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Avataar
Canadian Jazz Showcase | TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival
Friday June 21st, 2024
Friday June 21st, 2024
9:30 PM
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11:00 PM CDT
Starts: 9:30 PM CDT
Ends: 11:00 PM CDT
Doors Open: 8:30 PM
Doors Open: 8:30 PM CDT
The Royal Albert Arms
48 Albert St, Winnipeg
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About Avataar
JUNO award winner for Best Jazz Album (Group) in 2022, JAZZ FM’s pick in 25 of the Best Jazz Albums of 2021, and a recipient of the Toronto Jazz Festival's Special Projects Initiative award for 2016, Avataar's music marries classical Indian music, modern jazz, Brazilian lyricism, atmospheric textures and ambiance, Javanese gamelan, and contemporary improvisation. Cleverly layered and cinematic in scope, the music drives and swirls through a vast sonic palette and has drawn comparison to Mahavishnu Orchestra, Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett with Jan Garbarek, late Coltrane, and Oregon. The resulting confluence is a mesmerizing blend of rhythmic hypnotism, sonic landscapes and soaring melody that marries ancient and modern musical sounds.
Avataar features some of Canada’s finest jazz, world, funk, and pop musicians. They include bandleader Sundar Viswanathan (saxes, flutes, bansuri, vocals), Laura Swankey (vocals), Michael Occhipinti (guitar), Ravi Naimpally (tablas and percussion), Max Senitt (drums) and Tyler Emond (bass). Rich Brown (bass) performs with the ensemble in Western Canada, including Winnipeg.
Contact Information
As producers of the annual TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival as well as concerts and workshops throughout the year, Jazz Winnipeg is a vibrant and essential organization dedicated to the enrichment of Winnipeg's cultural community.
Refund Policy
Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged or canceled. At Jazz Winnipeg we strive to present a diverse artistic line-up that is both accessible and innovative. Every effort is made to inform the ticket-buyer of what style of music will be performed at a given concert. However, we are unable to account for everyone’s tastes. As such, no refunds will be given to customers unhappy with the quality, style, or volume of a Jazz Winnipeg performance.
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