Edmonton's Summer Jazz Festival Returns This Year

Edmonton Jazz Festival Society (EJFS) is back this summer, reconnecting through music in triumphant fashion with the TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival.

TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival starts Sunday June 26 and runs until Saturday July 3 live and in person in a variety of venues across Edmonton.

TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival remains one of the best local Festivals providing access to international, national, and Edmonton-based jazz musicians.

"We're always excited to present international, national, and Edmonton jazz musicians for Edmonton audiences," says Festival Producer Kent Sangster. "This summer we are delighted to be back in person in our local venues."

"We believe when people are connected, good things happen. That's why we're proud to continue supporting summer festivals, such as TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival that help foster a sense of belonging and strengthen our community," says Janice Farrell Jones, Senior Vice President, Sustainability & Corporate Citizenship TD Bank Group.

Sunday June 26

Hilario Duran 'Contumbao' And Edmonton Jazz Orchestra

Winspear Centre
7:30 p.m.

Hilario Duran, piano
Amhed Mitchel, drums
Yoser Rodriguez, bass
Jorge Luis Torres 'Papiosco', percussion

The TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival is pleased to present multi-Juno Award winner Hilario Duran as the opening act for the 2022 Festival.

Internationally recognised as a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader of the highest regard, the Cuban-Canadian Duran has been based in Toronto for the past two decades, but his musical heart and soul have remained closely connected to the land of his birth.

Monday June 27

The Berner Brothers

12:00 p.m.
Ice District Plaza

Explorations Guitar Trio

Bellamy's Lounge Happy Hour
5:00 p.m.

Julian Lage

Featuring Scott Colley and Dave King
Triffo Theatre
7:30 p.m.

Julian Lage, guitar
Scott Colley, bass
Dave King, drums

Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation and the "highest category of improvising musicians" (New Yorker), Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains of American musical history via impeccable technique, free association, and a spirit of infinite possibility. His music weds incisive, expressive songwriting with the profound interplay Lage has honed over the past few years with his deft trio featuring bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King.

Anteloper

9920
11:00 p.m.
Opening Act Free Golf Clubs
9:00 p.m.

Jaimie branch, trumpet and electronics
Jason Nazary, drums and electronics

ANTELOPER is the electric brain child of JAIMIE BRANCH (fly or die, high life) and JASON NAZARY (little women, helado negro, bear in heaven). Branch and Nazary have been playing together as trumpeter and drummer for years, since meeting at the New England Conservatory of Music in 2002, but in this duo, both musicians include synthesizers to push further into the spectral spaceship ether. With deep rhythmic passages, telepathic improvisations and effortless melodic negotiations, Anteloper pushes forward, swinging its horns all the while.

Tuesday June 28

Allan Jacobsen's Slide Zone

12:00 p.m.
Ice District Plaza

Tiegen Costa Quartet

12:00 p.m.
La Cité Francophone

Craig Brenan Trio

Bellamy's Lounge Happy Hour
5:00 p.m.

Ghost-Note

Starlite Room
9:00 p.m.
Opening Act Fire!
7:30 p.m.

Robert Sput Searight, drums
Peter Knudsen, guitar
MonoNeon, bass
Jonathon Mones, alto sax
Sylvester Onyejiaka, bari sax
Dominique Xavier Taplin, keys
Daniel Wytanis, trombone

Headed by Snarky Puppy's multi Grammy-winning percussion duo of Robert Sput Searight and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound. With an expansive roster of next-level musicians-representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more-the band is pushing funk music into the future, building on the uplifting, pioneering foundations laid out by the likes of James Brown and Sly & The Family Stone and infusing their fresh take with tastes of afrobeat, hip-hop, psychedelia, world folklore, and more.

Aretha Tillotson Trio

Bellamy's Lounge Late Night
10:30 p.m.

Festival Jam Session Hosted by Aretha Tillotson

Bellamy's Lounge
11:15 p.m.

Wednesday June 29

The Jivin' Belles

12:00 p.m.
Ice District

Social Eyes

12:00 p.m.
La Cité Francophone

Robert Walsh Trio

Bellamy's Lounge Happy Hour
5:00 p.m.

Cécile McLoran Salvant

Winspear Centre
7:30 p.m.
Opening Act Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio

Cécile McLorin Salvant, voice
Sullivan Fortner, piano
Marvin Sewell, guitar
Yasushi Nakamura, upright bass
Keita Ogawa, percussion

Since winning the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has been blazing trails in jazz and art music, earning multiple Grammys, receiving a MacArthur Fellowship, and sharing five critically acclaimed releases with music lovers across the globe.

Nothing quite prepares listeners for the visceral intensity and virtuosity of her vocal performances. Marking Cécile's first headlining performance at the TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival, she returns to present her newest album, Ghost Song. It's rich with texture, unexpected instrumentation, and bears all the signatures of a McLorin Salvant project - thoroughly considered, carefully rendered, and absolute in its cohesion-while also being marked by the assured confidence of a once-in-a-generation artist stepping fully into her potential.

The Mboya Nicholson Quartet

Bellamy's Lounge Late Night
10:00 p.m.

Festival Jam Session Hosted by Mboya Nicholson

Bellamy's Lounge
11:30 p.m.

Thursday June 30

Arlo Maverick

12:00 p.m.
Ice District

The GeoMetrics

12:00 p.m.
La Cité Francophone

Sahil Chugh Trio

Bellamy's Lounge Happy Hour
5:00 p.m.

Amanda Tosoff Quintet

Yardbird Suite
7:30 p.m.
Featuring Emilie-Claire Barlow

Emilie-Claire Barlow, vocals
Allison Au, sax
Amanda Tosoff, piano
Jon Maharaj, bass
Morgan Childs, drums

Amanda Tosoff is a Toronto-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator (Humber College and MusicArtsCollective.com). She has received various honours, including the Montréal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz, the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Jazz Artist Award - and most recently, a 2022 JUNO nomination for her album Earth Voices. With her latest release, Amanda continues to pursue the creative and stylistic leap she began on her previous album Words, once again blending jazz, pop and art-song, as well as drawing on poetry with a deep personal and emotional connection. This summer, Amanda is touring with 5 of the 16 guest artists on her album, including JUNO Award winning vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow, saxophonist Allison Au, bassist Jon Maharaj and drummer Morgan Childs. The band will perform music from Earth Voices, plus selections from Emilie-Claire's repertoire - including clever arrangements of Burt Bacharach, Bob Dylan, Gershwin and more!

Too Many Zooz

Starlite Room
7:30 p.m.
Opening Act Good Information X Vertex Quintet

Leo P, bari sax
Matt Doe, trumpet
King of Sludge, drums

Too Many Zooz's manic music, dubbed "BrassHouse" by drummer King of Sludge, is an irresistible rocket that combines styles more far-flung than any international space station. TMZ's Brasshouse summons EDM, house, techno, and glitch, paired to the indigenous punch of Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Caribbean, and Brazilian Carnival rhythms, heightened by the dancing and saxophone soloing prowess of a bionic Pepper Adams.