Brooke's mom was in town so the "girls" went to see a jazz show at the Arts Centre.
From Toronto by way of New York with his New York quartet, winner of first prize and the Public's Choice Award at the 2014 Montreux Jazz Festival International Guitar Competition, Alex Goodman has been hailed as "the next big thing in the jazz world" (CityTV News). With four albums as a leader (one nominated for a Juno), Alex is an accomplished composer with over one hundred original compositions for string quartet, philharmonic orchestra, big band, various jazz ensembles and film. He was awarded the 2013 ASCAP Herb Alpert Jazz Composer Award and was a finalist for the 2014 ASCAP Morton Gould Classical Composer prize.
It took me back to the time Merv & I went to jazz coffee houses around the U of T.
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We went one time with Conrad Iwaniki to a jazz club on Huron Street. It was originally a restaurant where my cousin got married in the early 50's - my grandparents had a house across the street - anyway - the music made me sick and I puked - lol - mjt
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