A conversation exploring the history of jazz at the Stratford Festival from 1956 to 1958, when jazz legends including Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, and Billie Holiday performed on its stages. Professor Eric Fillion, musician and writer Melvin Gibbs, and journalist and Jazzcast co-founder Garvia Bailey discuss the cultural significance of these concerts and their broader implications for the Canadian jazz scene.
Cast and Creative Team for Take the "A" Train… to Stratford at Lazaridis Hall, Tom Patterson Theatre
Cast
Paul Gross
Ensemble
Tom McCamus
Ensemble
Jonathan Goad
Ensemble
David W. Keeley
Ensemble
Starr Domingue
Ensemble
Susan Coyne
Ensemble
Bob Martin
Ensemble
Mark McKinney
Ensemble
Chris Abraham
Ensemble
Heather Bambrick
Ensemble
Creative Team
Chris Abraham
Director
Donna Feore
Director
Stephanie Graham
Choreographer
Lindsay Forde
Design Coordinator
Susan Coyne
Writer
Bob Martin
Writer
Mark McKinney
Writer
Antoni Cimolino
Artistic Director
Adam Gopnik
Speaker
Molly Atkinson
Director
Garvia Bailey
Producer
Nahlah Ayed
Host
Eric Fillion
Professor
Melvin Gibbs
Musician
Zita Cobb
Expert
Paul Yachnin
Professor
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Playwright
Tim Buckley
Physiotherapist
Greg Alcock
Director of Physiotherapy
Jason Sermonia
Dancer
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