Ottawa Jazz Festival
The TD Ottawa Jazz Festival was founded in 1980 and has evolved into a multi-week outdoor music festival featuring some of the world's most dynamic performers. The Festival takes place the last two weeks in June in Confederation Park in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and various indoor venues throughout the city. It is one of the largest jazz festivals in Canada.
Past performers
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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| June 20
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis Servantes Common Bond |
June 25
Souper Jazz Art Nuvo Quartet Kim Kaskiw Sextet John Stetch TV Trio Alicia Borisonik Argentiean Project Monk’s Casino Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy Roberta Gambarini Quartet |
June 23
Street Drum Corps Presents BANG Gil Scott-Heron Max Weinberg Big Band |
June 23
Robert Plant & the Band of Joy The PepTides |
June 21
Doug Martin Quartet Phil Dwyer a Canadian Songbook with Special Guest: Laila Biali Luca Ciarla Quartet Search Engine John Mayall The Robert Cray Band Jack Pine and the Fire John Geggie, Ethan Ardelli, Nancy Walker The Barr Brothers |
June 20
The Heavy Dr. John & The Nite Trippers |
| June 21
The Buddy DeFranco Quintet Duane Andrews Quartet Félix Stüssi: Give Me Five Cosmos |
June 26
Nicole Ratté et son Quaturo Pater Brown Quartet Caridad Cruz Toshiko Akiyoshi Jane Bunnett Embracing Voices with Grupo Desandann Luca Niggli’s ZOOM featuring Nils Wogram and Philipp Schanfelberger Kind of Blue at 50 featuring Jimmy Cobb’s So What Band SMV – Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten Delirium |
June 24
Glebop Jazz Quintet Wayne Eagles Trio « TRIAGE » Nicole Ratté Quintet Michelle Grégoire Quintet Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Smokey Robinson Joyce |
June 24
Elvis Costello and the Imposters Laila Biali Trio The Thing Jonas Kullhammar Quartet Elliott Brood Drumhand |
June 22
Tim Bedner Steve Bilodeau Group Joel Miller Quartet The Liane Carroll Trio Kenny Barron and Dave Holland Duo Steve Berndt & Brian Browne Ninety Miles The Fellowship Band Ig Henneman Sextet Dry River Caravan Projeto Coisa Fina Destroyer |
June 21
Willie Nelson and Family |
| June 22
Herbie Hancock Quartet Harris Eisenstadt Toronto Quartet Alexis Baro Sextet Le Big Band Caravane with Lee Schipper Tribute to Lionel Hampton Iro Haarla |
June 27
Michael Sasso Group East Side Quartet Robi Botos Trio Steve Koven Trio Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Al Green Superband Tribute to Buddy Rich |
Juin 25
Apex Jazz Band The Rialto Rhythm Revellers Robert Fontaine Quartet Two X Three (workshop) The Power of Song (workshop) Etienne Charles & Folklore The Mike Essoudry Octet Herbie Hancock Omar Souleyman |
June 25
k.d. land and the Siss Boom Bang The Belle Brigade Atomic SHAD |
June 23
Lucas Haneman Trio Folk Goes Jazz Youth Series Iva Bittová David Mott Quintet Rob Garcia 4 Gretchen Parlato Boudreau-Elliott Duo “Thimar”- Anouar Brahem, John Surman, and Dave Holland Roman GianArthur Janelle Monáe Pierrick Pédron – Cheerleaders Adam & The Amethysts Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays |
June 22
Macy Gray and David Murray Big Band: Stompin’ and Singin’ the blues |
| June 23
Madeleine Peyroux Quartet Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio Jake Langley Trio L’Orkestre des pas Perdus Corkestra |
June 28
Glebop Jazz Quartet Elise Letourneau Quartet Amina CLaudina Myers Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez Pablo Ablanedo |
June 26
Rachel Beausoleil Trio Peter Brown Trio Youth Programming The Dick Hyman/ Peter Appleyard Duo Al Henderson Septet David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco Bettye LaVette Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra featuring Ingrid Jensen |
June 26
Pink Martini Mike Essoudry’s Mash Potato Mashers Parade Kurt Elling Tania Gill Soulive |
June 24
Daniel Ko Quartet Victor Nesrallah Marc Ribot L’Orkestre des Pas Perdus Hélène Labarrière Quartet Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Dave Holland, Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn and Eric Harland: PRISM Homburger/Guy/Niggli Trio Fanny Bloom Forro In The Dark |
June 23
David Byrne & St. Vincent |
| June 24
Oliver Jones Trio The Dom Minasi Trio Featuring Ken Filiano and Jackson Krall Yves Léveillé Sextet Sliding Hammers Andy Milne Ab Baars and Ig Henneman Lee Konitz Quartet |
June 29
Apex Jazz Band Jean-Pierre Allain Trio Fats Waller Project John Roney and the Silverbirch String Quartet Josh Rager Sextet Julian Lage Group Maria Schneider Orchestra Enrcio Rava – Stefano Bollani Duo |
June 27
My Tiny Circus Jozée Devoua Quintet Youth Programming Anat Cohen Quartet Min Rager Quintet Kenny Garrett Presents John Scofield and the Piety Street Band Mostly Other People do the Killing |
June 27
Return to Forever IV Mark McLean’s Playground Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau Duo Elio Villafranca Sisters Euclid Jill Barber |
June 25
Elise Letourneau Rialto Rhythm Revelers Brian Asselin Trio IPA Kelly Craig Sextet HEXENTRIO Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano Quintet: Sound Prints Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Allen Toussaint Mathias Eick Quintet The Vienna Circle Soul Rebels |
June 24
Nikki Yanofsky Bob James and David Sanborn, featuring Steve Gadd |
| June 25
Salif Keita Mimi Fox Trio Florence K The Sicilian Jazz Project Amir Amiri Tim Berne, Lotte Anker, Chris Speed |
June 30
Jasmine Trio Grey Jazz Big Band Monterey Swing Band Brandi Disterheft Ugly Beatuies Trio Andy Milne & Benoit Delbecq Duo Esperanza Spalding Chris Botti Sylvain Kassap Quartet Raivo Tafenau Band featuring Sergio Bastos |
June 28
Derek Robertson Jazz Band Jenna Glatt & Group Monterey Swing Band Caridad Cruz Hugh O’Connor Quartet Papagroove Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu Medeski, Martin & Wood Christian Escoudé’s Gypsie Planet with Florin Niculescu |
June 28
YOUSSOU NDOUR Koptor Chet Doxas Quartet Christian McBride and Inside Straight Pilc/Moutin/Hoenig Médéric Collignon “Jus de Bocse” Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society |
June 26
Herbie’s Hill Alternate Takes The Zakari Frantz Trio Ray Bonneville Francois Houle and Benoit Delbecq Duo Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Ziggy Marley – Wild and Free Tour “Steve Martin Performing with The Steep Canyon Rangers An Evening of Bluegrass & Banjo Francois Houle 5 + Benoit Delbecq Eliane Elias Brasileira |
June 25
The Chucho Valdés Quintet |
| June 26
Return to Forever with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola and Lenny White Trio Michel Donato with Marin Nasturica and Jon Gearey Nordic Connect with Ingrid and Christine Jensen Joel Haynes Trio Featuring Seamus Blake Carlos Bica |
July 1
Gypsophilia Amanda Tosoff Carmen Souza Coeur de Pirate Michael Kaeshammer Worst Pop Band Ever Bell Orchestre |
June 29
Jasmine Quartet Mike Sasso Group Los Gringos Vincent Gagnon Bleu Cendre Joe Lovano « Us Five » Roy Hargrove Big Band Manu Katché |
June 29
Tigran Hamasyan Francois Bourassa Quartet Vijay Iyer The Unsupervised Eivind Aarset “Sonic Codex 4tet” Shooglenifty |
June 27
The Chocolate Hot Pockets Anna Williams The Zakari Frantz Trio Parc X Trio Ellias/Copland/ Vedady Frisell Plays Lennon featuring Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr, and Kenny Wollesen Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society Angelika Niescier-sublim CLEAR Los Amigos Invisibles |
June 26
Aretha Franklin |
| June 27
Charlie Haden Quartet West Alain Caron / Lorraine Desmarais Bob DeAngelis Sextet Ytre Suloens Jass-ensemble Fairfield |
July 2
Derek Robertson Jazzband Mermaid Beach Magnolia Rhythm Kings Pablo Ziegler’s New Tango/Jazz Trio Andrée Leroux Quartet Ilmiliekki Quartet The Three Tenors Trio M Wayne Shorter Quartet Seven Strands of Sound The Worst Pop Band Ever |
June 30
Sandy Faux Trio Vince Rimbach Quartet Straight Ahead Big Band Working It (workshop) New Directions (workshop) Reed meets Strings (workshop) Richard Underhill Ensemble George Benson Franca Masu |
June 30
James Cotton Lucky Peterson Omri Mor Jacek Kochan Quartet with Seamus Blake APEX: Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green Gord Grdina Trio plus Mats Gustafsson Kazutoki Umezu Kiki Band Lee Fields and the Expressions |
June 28
Steve Groves Quartet BY THE WAY The Zakari Frantz Trio Maria Farinha Band Becca Stevens Band The Jack DeJohnette Group Roy Patterson Duo Oxford University Jazz Orchestra Mingus Big Band Médéric Collignon “Jus de Bocse” My Tiny Circus Boom Pam |
June 27 |
| June 28
The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra Howard Alden / Ken Peplowski Joel Miller Mandala Tara Davidson / David Braid /Mike Murley Quintet |
July 3 Jozée Devoua Quintet Lucas Haneman Quartet Conjunto Rumbavant Patricia Barber Joe Coughlin with Mark Eisenman Quintet Christy Doran’s New Bag Claudia Acuna Chucho Valdés\The Robin Nolan Trio |
July 1
Jill Zmud Bluesberries Tambura Rasa TD Jazz Youth Summit SHAD Lorraine Desmarais Big Band |
July 1
Jaffa Road The Central Band of the Canadian Forces Jayme Stone: Room of Wonders TD Jazz Youth Summit Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees Ohbijou Jaron Freeman-Fox and the Opposite of Everything Coeur de Pirate |
June 29
DjangoLibre The Swing Sisters The Zakari Frantz Trio The Sway Machinery Julie Nesrallah Nellie McKay Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes Miguel De Armas Trio Chris Botti and the National Arts Centre Orchestra Big Satan Bombolessé People Project Snarky Puppy |
June 28
The Bad Plus |
| June 29
Brad Mehldau Trio Jean Vanasse / Miroslav Vitous Nimmons ‘N Nine… Now! Tribute Band Pierre Yves Martel Quartetski Does Prokofiev Mike Stern Trio |
July 4
Steve Groves Quartet Vaillancourt Orr Vaillancourt Lenore Raphael Trio Le Delphinus Jazz Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher The Bad Plus Al Di Meola World Sinfonia ‘09 Marianne Trudel Septet |
July 2
East Side Septet Caridad Cruz MAM (SRC) It’s Only a Paper Balloon (workshop) Bottoms Out (workshop) The Power of Song (workshop) The Souljazz Orchestra New York Voices James Farm featuring Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman and Ari Hoenig Bonobo |
July 2
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones the original line-up Matt Andersen TD Jazz Youth Summit & Galaxie Rising Stars Kenny Wheeler, Myra Melford, Jon Irabagon and Diana Torto Erik Truffaz 4tet Jaga Jazzist Ilan Bar-Lavi |
June 30
Robert Fontaine Swing Dynamite Three Little Birds The Jivewires Jukejoint Jazz Youth Summit Colin Stetson Chris Tarry Group Renée Yoxon & Mark Ferguson Big Sam’s Funky Nation Daryl Hall Kneebody Caridad Cruz Get the Blessing |
June 29
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis |
| June 30
Naturally Seven Gladys Knight Adrian Cho with Impressions in Jazz Orchestra Stan Kenton Tribute Nathalie Nadon Ottawa Composer’s Collective with Petr Cancura, John Geggie, Roddy Ellias, Megan Jerome, Jean Martin, Chris Bartos, Olivier Richard Galliano |
July 5
Terminal Baggage Claim The Mike Tremblay Mark Ferguson Quartet Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band Charles Lloyd New Quartet featuring Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier and Eric Harland Yuval Ron & Residents of the Future |
July 3
Elise Letourneau Quartet New Orleans Express Servantes Bria Skonberg Fred Hersch TD Jazz Youth Summit & Galaxie Rising Stars Dave Brubeck & National Arts Centre Orchestra Gypsophilia |
July 3
Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub The Black-Talk Organ Trio +1 Nancy Walker Quartet Marianne Trudel Septet Richard Galliano and Gonzalo Rubalcaba Way Out Northwest Ana Moura |
July 1
Kandle Hooded Fang Jazz Youth Summit & Galaxie Rizing Stars The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra The Central Band of the Canadian Forces Emma-Lee The Lost Fingers |
June 30
Wayne Shorter Quartet A Special Tribute to Jacques Émond (with the Rob Frayne Dream Band, Los Gringos, and the Vic Vogel Big Band) |
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July 4 Mermaid Beach Helen Glover Quintet Magnolia Rhythm Kings Tom Harrell Quintet Kellylee Evans Richard Bona Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings |
July 1 |
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2005's Jazz Festival at a court of Rideau Centre
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Band performing outside the World Exchange Plaza at 2005's festival.
External links
- Ottawa Jazz Festival official website
- "Ottawa Jazz Festival announces Main Stage lineup for 2013: music of every style"
- "Ottawa Jazz Festival 2013 lineup: what's on"
- "Remembering Jacques Emond's life-long love of jazz"
- "Jazzfest 2012: Younger and a bit jazzier but definitely covered (an analysis)"
- "Controversy over non-jazz acts reaches Ottawa Jazz Festival Annual Meeting"