Published on
May 27, 2008 in
Festivals and Live Music.
Tags: Calgary, Calgary Jazz Fest, Jazz, Jazz Wizards, Jeff Healey, Mountain View Music Festival, National Arts Centre, Oakville Jazz Fest, Ottawa, Polyjesters, Terra Hazelton, The Hogtown Syncopators, The Rex, Toronto.
Terra Hazelton has been singing her whole life, but never imagined herself as a singer. Originally from Calgary, she moved to Toronto to find fame and fortune on the stages there. Someone once gave her a guitar for a variety show and suggested that she write three songs for the sketch. Three chords later, that was the seed that led her on a career path she had never anticipated. Terra moved from performing silly songs in a cabaret setting to forming her own band, leaning towards being a rock chick extraordinaire. She began sitting in with the long-running Melody Ranch afternoon matinée at the Brunswick House in Toronto, where famed singer/guitarist Jeff Healey happened to hear her sing one Saturday. Healey was himself moving into new musical territory after opening a night club and following his love of traditional jazz with his own Saturday matinée band, the Jazz Wizards, with whom he played trumpet instead of guitar. When he decided he didn’t want to be the singer for the Jazz Wizards, he remembered the belt and wail of Terra Hazelton from some months prior.
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Published on
May 21, 2008 in
Festivals and Live Music.
Tags: Albert Collins, Bryan Adams, Buddy Guy, Cisco Ottawa Blues Festival, Jeff Healey, Luther Allison, Michelle Shocked, Ottawa, Robert Cray, Robin Ford, Skanderborg Festival, St. Johns, Stevie Ray, The Fat Cat, Tony D.
Just two days after writing Tony D’s name down on a TCR profile to-do list, I ran into him on a local Ottawa OC Transpo bus! Freshly frozen from dental surgery, I couldn’t miss my opportunity to present Tony with a fancy blue TransCanadaRadio business card! So, armed with a card and covering my swollen, drooling mouth with one hand, I stumbled towards him and told him about my plans to profile him on the site. He was super friendly and joked with me about my drool-shielding hand. Card in hand, I made an impression, there’s no doubt about it! So you, my readers, can look forward to an upcoming interview with Mr. Tony D himself in the very near future! For now, here’s a profile on this amazing musician. Do yourself a favour – Continue reading ‘Tony D Band in profile: Dynamic!’