Tunnel Six, an international collaboration of musical storytellers, will be special guests at the Salmon Arm Jazz Club tomorrow evening.
On their fifth tour of Canada and the U.S., Journeys – Spaces – Stories is a new program of original compositions that will showcase the band’s collective vision and evolution.
Tunnel Six is Toronto’s Ben Dietschi on saxophone, Chicago’s Chad McCullough on trumpet, London, England pianist Andrew Oliver, Nashville guitarist Brian Seligman, Toronto’s Jesse Dietschi on bass and Portland, Oregon drummer Tyson Stubelek.
The Canada-US collaborative sextet brings distinctive, melodic storytelling compositions to audiences with singable melodies that offer an unabashedly emotional approach to musical storytelling.
The band blends elements of jazz, world and folk to transport audiences from the peaks of the Rockies to the shores of the Maritimes.
Formed in 2009 at the Banff Centre’s International Jazz Workshop, the ensemble has grown over the course of six cross-continental tours and two critically-acclaimed albums into a mature band blending six distinct threads into uniquely impressionistic soundscapes.
The group’s debut record, Lake Superior was released internationally and garnered a spot on the top 100 releases of the year in 2011 (eMusic).
The group’s follow-up album Alive was recorded during various concerts on tour and captures the band in their most comfortable element.
Tunnel Six will also begin recording their third album in Vancouver during the tour.
“It’s always a challenge to record with this group – because we’re together for such an intense and focused amount of time that we want to be sure to capture the music at the right point of growth,” said trumpeter Chad McCullough.
In addition to this year’s tour and recording, the band has created an online space at http://tunnelsix.tumblr.com where they are taking advantage of their geographic separation to create new collaborative compositions from home cities.
The new collaborative compositions will find their way into the repertoire of the group on the upcoming tour, providing a new element to their collective group sound and style.
These are six diverse artists, with very different mailing addresses – yet, each time they come together they further the common bond of weaving melodies and improvisations on a shared path.
Tunnel Six performs at 7 p.m. April 9 in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs, 551 Trans- Canada Highway.
Admission is by donation and a cash bar and tapas from Shuswap Chefs are available.
