Tunnel Six

That seems like a very offbeat title for the article - you are probably wondering is she giving directions? Has she lost it? No, it's the name of Ben Dietschi's group a sextet of young musicians who met at Banff - from the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and across Canada - they are appearing tonight at the Rex for the 9:30 show. The group is off on a cross country (or partly continent - since they are swinging down into the U.S.) tour thanks to a federal grant - be sure to catch them in your town/city/village/club/theatre...Ben is a graduate of the Master's program at U of T, "Jazzology" graduate and a great sax player and composer.  The guys are going to record an album in Portland Oregon after their tour.

http://www.tunnelsix.com/

Also this evening at the Reservoir the usual musical marvels and mayhem with Bradley and the Bouncers.

Coming up...Lily Frost does 2 shows at Hugh's Room - the first on Thursday more folk oriented and the second on Friday to the swing and jazz end of the spectrum. Both are sure to be great - I really enjoyed her when she did a Live to Air at Jazz FM with her band the Debonnaires.

Bev Taft is at the Dominion on Queen tomorrow at 8:30 - catch her before she bids adieu and is off on a trip to Paris. Not that I am jealous - bien, un peu.

Friday Ori Dagan - bass and bass with his friend Alex Bellegarde from Montreal, Margot Roi is at the Home Smith Bar, Dan Bodanis as per usual at Azure (Thurday - Saturday), Richard Underhill is guest artist at Quotes  and there are more listings to come as they occur to me...

On a sad note it's off to Woodbridge this evening and a memorial service for Paul Wilde - longtime volunteer with the EJS and Yardbird. Paul's gentle nature, enthusiasm, passion and hard work will be sorely missed by all. He was an integral part of the jazz community.