CORY WEEDS QUARTET CELEBRATES FRASER MacPHERSON
Where: Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
When: Sunday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. (doors at 5:30)
Tickets: $20 from hermannsjazz.com
Why: Vancouver saxophonist Cory Weeds is celebrating the launch of Fraser MacPherson: I Don’t Have To Go Anywhere with a show at Hermann’s Jazz Club on Sunday. The book about the legendary saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist, who was raised in Victoria, was written by the bandleader’s son, Guy, and documents his father’s time working with scores of jazz luminaries (including Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett and Duke Ellington) prior to his death in 1993. Weeds, who runs the Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund, which awards grants and scholarships to B.C. music students, is a veteran bandleader and will be joined at this concert/book launch \event by guitarist Bill Coon, bassist Louis Rudner, and drummer John Lee. A fitting way to pay tribute to one of our city’s beloved sons.
TIM & THE GLORY BOYS
Where: Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney
When: Friday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $46.20 from 250-656-0275 or marywinspear.ca
Why: Letterkenny comparisons are apt with regards to this popular “canoegrass” group, which blends country, bluegrass, and blue-collar comedy in winning fashion. The trio of percussionist Colin Trask, banjoist Brenton Thorvaldson, and singer-guitarist Tim Neufeld (who won multiple Juno Awards in the contemporary Christian/gospel category) is touring to support its Billy Ocean-ish summer single, Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Truck, which extends their hit-making tendencies. Tim & the Glory Boys’ brand of pop country makes a great fit for the Mary Winspear Centre, which should be rocking on Friday night.
THE CHORUS IS SPEAKING: EXPERIENCING IDENTITIES OF BLACKNESS IN CANADA
Where: Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates St., Victoria
When: Ongoing through Dec. 7
Admission: Free
Why: The University of Victoria’s Legacy Art Gallery is celebrating the work of eight Canadian artists through sculpture, drawing and painting, installation, film, and poetry. Ojo Agi, Christina Battle, Charles Campbell, Chantal Gibson, Dana Inkster, Karin Jones, Jan Wade, and Syrus Marcus Ware explore of facets of the Black experience in the exhibit, which is curated by Michelle Jacques and Jenelle Pasiechnik. A unique look at the multi-disciplinary art world in Canada, from a Black perspective.
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