Brenda Earle, the New York based jazz singer/pianist/arranger/composer, will travel to Calgary to appear on Friday Saturday, Nov 24 25 at Cantos Music Foundation. Accompanying Earle for the Calgary dates will be members of RAEJIS (Resident Artists Ensemble, Jazz Is Society) Bob Tildesley (trumpet), John Reid (saxophone, flute), John Hyde (bass), and John De Waal (drums).
The Sarnia, ON native studied piano at York University before going to New York City to complete her Masters Degree, eventually taking up residence there.
She has gained notoriety on both sides of the border for her mix of originals and de-rangements of classics, with her music borrowing from such diverse influences as Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, A.C Jobim, Kenny Wheeler, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. She has composed nearly 100 works including choral music, string quartets, works for woodwind, large and small jazz ensembles.
In 2003 and 2005 Earle was invited to participate in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program, which culminated in performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and was selected for the 2003 Jazz Ahead All-Star group, which opened for Herbie Hancock at the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Delaware.
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