Party: The Adriaanse-Stanley Duo at Jazz Bistro!

Party: The Adriaanse-Stanley Duo at Jazz Bistro!

The Adriaanse-Stanley Duo has been developing their exceptional rapport since meeting while attending York University over 4 years ago. Their musical focus is on the interpretation of the Great American Songbook with attention not so much to the expression of jazz language but to the nuances of form and dynamics. The Adriaanse-Stanley Duo enjoys a summertime residency on the patio at By the Way Cafe on Bloor St. W that will be entering its third year in 2015.

Chris Adriaanse is a young electric and upright bassist and educator based in Toronto. He appears as a member of a number of groups, and as a freelance musician, open to play in just about any situation. He can be heard on records by Lullaby North and Shaky Knees, and can be seen performing with the Adriaanse-Stanley Duo, the Doug Tielli Band, the Jon Foster Group, the Happy Pals and countless groups of jazz musicians and free improvisers in small performance and private event contexts. Music has taken him on adventures to Europe, across Canada, and Ecuador, let him perform with the TSO, other small orchestras, CCMC and some of Toronto’s finest musicians. He dabbles in composing for small jazz ensembles, and his compositions can occasionally be heard at performances.

Chris received his Bachelors in Fine Arts, specialized honours in music from York University in 2012. While at York, he was awarded a York University Talent Scholarship, one of the Dean’s Prizes for Excellence in the Fine Arts, and the Oscar Peterson Scholarship for excellence in Jazz performance. In his final year, Chris was selected as one of the few participants of Jazz FM 91’s ‘Jazzology’ program.

Liam Stanley is a young jazz guitarist from Toronto, Ontario. Liam has been playing guitar for over a decade, having studied jazz with Humber alumni Tristan Clark, and York professors Roy Patterson and Lorne Lofsky. Liam is currently in his sixth year at York University. While at York Liam has had the privilege of studying with Kevin Turcotte, Kelly Jefferson and Barry Elmes. Following his third and fifth years at York Liam was nominated for the Mary Alice Stuart/JAZZ .FM91 Scholarship.
Liam has been heard numerous times on JazzFM 91.1’s Jazzology and will be featured in 2014. In October of 2011 Liam performed Tim Brady’s Twenty Quarter Inch Jacks during the X Avant Festival in Toronto in a 20 guitar ensemble alongside Ted Quinlan and Roy Patterson. In the summer of 2012 Liam performed with his trio at the Brantford Jazz Festival, and followed it up in 2013 and 2014 with performances at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival with the Jon Foster Group.

Music Starts at 12pm
Music Charge $5.00

Invited: Paul Crocker, Jenny Nhan, Mark Godfrey, Lauren Barnett, Zach Sutton, James McEleney, Callie Stanley, Bennett Young, Joe Wolfond, Laura Swankey, Benjamin Daviss, David Rubel, Belinda Rona Corpuz, Brandon Davis, Miles Finlayson, Tzevi Sherman, Bryan McGill, Robin Claxton, Galo Fernando, Jared Goldman, Conor Hall, Samantha Natalia, Ashley Quan, Bob Ben, Jeff Deegan, Marika Galea, Zaynab Wilson, Julian Anderson-Bowes, Matt McCullough, Michael Perrotti, Jon Foster, Alex Lehto, Chris Adriaanse, Diana YF, Jesse McLinton, Jessie Rivest, Matt Rubel, Lisa Nguyen, Val A, Mike Campbell, Michelle Wong, Dan VanderHelm, Zachary MacDonald, Peter Cavanagh, Rebecca Bieman, Christopher MacLeod, Patrick Hewan, Sharanka P, Carla Gillis, Winston Matsushita, Michael Cornell, David Diao, Andrew Furlong, Trevor Falls, Jeanette Forsythe, Janet Hinkle, Pj Andersson, Mary-Margaret Love, Bobby Hsu, Bea Labikova, Sarah Greene, Charles James, Jessica Hinkle, Daniel Diaz, Konstantine Aivaliotis, Amy Mech, David Cornell, Bruno Bin, Ted Hinkle, Connor Maslen Walsh, Andrew Nayler, Dwight Jones, Alayna Dueck, Janel Jones, Martin Moir, Desiree D'Lima, Joanne Begg, Maia Stanley-Iljic, Essi Numminen, Emily Denison, Cathy Cornell Adriaanse, Rachel Lissner, Stephanie Yee, Nick Arseneau, Liam Stanley, FriendlyNeighbourhood Tal, Leland Whitty, Gram Whitty, Emily Bissell-Barahona, Robb Cappelletto, Daniel Cherney, Malcolm Connor, Hannah Barstow, Phill Albert, Gary Smith, Andrew Miller, Timothy Monis, Youngchan Na, Chris Goldie Hinkle, David Baldry show more »