Since moving to Florida, George has performed jazz at the well known Heidi’s Jazz Club in Cocoa Beach, FL, the exclusive Jazz Tastings Club in Orlando, the Port Orleans Resort at Disney, the well established jazz venue, the White Wolf and countless others.īrandon Walker is a creative and versatile composer, pianist, saxophonist and recording engineer with over 30 years of experience. From the prestigious National Art Center in Ottawa down to nightclubs, restaurants and private functions.
This material, as well as the blues, is really the fountain of all popular music.Īs a jazz musician, George has played many jazz festivals and venues across North America. George has been playing jazz guitar and immersing himself in the Classic American songbook both as a guitarist and vocalist for over two decades. Review: “Benton was in raging form at the piano, striding and strutting around with two-fisted blizzards of note-filled solos in contrast with lyric vocals.” Hugh Fraser (Music Critic for Hamilton Spectator) George Grossman/Brandon Walker George Grossman For the last few years, he has been living in Victoria BC. He has played Ontario Place, Roy Thompson Hall, Hamilton Place, Redeemer College, Hess Street Jazz Festival and Festival of Friends. From 1988-1995, he and Roxanne Horbett-Benton, artist and designer, ran the Bay Area Jazz Society, producing festivals and a jazz magazine, The Riff. Based in Hamilton, he has performed in Europe and throughout North America.
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Paul Benton has been a professional musician for over 45 years, playing jazz, Latin and classical styles, and bringing fresh interpretations to the American Songbook. Paul Benton Paul Benton Trio Opens The 2019 Festival on Nov. Jason is currently on the Faculty at The University of Toronto and Mohawk College and is an adjudicator for Musicfest Canada. As well, Jason has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Center Orchestra (Ottawa) as a guest 1st trumpet for many pops concerts. Jason has also performed in the Toronto productions of the musicals Matilda, Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Motown, If/Then, Aladdin, Dirty Dancing, Hairspray, The Last Empress, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Rat Pack, Cinderella, Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, 9 to 5, Come Fly Away, Young Frankenstein and Hair. Jason leads his own group, the Jason Logue Sextet (great name, eh!?) performing his original music. He is best known for his Lead Trumpet work with David Clayton-Thomas, Emille-Claire Barlow, Laila Biali, Manteca, John Macleod, Kirk MacDonald, Manteca, Brian Barlow, N.O.J.O, Brian Dickinson, Mike Malone and Darcy Hepner.Īs a freelance lead trumpeter, Jason has backed up artists such as Take 6, Michael MacDonald, Carvin Wynans, Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli, Rufus Wainwright, Aretha Franklin, Daniel Lanois, Chantal Kreviazuk, Shirley Bassey, The Funk Brothers, Johnny Mathis, Jeff Healey, Mary Wilson, Bernadette Peters, Marie Osmond, Ben Vareen, Hal Linden, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Bobby Vinton, Little Anthony and the imperials, The Temptations, The 4 Tops, The Platters, Maureen McGovern, Robbie Lane and the Deciples, The Coasters, Martha Reeves, The Spinners, Frankie Valli, Fabian and Bobby Ridell. He has performed with jazz greats Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Dave Brubek, Phil Nimmons, Dave Grusin, Louis Belson, Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Guido Basso, Jim McNeeley and Rob McConnell. Jason Logue is a freelance trumpet player, composer, and arranger based in Toronto.
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