with a degree in performance. Alan currently teaches trumpet and jazz piano at the University of British Columbia and teaches in the jazz studies programs at Vancouver Community College and Capilano College in North Vancouver. He is the leader of his own big band, nonet and septet and has played with a wide variety of local groups including the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra.

Alan has also directed the CBC Jazz Orchestra in broadcast tributes to Duke Ellington and Paul Whiteman. As musical director of the Festival Vancouver Big Band, Alan has conducted for Clark Terry, Phil Woods and Bud Shank. He has also performed with Mel Torme, Cleo Laine, Louis Bellson and Doc Cheatham. Alan has played at the Vancouver, Montreal and Paris jazz festivals and toured Sweden and Finland with Goran Larsen’s “Helsinki City Jazz Orchestra”. His compositions and arrangements have been played by Bud Shank, Clark Terry, percussionist Salvador Ferreras and french-hornist Martin Hackleman and, most recently, by the Houston Brass Sextet. Alan’s main musical influences are Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Bix Beiderbecke, Clark Terry and Woody Shaw.

Tickets are available at the door and are by donation.  For more information visit http://www.hermannsjazz.com/.  For reservations email: info@hermannsjazz.com

The Victoria Jazz Orchestra with special guest Greg Bush.