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Happy mid-May to all of you!

. .. just letting you know about a gig that promises to be fun in a B3 organ kind of way. Funky, swinging and groovy tunes this Tuesday, May 18th/10, NO COVER, CHEAP RUSSELL BEER PINTS,  B3 BEATDOWN with CHRIS GESTRIN organ, BILL COON guitar and JESSE CAHILL drums.

.I'dlikto underline the no-cover deal!

Celebrate the holidays with the B3 Kings

Tuesday Dec. 22 & Wednesday Dec. 23 featuring Bill Coon, Denzal Sinclaire, Cory Weeds & Chris Gestrin. 9:00pm & 10:15pm   reservations recommended!

 

Dec 11th and 12th

Cellar  Jazz Club

BC Double Quartet performance featuring trumpeter Brad Turner and violinist Cameron Wilson. It's a marriage between a jazz quartet and a string quartet. It's happening for two nights and it promises to be worth a listen!

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I had the pleasure of hearing Bucky Pizarelli and Benny Green perform at the Cellar recently and was blown away by the music they made together.  Bucky is 83 but the music was timeless, beautiful and swinging.

 

My interest in wine leads me to Oliver BC where I photographed Bill Eggert tasting his latest vintage. Fairview Cellars is the name of his winery and if you can find any of his wine buy it quickly and drink it slowly because it is wine to be savoured.

 

May  2009 ~ Bill Coon awarded Guitarist of the Year at the 2009 National Jazz Awards!

 

April 2009 ~ KATE HAMMETT-VAUGHAN & BILL COON NATIONAL TOUR

Bill and Kate completed a successful across Canada in support of their new duo Cd "Imagination" recorded Live at the Cellar.  Read All about Jazz Review

 

 

Top Canadian Releases 2008

Here are the Top Canadian Releases, part of the annual picks of top jazz albums by Ray Alexander-Host of 'Fascinating Rhythm' in Winnipeg on CJUM-101.5fm or www.umfm.com & Lecturer of The Manitoba Conservatory Jazz Course called 'Jazz With A Twist' & Co-Founder of the Winnipeg Jazz Festival.

(1) Too Much Guitar-Bill Coon (Cellar Live)

(2) Forward Motion-Fred Stride Jazz Orch.(Cellar)

(3) Foundations-Jodi Proznick Qt. (Cellar Live)

(4) Coldfront Bjorn Thoroddsen/Richard Gillis/Steve

Kirby from Winnipeg (Zonet)

(5) Michel Donato Trio 

 

 

 

 

Jodi Proznick, Miles Black & Bill Coon- O'Doul's Restaurant Sept. 3 - 5/09

 

BILL'S TOP 13 FAVOURITE JAZZ GUITAR CDS

 

Jim Hall  - 1975 Live! In Toronto Universal

Bill Evans and Jim Hall – Undercurrent Verve

Wes Montgomery - Smokin’ at the Half Note Verve

Emily Remler - East To Wes Concord Records

Ed Bickert and Don Thompson - At the Garden Party Sackville

Grant Green Grantstand  Blue Note

Lenny Breau and Dave Young - Live at Bourbon Street True North/Guitar Archives

Joe Pass – Intercontinental Polygram Japan

Kurt Rosenwinkle - Deep Song Universal

Barney Kessesl - The Poll Winners Contemporary

Charlie Christian - The Genius of Charlie Christian (4 discs) Sony Music

Stan Getz and Jimmy Raney - Complete Studio Sessions Definitive Records

Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue Blue Note