Michael Kaeshammer is a Canadian boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie has the following meanings:*Boogie-woogie, a piano-based music style*Boogie-woogie , a swing dance or a dance that imitates the rock-n-roll dance of the 1950s*"Boogie Woogie" , a song by EuroGroove and Dannii Minogue...

 pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

, vocalist

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, and arranger

Arrangement

The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...

.

After studying classical piano for seven years in his German homeland, a 13-year-old Kaeshammer discovered boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie has the following meanings:*Boogie-woogie, a piano-based music style*Boogie-woogie , a swing dance or a dance that imitates the rock-n-roll dance of the 1950s*"Boogie Woogie" , a song by EuroGroove and Dannii Minogue...

 and stride piano

Stride piano

Harlem Stride Piano, Stride Piano, or just Stride, is a jazz piano style that was developed in the large cities of the East Coast, mainly in the New York, during 1920s and 1930s. The left hand may play a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and...

 as played by Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, Pinetop Smith, and Fats Waller. In three years, he was playing boogie-woogie piano in clubs, concerts, and festivals all over Germany. He attracted attention almost immediately after the family moved to the west coast of Canada, performing at blues and jazz festivals across the country during the summer of 1996.

Besides playing the piano he also sings blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

. His first album, Blue Keys (BSB Productions), was released in 1996, followed by Tell You How I Feel (Alma Records) in 1998, No Strings Attached (Alma Records) in 2000, Strut (Alma/Universal Music) in 2003, Days Like These (Alert/Universal Music) in 2007 and "Lovelight" in 2009.

Kaeshammer is best known in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, but has performed and toured extensively in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. Some of his most popular songs are "On a Saturday Night" from the album No Strings Attached, "Comes Love" from Strut, and "Cinnamon Sun" from Days Like These.

He has lived in Offenburg; Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, and New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

.

Discography

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! Blue Keys (1996)
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1. Swanee River [5:29]
2. Blues for Dorothy [5:13]
3. Tico Tico [4:47]
4. Sweet Lorraine [4:29]
5. Honky Tonk Train Blues [4:32]
6. When I Lost My Baby [4:10]
7. Down the Road a Piece [4:04]
8. Just a Closer Walk with Thee [2:33]
9. Bilingual Boogie [2:24]

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|Michael Kaeshammer - Piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

, vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

; Produced by Michael Kaeshammer; Recorded at Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

, BC; Released October 1996 by BSB Productions
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! Tell You How I Feel (1998)
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1. Doodlin' [3:35]
2. Move It on Over [2:38]
3. Sweet Georgia Brown [4:41]
4. I'll Always Love You [4:57]
5. Sunny Side of the Street [4:44]
6. John Brown's Body [4:59]
7. Caravan [4:08]
8. Jivin' with Dal [4:14]
9. Basin Street Blues [5:35]
10. Airmail Special [3:02]
11. Same Old Blues [4:25]

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|Michael Kaeshammer - Piano, Vocals; Vito Rezza - drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

; Paul Keller - bass

Bass (instrument)

Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...

; Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit is a guitar player from McKerrow, Ontario. His group, The Sisters Euclid, has been a fixture at the Orbit Room in Toronto for the past 13 years. Breit has worked as a session musician with a variety of musicians including The Miller Stain Limit, Norah Jones, Michael Kaeshammer, Celine...

 - Guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

; Guido Basso

Guido Basso

Guido Basso, CM is a jazz musician from Montreal. He started playing the trumpet when he was nine. Settling in Toronto in 1960, he became a studio trumpeter. He also occasionally played harmonica in-studio. In 1963, he became a music director for CBLT, a post he held until 1967...

 - Trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

; Phil Dwyer

Phil Dwyer (musician)

Phil Dwyer is a jazz saxophonist, pianist, composer, producer and teacher who, after 15 years in Toronto, now resides on Vancouver Island. Dwyer has been nominated for Juno Awards 4 times and won Best Mainstream Jazz Album in 1994....

 - Tenor Sax; Terry Promane - Trombone

Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

; Laurie Bower - Trombone on "Basin Street Blues"; Joe Sealy

Joe Sealy

Joseph Arthur "Joe" Sealy is a Canadian jazz musician. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 2010.-Awards:* Juno Awards of 1982 - Nominee for Best Jazz Album - Clear Vision...

 - Piano on "Same Old Blues"; Doug Riley

Doug Riley

Doug Riley, CM was a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Ontario and informally referred to as "Doctor Music", he spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects in various genres...

 - Piano on "Same Old Blues"; Carol Welsman

Carol Welsman

Carol Welsman is a Canadian jazz vocalist and pianist. She is the granddaughter of conductor/composer Frank Welsman and the sister of composer John Welsman. She has been nominated 5 times for the Juno Award....

 - Vocals on "Basin Street Blues"; Arranged by Michael Kaeshammer; Produced and additional arrangement by Peter Cardinali; Recorded by Scott Lake; Recorded at Phase One Studios

Phase One Studios

Phase One Studios is a recording and mixing studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1974, it has hosted numerous Canadian and international artists and musicians, including Rihanna, Ludacris, Akon, Jimmy Young, A. R. Rahman, and Hariharan....

, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, ON; Released November 1998 on Alma Records
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! No Strings Attached (2000)
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1. Snow at Lake Simcoe [5:19]
2. On a Saturday Night [3:42]
3. Kaes Closed [2:55]
4. Maple Leaf Rag [3:28]
5. Fish This Week, But Next Week Chitlins [3:23]
6. West Broadway [4:56]
7. Drown in My Own Tears [5:33]
8. Nora's Boogie (RA) [4:22]
9. I Mean You [4:06]
10. Boogie Woogie Stomp [5:35]
11. On a Rainy Day [3:29]
12. Dusty's Blues [6:06]
13. Mose [2:59]
14. Portly Pear [1:52]

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|Michael Kaeshammer - Piano, Vocals; Art Neville

Art Neville

Art Neville is an American singer and keyboardist from New Orleans.-History:Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers...

 - Hammond B3 Organ

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

; Eddie Bo

Eddie Bo

Edwin Joseph Bocage was an American singer and New Orleans-style pianist. Schooled in jazz, he was known for his blues, soul and funk recordings, compositions, productions and arrangements...

 - Piano, Vocals on "Drown In My Own Tears"; Johnny Vidacovich

Johnny Vidacovich

Johnny Vidacovich is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970s with the quartet Astral Project , he has become widely renowned as a prominent and sought after New Orleans musician as well as contributing to New Orleans cultural heritage...

 - Drums; Jorn Anderson - Drums; Terry Clark

Terry Clark

Terry Clark , born Terrance John Clark in Gisborne, New Zealand was also known as Terry Sinclair, Tony Bennetti and Mr Big, was a head of the "Mr Asia" drug syndicate which imported heroin into New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom in the 1970s.-Career:Clark was well known for his...

 - Drums; Vito Rezza - Drums; Bob McLaren - Drums; George Koller

George Koller

George Koller is a Canadian bassist and multi-instrumentalist who has played professionally and extensively within most genres of music and is best known for his work in jazz, free jazz, folk music, world music and world fusion...

 - Bass; Neil Swainson - Bass; Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit is a guitar player from McKerrow, Ontario. His group, The Sisters Euclid, has been a fixture at the Orbit Room in Toronto for the past 13 years. Breit has worked as a session musician with a variety of musicians including The Miller Stain Limit, Norah Jones, Michael Kaeshammer, Celine...

 - Guitar; Armando Borg - percussion

Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

; Featuring the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra on "Snow At Lake Simcoe"; Produced by Peter Cardinali; Engineered by Denis Tougas; Released October 2000 by Alma Records
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! Strut (2003)
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1. Twentysomething
2. Sleepy Time
3. Bass Gone Crazy
4. Comes Love
5. Now?
6. Almost a Rag
7. You're a Good Dancer, Johnny!
8. At the Vinyl Cafe
9. Blue Skies
10. Soundtrack to Something Beautiful
11. Sunny Morning
12. Cry to Me
13. Maybe Tomorrow

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|Michael Kaeshammer - Piano, Prepared Piano

Prepared piano

A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers....

, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer

Wurlitzer

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....

, Vocals; Johnny Vidacovich

Johnny Vidacovich

Johnny Vidacovich is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970s with the quartet Astral Project , he has become widely renowned as a prominent and sought after New Orleans musician as well as contributing to New Orleans cultural heritage...

 - Drums; Ben Wolfe

Ben Wolfe

Ben Wolfe is an American jazz double bassist and academic.-Early life:Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Wolfe was raised in Portland, Oregon.-Career:...

 - Bass; Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit is a guitar player from McKerrow, Ontario. His group, The Sisters Euclid, has been a fixture at the Orbit Room in Toronto for the past 13 years. Breit has worked as a session musician with a variety of musicians including The Miller Stain Limit, Norah Jones, Michael Kaeshammer, Celine...

 - Guitar, mad man on "Soundtrack to Something Beautiful"; Richard Bell

Richard Bell (Canadian musician)

Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with The Band during the 1990s.-Early life and career:...

 - Wurlitzer on "Cry To Me"; John Johnson - Flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

, Alto Flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

, Alto Sax

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

, Tenor Sax, Bartitone Sax

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

, Clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

, Bass Clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

; Brian Barlow (musician) - Percussion, Vibes

Vibraphone

The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....

, Marimba

Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...

; Michael Dunston - Tambourine

Tambourine

The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....

; Produced & Arranged by Peter Cardinali; Tracks 2, 3 & 11 Arranged by Michael Kaeshammer; Engineered by Denis Tougas; Recorded at Bad Manors at Scott Carmichael's Cottage, Stoney Lake, Ontario; Released November 2003 by Alma Records/Universal Records

Universal Records

Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

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! Days Like These (2007)
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1. Cinnamon Sun [3:38]
2. My Love [4:13]
3. Stop That Train [4:17]
4. Too Far Down [3:46]
5. Days Like These [3:41]
6. If You Knew [4:33]
7. I Found a New Baby [4:03]
8. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [5:59]
9. Free of Love [4:03]
10. St. James Infirmary [5:15]
11. I Left a Note [4:06]

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|Michael Kaeshammer - Voice & Piano, Fender Rhodes; Neal Caine, David Piltch - Acoustic Bass; Arthur Latin II, Jay Bellerose, Davide DiRenzo - Drums; Doug Riley - Hammond B3; Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit

Kevin Breit is a guitar player from McKerrow, Ontario. His group, The Sisters Euclid, has been a fixture at the Orbit Room in Toronto for the past 13 years. Breit has worked as a session musician with a variety of musicians including The Miller Stain Limit, Norah Jones, Michael Kaeshammer, Celine...

, Rob Piltch - Guitar; Don Rooke - Lap Steel; Ben Grossman - Hurdy Gurdy; William Sperandei - Trumpet; Gord Myers - Trombone; Doug Burrell - Tuba; Dione Taylor - Vocal-duet; Sharon Lee Williams, Meddie LeRoy, Dione Taylor - Background Vocals; Produced by David Piltch; Engineered by George Seara at Phase One Studios, Toronto, assisted by Jeff Pelletier, except "Stop That Train" and "If You Knew" engineered by S. Husky Hoskulds at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, assisted by Jason Gossman; Mixed by George Seara at Phase One Studios, Toronto, except "My Love" mixed by Jay Newland at River Music, New York; Mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York Released October 2007 by Alert Records

Alert Records

Alert Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- External links :* * *...

/Universal Music)
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! Lovelight (2009)
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1. Lovelight
2. On My Own
3. Isabelle
4. Goodbye
5. Glory of Love
6. I Wish I Knew
7. Give You My Heart
8. Cupid
9. Dawn's Song
10. Now That My Baby's Gone
11. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
12. Hamps' Boogie
13. Maybe Tomorrow

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! KAESHAMMER (2011)
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1. Rendezvous
2. Kisses in Zanzibar
3. A Little Bit of Love
4. Tightrope
5. The You-and-Me
6. People Get Ready
7. Heartbeat
8. Shalimar Wind
9. Love Me or Leave Me
10. Remedy

Performances and festivals

• Touring in United States, Canada, Europe
• 2006 Winter Olympics
  2006 Winter Olympics
  The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
  
   in Torino, Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  
• 2008 Summer Olympics
  2008 Summer Olympics
  The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
  
   in Beijing
  Beijing
  Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
  
  , China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  
• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra performing in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 240,000 people attend its live performances each year. It was founded in 1930 and plays in 12 venues. Its home is the Orpheum theatre. With an annual operating budget of $9.5 million, it is the...
  
  
• Big Joe Duskin
  Big Joe Duskin
  Big Joe Duskin was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist. He is best known for his debut album, Cincinnati Stomp , and the tracks "Well, Well Baby" and "I Met a Girl Named Martha".-Biography:...
  
   (a Canadian Jazz Festival Tour)
• Beaches Jazz Festival in Toronto
• Canada Day @ Trafalgar Square, London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
  , United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
  
• Several jazz festivals in the United States
• European tours
• Tours with Colin James, Holly Cole, Anne Murray
• Canadian National Jazz Awards (Host & Performer)
• Tour with Jill Barber
  Jill Barber
  Jill Barber is a Canadian singer-songwriter formerly based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Biography:Born and raised in Toronto, she is sister to singer-songwriter Matthew Barber...
  
  2010

External links

• Official web site