Blue Note, New York

This is the amazing Rebirth Brass Band playing at the Blue Note in New York City, in the fall. I love jazz music and the spaces in which it is played.   

Ester Rada at the Revival, Toronto

This is the talented and beautiful Ethiopian-Israeli singer Ester Rada. She performed to a full-house at the Revival in Toronto as part of the Small World Music Festival in September. 

These are some of her men; the band is an ensemble of great musicians. They played a lot of funky, jazzy grooves influenced by Ethiopian music. 

They played an upbeat-er version of the upbeat "Nanu ney", a very popular Ethiopian song by Muluken Melesse, to which I grew up listening. The cherry on top! 

Band on Wheels, Montreal

This is the West Trainz at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 2015. Fun. 

Oscar Peterson in Montreal

I was on my way to Griffintown when I saw this. What a nice surprise to see Oscar Peterson's graffiti during the Montreal Jazz Festival!