CONCERTS

John Southworth and the South Seas

11.12.11 The Ship, St. John's

12.12.11 The Carleton, Halifax

13.12.11 Le Divan Orange, Montreal

15.12.11 The Elmdale House Tavern, Ottawa

Element Choir w/ William Parker

09.09.11 Guelph Jazz Festival wth William Parker, Jim Lewis, Jean Martin, Jesse Zubot, Eric Robertson and Christine Duncan

10.12.11 OFF Festival Montreal, QC. with Bernard Falaise, Jim Lewis, Jean Martin, Jesse Zubot, Eric Robertson and C Duncan

Jean Martin w/ Jesse Zubot

09.10.11 Guelph Jazz Festival Golfing w/Jean Martin and Jesse Zubot

Tania Gill Quartet

10.09.11 OFF Festival Montreal QC.

03.14.11 Nanaimo (Nanaimo conservatory) BC

06.26.11 Ottawa (Fourth Stage) ON

Evan Parker, Wes Neal & Joe Sorbara trio

04.09.11 Toronto (918 Bathurst Ctr. for the Arts) ON

04.11.11 Montreal (Casa del Popolo – Barnyard Records and Suoni per il Popolo present)

AIMToronto Orchestra w/guest Evan Parker

04.09.11 Toronto (918 Bathurst Ctr. for the Arts) ON

Rampersaud Shaw Neal Martin Krakowiak - Halcyon Science Band

04.09.11 Toronto (918 Bathurst Ctr. for the Arts) ON

04.11.11 Montreal (Casa del Popolo – Barnyard Records and Suoni per il Popolo present)

Evan Parker w/ Jean Martin and John Geggie

04.10.11 Ottawa (Saw Gallery) ON

John Southworth and the South Seas

06.19.11 Toronto (Hughs Room) ON

Jean Martin w/ Jesse Zubot and Tanya Taqaq

05.10.11 Modena (TBA) Italy

05.15.11 Glasgow (TBA) Scotland

07.03.11 Ottawa (TBA) ON

07.8-10.11 Atlin (festival) BC

07.15-17.11 Dawson (festival) YT

Acclaimed composer and pianist Tania Gill is a key figure in the Toronto scenes of jazz and popular music. She has twenty years’ experience working with diverse world-class artists, including Deep Dark United, Charles Spearin’s The Happiness Project, Mary Margaret O’Hara and Anthony Braxton.

Her long-awaited 2010 debut recording, Bolger Station (Barnyard Records) was ‘disc of the week’ and a top-ten disc for 2010 according to The Globe and Mail, and was nominated for debut album of the year in The Village Voice critics’ poll. It is one of the truly excellent Canadian jazz recordings of recent years.

Tania will be touring with her Bolger Station Quartet, featuring three of Canada’s outstanding jazz musicians, each with a distinguished career recording and touring with numerous projects. They will play music from Bolger Station that features free-spirited improvisation and compositions that are by turns playful, contemplative, fiery and serene. The Tania Gill Quartet is a consummate contemporary jazz group that plays with intelligence, passion and grace.

“Bolger Station makes itself a destination for many travellers, journeying alone or in groups.”

–Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail

“If you met Tania Gill's Bolger Station at a party, you'd quickly decide to hang out with it for the rest of the evening. It's different, after all. A little eccentric, unpredictable. In the best way.”

¬–Kevin Wilson, CKUA

“Pianist and composer Tania Gill understands the understated power of lyricism... There's evidence of Gill having drunk deeply at the double well of the Bleys (composer Carla and pianist Paul): in motifs, harmonic concepts, pianism and pauses.” –Glen Hall, Exclaim! Magazine

Friday, 24 February - Edmonton, The Yardbird Suite, www.yardbirdsuite.com

Saturday, 25 February - Saskatoon, The Bassment, www.saskatoonjazzsociety.com

Tuesday, 28 February - Calgary, Cantos Music Foundation, www.cantos.ca

Wednesday, 29 February - Vancouver, The Cellar, www.cellarjazz.com

Thursday, 1 March - Nanaimo, Wellington High School (private workshop)

Friday, 2 March - Victoria, Reynold’s High School (private workshop)

Friday, 2 March - Victoria, Hermann’s Jazz Club, www.hermannsjazz.com

Saturday, 3 March - Penticton, BC, Opus Café Bistro, www.opuscafebistro.ca

Monday, March - Nelson, BC, Selkirk College (show and workshop),