Monday Roundup #198

Community notes:

• Allison Cameron's monthly "Community Improvisation Workshop" continues at Array Space tonight (Monday, October 28th), open to musicians of any level, inclusive — and free! Truly recommended for anyone that wants to gain a more confident headspace around improvising musically, alone or with others.

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Contest reminder:

• Just a quick reminder that tomorrow (Tuesday, October 28th) at noon is the deadline to enter to win a pair of tickets to see the Labyrinth Ensemble in performance with Maliheh Moradi at the Aga Khan this Saturday. Full information right over here!

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Concert announcements:

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Colin Story/Caleb Klager/Jon Catanus] / The Rex 2024-11-05 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

undercommons collective 1.3 (feat. K2 (Kayla Milmine & Jonathan Kay) / Pigeon People (Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay/Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-06 (Wednesday). $15 / pwyc. [FB event]

Second Fridays (feat. Dan Fortin [Cannons album launch!] / Max Donaldson Trio [Max Donaldson/Ian Afif/Matteos Labbe-Phelan] / Stick Figures [Regan Mowery/Ezra Schell/Aidan McConnell]) / Canadian Music Centre 2024-11-08 (Friday). $15 / $10 (students). [more info]

Music Gallery presents (feat. Joëlle Léandre & Rémy Bélanger de Beauport / Masahiro Takahashi/Joseph Shabason/Bram Gielen) / Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory 2024-11-09 (Saturday). $15/$20/$25 PWYCA [pay what you can afford]. [more info]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Tristan Schultz/Jon Catanus] / The Rex 2024-11-12 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Tristan Schultz/Aaron Blewett] / The Rex 2024-11-19 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Caleb Klager/Jon Catanus] / The Rex 2024-11-26 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

Tibbs Eve Rager (feat. BA Johnston / Marty Topps / Whyte Wine / Young Rielsing) / Bovine Sex Club 2024-12-23 (Monday). $10 (early Bird) / $15 / $20 (door). [FB event]

Is your show missing from this list? Submit it via this form!

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Shows this week:

Mira Martin-Gray and Niamh Girling present CLUE NOTE ["a new monthly series that's part trivia night and part creative music concert"] (feat. Allison Cameron/Niamh Girling/Mira Martin-Gray/Olivia Shortt [performing Mira Martin-Gray's freaky drone jazz composition "ii-V-I ∞"]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-29 (Tuesday – early). $10 suggested /pwyc. [FB event]

Carolyn Mark / Sellers & Newel 2024-10-29 (Tuesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Friends of Clue Note present: Trivial Musical Pursuits (feat. Sara Constant/Zoë Alexis-Abrams/Bea Labikova/Patrick O'Reilly/Victor O/Marilyn Yogarajah/Heraclitus Akimbo) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-29 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

No Octopus Dancing (Octopus [Germaine Liu & Mark Zurawinski] / Allison Cameron & Stephen Parkinson) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-30 (Wednesday – early)

TRAITRS (Bonnie Trash / Dermabrasion) / The Garrison 2024-10-30 (Wednesday). $29.98, 19+. [FB event]

Hallow's Eve Eve (feat. So Tired / Secret Sign / Body Rot) / Houndstooth 2024-10-30 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Ladyfinger [Diane Roblin/Kayla Milmine] (Patrick O'Reilly & Friends) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-30 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Labyrinth Ensemble with Maliheh Moradi / Aga Khan Museum 2024-11-02 (Saturday). $40 ($36 Friends of Aga Khan Museum / $30 Students and Seniors). [FB event]

Ace Of Wands (Not A Band / Waxlimbs) / The Baby G 2024-11-02 (Saturday). $23.57, 19+. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat.S.H.I.T. [For A Better World record release] / Slash Need / Stigmatism / Hogtied) / Cafeteria 2024-11-02 (Saturday). $21.41-$28.52, 19+. [more info]

The Atom Chasers [Michael Kaler/Loren Davie/Chris Cawthray] / The Emmet Ray 2024-11-03 (Sunday – 4:30 p.m.). $10 with reservation/$15 without. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Ava Mendoza / Fresh Snow / Not The Wind, Not The Flag) / Collective Arts 2024-11-03 (Sunday). $17.52, 19+. [FB event]

LAL [with special guests Ian de Souza and Vee Kee] / Buddies In Bad Times Theatre 2024-11-03 (Sunday). $20. [FB event]

Elastic Recordings presents (feat. Tommy Crane's Dance Music For All Occasions / Clock Radio [Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-03 (Sunday). $20 suggested donation. [FB event]

Mike DeiCont Trio [Mike DeiCont/Eric West/Leland Whitty] / The Rex 2024-11-03&04 (Sunday & Monday). $20. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on October 28, 2018 at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (SynapicCircusSundays).

Murr - unknown

• ...on November 2, 2018 at Fatima in the Alley.

Juini Booth/Patrick Smith/Mark Hundevad - [unknown]

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Recording: Booth/Smith/Hundevad

Artist: Juini Booth/Patrick Smith/Mark Hundevad

Songs: unknown^* + Love in Outer Space [composer; Sun Ra]

Recorded at Fatima in the Alley, November 2, 2018.

Juini Booth/Patrick Smith/Mark Hundevad - [unknown]

Juini Booth/Patrick Smith/Mark Hundevad - Love in Outer Space

The jazz game can involve some long-term investments. Bassist Juini Booth has recorded and toured with a lot of legends in the past forty years, including stints with the likes of McCoy Tyner and Sun Ra. Amongst his journeys was a trip up to Toronto in the early 90's to sit in as a guest on a recording session with the Free Music Ensemble, a group that included percussionists Mark Hundevad and Mike Gennaro. Fast forward a couple decades and change and Booth made his return to T.O. for this show once again facilitated by Mark Hundevad, who put together a couple nights in this back-alley rehearsal/party space.

After a set from his Archives of Eternity group (where he plays vibes alongside Gennaro on drums) he moved behind the kit (obscured by his overhead angled cymbals) to support Booth, and the pair were joined by Patrick Smith on sax, one of the younger musicians that complete the Archives lineup. (The other is Andrew Furlong, who loaned his bass to and got a lesson from Booth, showing another of the long-term investments in the jazz game.)

The set tackled some speedy hard bop with plenty of freedom of lateral movement, especially from Booth. A driving rhythm section of this calibre pushed Smith to his limits, and though he was blowing with flushed exertion rather than the others' measured calm he kept pace admirably. And now Patrick Smith has played with Juini Booth, who played with McCoy Tyner, who played with Benny Golson, who played with Diz, who played with... well, you get the idea. Long-term-investments.

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!