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January 2008
RonDavisNews wishes you
Happy New Year!
Ron is starting
off 2008 with a week of performances at one of Canada's premier
jazz venues, OPAL Jazz
Lounge, 472
Queen Street West, Toronto, 416-646-6725, from Tuesday,
January 8 until Saturday, January 12, 7:00 p.m. to 11:00
p.m.
Duos will be the
theme of the week. On Tuesday the 8th and
Wednesday the 9th, Ron will be making music with
clarinet / sax virtuoso Sasha Boychouk. Sasha's work
on Ron's Shimmering
Rhythm and recent Subarashii Live
recordings is dazzling!
On
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 10th, 11th and
12th, Ron with be with one of Canada's bright
new stars, Brandi Disterheft,
on bass. Brandi's
been earning deserved praise from around the world, for her energy and
musicality.
It
will be a busy time- while Ron plays at Opal, thousands
of musicians and teachers will be in Toronto for the International
Association for Jazz Education's annual conference. So please be sure
to reserve a place early at Opal and
join Ron for these exciting evenings of music.
Like many other musicians, Ron was deeply influenced
by the late Glenn Gould . Not only
a great pianist, whose recordings of Bach and others set the standard,
Gould was an astonishingly original thinker, writer and
broadcaster.
It is a special honour for Ron to have been elected
last month to the Board of the Glenn Gould Foundation. The
Foundation's goal is "to extend awareness of Glenn Gould as an
extraordinary musician and communicator, and to advance his innovative
ideas into the future." Ron is excited to help carry on this
work.
The Glenn
Gould Foundation is a charitable organization. Ron strongly encourages support of its
work. Details: www.glenngould.ca
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Having ended 2007 at Number 1 on the ChartAttack national jazz radio charts , Subarashii Live , Ron's new CD, continues to gain new fans and fantastic reviews. 2008 looks to be a great year for Subarashii Live . Remember, you can buy Ron's CDs at HMV, CDBaby.com, iTunes , or by calling 1-800-771-6161 from anywhere in North America. Please continue to request Ron's music at your favourite radio station.You can
write your own review of Subarashii Live at CDBaby
(click here). Please
do!
Oscar Peterson is
Gone
Another major influence on Ron's music was Canada's Oscar Peterson. With Oscar's passing on Christmas Eve, at the age of 82, music lost a brilliant pianist, composer, and one of the defining voices in jazz. We want to join in the tributes from across the world, and express our sadness at the loss of this musical titan. Thank you Oscar. Thank you for so much, and for everything.
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