CanAm Jazz Festival 2006

Held on July 23rd, the CanAm Jazz Festival was hosted by the Holiday Inn in Sarnia, ON, Canada. Musicians from the Blue Water area and beyond gathered to kick off "All That Jazz" - weekly live jazz performances in the lounge of the hotel.

I had the good fortune to be invited to play as well with Quint Essence, a quintet lead by my good friend Charlie Stephens. I met Charlie originally as a bass player. I come to find out later that he started out on trombone. A few months ago he bought a new horn and started arranging for a valve trombone/tenor sax combo and asked me to dust off the horn.

I'm glad he did.

Sorry, but no pictures of me. Maybe next time...

Jimmy Stiel on bass and Doug Krieger on the piano back up Dr. George DelGrosso for the opening group.
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Drummer Johnny Bond and percussionist Bob Hughes lay down the rhythm for the group.
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Doug Mattheson and Geogre "Dr. D" DelGrosso front the group with a pair of my favorite horns.
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Dr. D even croons a few toons.
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Bob again on the congas
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The next group was the Johnny Bond Quartet. Johnny moves from behind the drum kit and up to the vibes.
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As much as I like playing with him when he's on the skins, I really love his vibe playing.
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As Johnny jumped up front to the vibes, Bob hopped on back behind the skins.
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Jimmy Stiel plays bass for Johnny as well. Then again, bass players always seem to be in a shortage...
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