Healey’s Jazz Wizards

Healey’s Jazz Wizards at Hugh's Room, 296 Broadview Avenue
Doors at 7PM Performance at 8PM
$40 in advance, $45 at the door

 

When we secured our permanent home at 296 Broadview our Artistic Director chatted with Richard Carson about some of his favourite shows from 2261 Dundas for a series we like to call "Richards Rolodex" without hesitation Richard let us know that one of his favourite memories was a performance from Jeff Healey and The Jazz Wizards for Healey's Among Friends record. 

All about jazz said" Most of the tunes were performed live at Hugh's Room, a folk venue in Toronto, and since each song was always brimming with vim—upbeat melodies nestled between occasionally seductive blues—boisterous applause always followed. The octet produced a sound so clean that if it wasn't for the ovations, one would not know they were performing live. In contrast, there is a multi-dimensional quality that makes the band's camaraderie, or as Healey calls it, "musical interaction, palpable. Throughout, Healey and Barber uphold the idée fixe, a fast and loose frivolity that dominated both '20s jazz and this album." 

 

THE BAND: Christopher Plock, Drew Jurecka, Reide Kaiser, Gary Scriven, Mike Daley, Colin Bray

We are honoured to have Healey's Jazz Wizards reunite for a performance in our new home. 

 

296 Broadview is not yet a fully wheelchair accessible venue, with stairs between all levels. Our goal is to fix that, and we need your support to do so - please consider making a donation towards our goals to make HRL the best listening room in Toronto!