OUR UPCOMING SHOWS - Nanaimo, BC.
The RYAN OLIVER Quartet
October 20th, 7:30pm at the Simonholt Restaurant (North Nanaimo). BC.
We are very pleased to bring back to Nanaimo, Ryan Oliver, whose latest Quartet features, Ryan Oliver (saxes), Andrew Janusson (gtr.), Dr. Tony Genge (keys) and Joe Poole (drums).
Ryan has toured Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe and the United States with the legendary eclectic jazz group, The Shuffle Demons. He is also a member of Juno award winning blues/rock performer Derek Miller’s group. The band has traveled throughout North America, including performances at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Aboriginal Achievement Awards (broadcast on CTV), and Toronto’s Dundas Square. Oliver is featured in the horn section on “Derek Miller and Double Trouble”, featuring Stevie Ray Vaughn’s heralded rhythm section Double Trouble and musical icon Willie Nelson. The recording was nominated for a Juno in 2011. Oliver is also a member of the house band for Miller’s television series The Guilt Free Zone airing on the Aboriginal People’s Television Network.
Tickets are $25.00 (Students, Quadwrangle Regulars and NIJFA Subscribers $20.00 Please follow this link to buy tickets online:
Upcoming shows......
November 3rd: The NICK PECK QUINTET
The JACOB CHUNG Quartet
November 4th, 7:30pm at the Simonholt Restaurant (North Nanaimo). BC.
Jacob has performed alongside Peter Washington, the Mingus Big Band, Pasquale Grasso, Ari Roland, Joe Farnsworth, and is a regular member of Erena Terakubo’s Sextet. In the summer of 2023, Jacob performed twice at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C., and at the Burlington Jazz Festival (VT) as a member of the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. Jacob was also awarded “Outstanding Soloist” in Downbeat Magazine’s 2024 Student Music edition.