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PRISM + the John Scofield Uberjam Band at the 2014 Toronto Jazz Festival

Dave Holland on bass, Kevin Eubanks on guitar, Craig Taborn on the Fender Rhodes and Grand Piano and Eric Harland holding it together on the kit, make up a ground-breaking quartet called PRISM. An amazing show of talent by the Grammy award winning Dave Holland and this supergroup. Awesome!

Prism

Prism

Prism

Prism

Prism

Prism

Prism

 

John Scofield, a legend in the jazz world, brought his newest project ‘Uberjam’ to the Toronto Jazz Festival this year. Featuring John on guitar, Andy Hess on bass, Tony Mason on drums and Avi Bortnick on guitar and samples/effects.

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

John Scofield Uberjam Band

As a guitarist myself, these two bands gave me a lot to ponder. From Kevin Eubanks fluid finger-picked solo’s to John’s masterful virtuosity in all things jazz-guitar, I was inspired to go home, lock the door and not come out until I had practiced my guitar for two months straight! And that wouldn’t be enough.

To see all the images from this show, and others, here is the main gallery link

Toronto Jazz Festival Gallery II

‘A Song For Sab’ Benefit Fundraiser for Peter Sabourin

I had the recent pleasure to attend a great benefit concert at Lake Affect in Port Credit on the Canada Day long weekend. ‘A Song For Sab’, a benefit fundraiser in aid of Peter ‘Sab’ Sabourin’s fight against lymphoma cancer.

Jerome Godboo

Hosted by Chuck Jackson & Mike Bullard, we where put as subjects to an amazing performance of a great smorgasbord of musicians. The Meteors along with the Sab Family house band where the backbeat to Jerome Godboo, Rik Emmett, Dave Rotundo, Jaye Baxter, Earl Johnson, Frank Cosentino plus Joe Mavety, Neal Chapman and quite a few of whom I didn’t know their names. But what a blast!

Rik Emmett: A Song for Sab Benefit

A Song for Sab Benefit

Frank Cosentino A Song for Sab Benefit

For your viewing pleasure I have put up a full gallery of select images from that show that can be found here.

Please contact me for any photo inquires, all proceeds will go to benefit Sab. I will figure a way to do that if I have enough inquires. Thanks

All photos ©2012 michael wiensczyk