Pair of Tickets for the Jazz Grand Masters in Toronto


Item Number: 623

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $680

Online Close: Mar 29, 2007 3:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 4 bids - Item Sold!

Description

The winner of these 2 tickets will witness history in the making as jazz makes its debut at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts with three of the world's greatest jazz pianists. Dave Brubeck (Monday, June 25), Oscar Peterson (Tuesday, June 26) and Keith Jarrett (Friday, June 29) will take centre stage at the opera house as part of a new series developed for the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival.

As the Canadian Opera Company's new home, the Four Seasons Centre opens its door for the first time to the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival. With its incredible acoustics and great sightlines, there could not be a more befitting venue to host these legends of jazz. The opera house has already become a standard by which others are measured, and I am certain that Jazz Festival audiences will find it an equally wonderful experience.

On the heels of last year's three-time standing ovation performance, Dave Brubeck returns once again with his stellar quartet on Monday, June 25, 2007. A legend already made, Brubeck is a virtuoso who shows no signs of slowing down. The New Yorker rightfully proclaimed this quartet as "the world's most widely traveled, most highly publicized and most popular small group now playing improvised syncopated music." Joining Brubeck are Randy Jones on drums, Bobby Militello on saxophone and Michael Moore on bass.

Canada's most beloved and celebrated pianist, Oscar Peterson, takes the stage on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. With a career that spans over six decades, Peterson's notable accomplishments include - seven Grammy Awards, two Junos, The Queen's Medal, a Companion in the Order of Canada and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of ten honorary doctorates and a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Those who have worked with Peterson read like a list of who's who in jazz, from Charlie Parker to Ella Fitzgerald to Duke Ellington to Louis Armstrong, just to name a few.

With an equally illustrious career, Keith Jarrett is a brilliant composer, masterful pianist and a true genius whose sheer artistry has cemented his status in both classical music and jazz. On Friday, June 29, 2007, Jarrett along with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock will perform and show precisely why many have labeled this trio as the preeminent jazz group interpreting standards today.

Special Instructions

Ticket location to be determined but tickets are being provided by the sponsor, TD Canada Trust and are guaranteed to be great seats!  Tickets will be mailed to the winning bidder when they become available.

Donated by

TD Bank Financial Group