Bi-weekly Saturday sessions are still 3-6 pm with special events from time to time.  They take a summer break.  If in doubt, phone 905-821-1728 (Brian Towers) or 416-867-9499 ("C'est what?")

                             Hot Five Jazzmakers

          

THESE ARE OUR DATES IN 2012

 

            Jan.14 & 28; Feb. 11* & 25; Mar.10 & 24;           *Feb 11 will be the 23^rd anniversary of jazz club matinees at “c’est what?”

 

         Apr.7 & 21; May 5 & 19; Jun. 2.                                                             Then Break for summer, back in September!               

 

Style derives from the pre-depression era covering classic and revivalist jazz, spirituals, blues, and ragtime. Their jazz reflects formative artists such as Armstrong, Morton; Waller and the like. A good natured delivery and guest appearances by touring traditional jazz and blues musicians have helped develop a solid regular following that makes each performance a social event.

They have been honing their presentation and repertoire at "C'est what?" for over 23 years now and this has helped lead to International recognition. There have been numerous invites to Jazz Festivals in the USA including New Orleans, wherethey were recognized as "Honorary International Citizens" by the Mayor! They have toured North Germany twice and represented Canada in France at the Marciac Festival and Scotland at the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.   In July 2009 they played the Whitley Bay Festival (Northern England) and the Maribo Festival (Denmark).  In June 2011 they appeared at festivals in Scotland (Kirkudbright) and Denmark (Silkeborg Riverboat Jazz Festival).  The occasional Caribbean jazz cruise is a favourite with fans and one year, this led to a jazz club gig in Barbados!   They have produced 14 CD’s and at least two of these come from live performances at “C’est what?’

Here's the line-up:

Janet Shaw-reeds:  Brian Towers-trombone:  Andrej Saradin-trumpet:

Jamie Macpherson-banjo:  Reide Kaiser-piano

& occasionally Gary Scriven-percussion.