RON DAVIS CD RELEASE! "RhythmaRON" - Solo Piano Piano @ The Jazz Bistro
Tuesday June 20, 2017 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Jazz Bistro - 251 Victoria St, Toronto, (416) 363-5299 / jazzbistro.ca
Ron releases his 11th recording, but his first all-solo piano outing: RhythmaRON. New and innovative arrangements of jazz standards and original tunes by Ron. The evening will feature solo performances by Ron, as well as duo work with long time collaborator Ross MacIntyre on bass.
Reaching Out Through Music Benefit
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 5:30pm-8:30pm
Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
Bay Street is reaching out to children in the community of St. James Town, Toronto. Join other professionals at this unique event featuring first class musical performances, food & drink, and a silent auction, held at the historic Arts & Letters Club.
Several performers are lawyers by day and professional musicians by night. Guest Host: The Honourable Justice Mary Lou Benotto (Court of Appeal for Ontario).
Proceeds of the event will go to Reaching Out Through Music, a registered charity providing high quality music lessons to children living in the densely populated and ethnically diverse neighbourhood of St. James Town.
Details/tickets: here.
Daniela Nardi at Mezzetta
Wednesday May 31 9:00pm-11:00pm
Mezzetta Restaurant - 81 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M6C 1A7
(416) 658-5687 / mezzettarestaurant.com
$10 cover
RON DAVIS at The Home Smith Bar
Friday, May 12, 2017 7:30pm-10:30pm
HOME SMITH JAZZ BAR
The knockout trio of RON DAVIS (piano), LOUIS SIMAO (bass) and ROGER TRAVASSOS (drums) play originals and jazz standards in the up-close-and-personal ambience of the Home Smith Bar, in Toronto's historic Old Mill. Showtime: 7:30pm-10:30pm. Details at oldmilltoronto.com.
The Play's The Thing - A Shakespearean Gala Banquet
Sunday April 23, 2017
Doors 6:30 / Music 7:30
University of Toronto - Hart House Great Hall
7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto, Toronto
Ron Davis will be one of two musicians, along with the great French theatre composer and performer Jean-Jacques Lemêtre at this star-studded gala evening of theatre celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of The University of Toronto's Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. It is also the 150th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, and the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death.
The Play’s the Thing! celebration brings together a panoply of international and national theatre directors associated with the Drama Centre. They will transform the Hart House into a space of sensory delight staged in Shakespearean splendour. The professional talents of Johanna Schall, Herbert Olschok, Norbert Kentrup, Katka Schroth, Robert Lepage, Daniel Brooks, Kate Lynch, Ken Gass, and Colin Taylor will join those of renowned Drama Centre alumni and its current students in a presentation of newly imagined Shakespearean scenes and tableaux staged in a festive atmosphere of period musical interludes. The evening will conclude in the Great Hall with a Shakespearean banquet, making The Play’s the Thing into a truly unique experience for all of its participants.
INFO/TICKETS: here,
REBECCA ENKIN at MEZZETTA
Wednesday March 22 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Mezzetta Restaurant
Ron accompanies one of Canada's finest jazz singers at one of Toronto’s longest-running jazz venues. An evening of jazz, wine and some of the best Mediterranean food you'll ever have. Reservations recommended. Details at the Mezzetta website.
RON DAVIS & ROSS MACINTYRE at MEZZETTA
Wednesday March 15, 2017 9:00pm-11:00pm
Mezzetta Restaurant
Ron Davis and bass virtuoso Ross MacIntyre in one of Toronto's premier jazz series: the Mezzetta Wednesday Night concerts. An evening of jazz, wine and some of the best Mediterranean food you'll ever have. Reservations recommended. Details at the Mezzetta website.
Noontime Duo Concert with Rebecca Enkin
Wednesday February 22, 2017
12 Noon
Princess Margaret Hospital
610 University Avenue, Toronto
Noontime Duo Concert with Rebecca Enkin
Ron accompanies one of Canada’s finest jazz singers as part of the wonderful Princess Margaret Hospital Music in the Atrium series.