January 31st at Manhattan’s in Guelph, Ontario with Jake Wilkinson.
February 5th with Kye Marshall at Briton House.
March 28th I’m in the York University 50th Anniversary House Band with Andrew Craig music directing (Marcus Ali, Anthony Micheli, Artie Roth).
April 2nd at Manhattan’s in Guelph conducting the University of Guelph Big Band.
April 11th The Pilot with Jake Wilkinson, Andy Ballantyne, Pat Collins and Joel Haynes (3:30 to 6:30).
April 14th at York U (the noon hour concert) with Sacha Williamson’s band: Mike Murley, Robi Botos, Andrew Scott, Artie Roth and Frank Botos.
April 23rd 2009 at Manhattan’s in Guelph, Ontario with Jake Wilkinson and Jon Meyer.
April 24th 2009 I’ll be music directing the 5th Annual Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards.
April 27th fundraising for JazzFM 91.1 8:00 in the a.m.
May 6th with Kye Marshall at Mezetta.
May 15th duo gig with on Meyer at Biaggio.
June 13th CD release party at Chalker’s 6 to 9 with Jake Wilkinson, Mark Eisenman, Neil Swainson and Archie Alleyne.
June 18th at Briton House.
June 25th at Belmont House with Jake Wilkinson and Neil Swainson.
June 28th Toronto Jazz Festival with Kye Marshall and Alan Hetherington.
July 2nd with Adam Brazier at The Old Mill.
July 4th Toronto Jazz Festival upstairs at the Pilot with The Grant Stewart Quartet (Grant Stewart, A.S., Pat Collins and Phil Stewart).
July 10th with the Jim Clayton Trio at Brookfield Place.
July 25th with Four80East at Boblo Island.
August 6th The Andrew Scott Quintet at Metro Hall with Jake Wilkinson, Darryl Orr, Jon Meyer and Joel Haynes.
August 10th at the Bay/Adelaide Centre with the Jim Clayton Trio.
August 14th with the Jim Clayton Trio (Jim Clayton, A.S. and Steve Lucas) at the Park Hyatt.
August 15th with the Jim Clayton Trio (Jim Clayton, A.S. and Steve Lucas) at the Granite Club.
August 18th at the Steamwhistle Brewery with Jr. Barnes.
August 20th at the Old Mill with 480 East (Rob DeBoer, Tony Grace, Rich Brown, Giampaolo Scatozza and Jon Stewart.
September 5th duo with Jon Meyer at Auberge du pomier.
September 9th duo with Kye Marshall 2:30 (afternoon show).
September 13th with Bernie Senensky and Sly Juhas at Joe Mama’s (7:00 to 11:00).
September 22nd 7:00 to 8:00 at Belmont House with Reg Schwager and Neil Swainson.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Jews who Jive, Pop, and Rock:
Looking back at the big machers of 20th century music
3 Sundays | 1 – 3 PM | $30 for the series | $10 per talk
Room 211, Donald Gales Family Pavilion
Koffler Centre for the Arts
Musician, professor, and jazz enthusiast, Dr. Andrew Scott leads a three part series focusing on contributions of leading Jewish figures to music in the 20th century. Each lecture explores a revolutionary musical theme and concludes with a saloon style tribute on the piano.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Jazzy Jews
Exploring the relationship and connection of talented musicians, composers, and innovators, this talk will focus on the work, themes, and songs that defined Jazz at the turn of the century. Topics will include a discussion of controversial recordings like the making of “Strange Fruit,” as well as the influence of performers like Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, and Abel Meeropol.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Jews Who Pop
This talk will focus on the contributions of composers such as Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern all of whom wrote music in the area of New York known as Tin Pan Alley and whose collective compositions have become known as “The American Songbook.”
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Jews Who Rock
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, much of the rock and roll songbook was written/produced in The Brill Building (New York) by a bunch of Jewish teenagers who were not that much older than the audiences for whom they were writing. This talk looks at the contributions of Phil Spector, Burt Baccarach, Carol King, Neil Sedaka, Cynthia Weil, Gerry Goffin, and others.
January 20th 2010 at the Rex Hotel with my Quintet.
February 10th at Mezetta with Kye Marshall.
March 10th with Kye Marshall.
March 25th with U of G jazz orchestra at Manhattan’s.
March 28th at the Bathurst JCC.
March 30th at Briton House.
April 15th with Kye Marshall.
April 18th in the house band for a jazz celebration for John Norris at Hart House with Jim Galloway, Don Thompson, Neil Swainson and Terry Clarke and lots of special musical guests.
April 23rd music directing the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards with Four80East, Groove Kings, Peter White, Michael Kaeshammer, Darren Rahn and David Sanborn.
April 29th at Hugh’s Room with Frank D’Angelo.
May 10th with Gene DiNovi Trio at Royal York Church.
June 6th with Kye Marshall.
June 11th with Jim Clayton.
June 26th with Kye Marshall at Mezetta for the Jazz festival.
July 10th gig for FUSION events.
August 21st private function gig.
August 28th gig for FUSION events.
August 29th private function gig.
November 10th gig with Kye Marshall.