New York-based drummer, composer and band leader, Curtis Nowosad is on tour to promote his new CD, The Skeptic & the Cynic, and is making a stop in Salmon Arm.
The Curtis Nowosad Quartet will be featured in tomorrow night’s Jazz Club performance at Shuswap Chefs.
Nowosad has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile, and forward-thinking musician.
A native of Winnipeg, Man., Nowosad became recognized there as the face of the new generation of jazz players, and his quartet is one of the best in Canada, featuring two internationally-recognized New York ex-pats, Steve Kirby on bass, and Derrick Gardner on trumpet, along with virtuoso pianist Will Bonness.
The quartet is featured alongside tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, pianist Taylor Eigsti, and other special guests on The Skeptic & the Cynic, a collection of instrumental jazz covers of songs by popular artists such as Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Black Star. The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs.
Admission is by donation and organizers remind jazz fans that donations at the door are the major source of funding for the club.
The Jazz Club does not receive grants or assistance from anywhere else.
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