2008 Season
Festival Archive
2007: The Future of Jazz is Now
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Charlie Haden • Carla Bley • Anthony Braxton • William Parker Ensemble • Jesse Stewart and Kevin Breit • Isaiah Ceccarelli • Exploding Star Orchestra • Do Make Say Think • Marianne Trudel • Loka • Catherine Potter • Jah Youssouf • Damian Nisenson • Myra Melford • Jayme Stone Quartet • Inhabitants • Lubo Alexandrov • Nels Cline • G.E. Stinson • Diamond Wall Curtain Trio • Eccodek with Kiran Ahluwalia |
2006: Exploring New Frontiers in Creative Music
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The Association of Improvising Musicans Toronto • autorickshaw with Kevin Breit and Trichy Sankaran • Bell Orchestre • Bik Bent Bram • Black Ox Orkestar • Steve Coleman and Five Elements • Bill Dixon and Joëlle Léandre • FAB Trio • Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier • Xu Fengxia and Joe Fonda • Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band • Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Oliver Schroer and Ravi Naimpally • Jerry Granelli's Sandhills Reunion • Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble • Lori Freedman • Hard Rubber Orchestra • The Hylozoists • Le Quan Ninh • Robert Marcel Lepage Pee Wee et Moi • Marilyn Lerner • Manouche • Larry Ochs • Peggy Lee • Miya Masaoka • Bob Ostertag and Pierre Hébert • Evelyn Petrova • Paul Plimley, Tommy Babin and Hamid Drake • Gyorgy Szabados and Vladimir Tarasov • Sao Paulo Underground • Torngat |
2005: Improvising Matters
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Gordon Allen’s Powerbuch • Marshall Allen, John Oswald, Scott Thomson and Doug Tielli • The Art Ensemble of Chicago • Pierre Cartier’s Chansons de la belle espérance • Burn Rome in a Dream • Rob Clutton • Cosmologic • Paul Cram Sextet • André Duchesne, Jean René and Pierre Tanguay • Douglas Ewart, Wadada Leo Smith, Joseph Jarman and Hamid Drake • Évidence Trio • Fanfare Pourpour • Fire Into Music • Rainer Wiens Follow Follow • Lori Freedman • Satoko Fujii Four • L’Ensemble Pierre Labbé • LaConnor • René Lussier and Eugene Chadbourne • Joel Miller’s Mandala • Miriodor with Cabina Obscura • Nicole Mitchell and Black Earth Ensemble • Gordon Monahan and Jesse Stewart • Pauline Oliveros and Roscoe Mitchell • Luluk Purwanto and the Helsdingen Trio • Sticks and Stones featuring Matana Roberts, Josh Abrams and Chad Taylor • Supersilent • Yitzhak Yedid Trio • Veryan Weston • Tony Wilson Sextet • Installation by Gordon Monahan |
2004: Jazz Voices Talking Back
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autorickshaw • Amiri Baraka • Barnyard Drama with Justin Haynes and Bernard Falaise • Anne Bourne, Ravi Naimpally and Justin Haynes • Kevin Breit and Sisters Euclid • Andrew Cyrille’s Pieces of Time featuring Famoudou Don Moye, Obo Addy & Okyerema Asante • Jean Derome and Joane Hétu • 4inObjects featuring Yoon Sun Choi • Do Make Say Think • Thom Gossage’s Other Voices • John Hollenbeck and Theo Bleckmann • Susie Ibarra Trio • In Place of Wishes • Oliver Lake Quartet featuring Mary Redhouse • Michel Lambert, Barre Phillips and Lionel Garcin • Joëlle Léandre and India Cooke • Maroon • Sainkho Namtchylak, William Parker and Hamid Drake • Tom Walsh and NOMA • Bob Ostertag, Pierre Hébert and Theo Bleckmann • Les Projectionnistes • Ron Samworth and Kate Hammett-Vaughan • Ursel Schlicht’s Ex Tempore Project • Archie Shepp – Roswell Rudd Quartet with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille • The Shuffle Demons • Installations by: Laura Kavanaugh and Ian Birse, Michael Waterman, Matt Rogalsky, David LaRiviere, Ryan Suter, and Julie Fiala |
2003: Activating Jazz
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Willem Breuker Kollektief • Julie Lebel and Scott Thomson • DaZoque! • DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid • Mark Dresser Trio • Great Uncles of the Revolution • Paul Haines: A Tribute featuring Evan Parker, David Mott, Michael Snow, Jesse Stewart and Stuart Broomer • Iron Sky • Kalaparush and the Light • Steve Lacy Beat Suite Quintet with George Lewis • Peggy Lee Band • Myra Melford and Tanya Kalmanovitch • Evan Parker • Sarah Peebles and Nilan Perera • Primal Orbit • Québécité: a jazz opera • Raw Materials: Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa • Brent Rowan Quartet • Jesse Stewart and Martin Tétrault • Damo Suzuki and The Excalceolators • Mark Taylor, Myra Melford and Bourque Simmons • Videos by: Marie Boti and Celene Rumulean • Installations by: Michael Waterman and Jesse Stewart |
2002: Jazz Out of Bounds
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Ken Aldcroft • Lotte Anker, Marilyn Crispell and Gerald Cleaver • Barmitzvah Brothers • Arthur Bull and Daniel Heïkalo • Jane Bunnett, Dewey Redman, Stanley Cowell, Dean Bowman, Larry Cramer. Kieran Overs and Mark McLean • François Carrier Trio with Jason Moran • Detention • Hamid Drake • Fanfare Pourpour • 40 Fingers and Dennis Lee • Hasidic New Wave & Yakar Rhythms • Hundun • Kidd Jordan, Fred Anderson, William Parker and Hamid Drake • Tanya Kalmanovitch's Hut Five • Peggy Lee & Marilyn Lerner • George Lewis • René Lussier Ensemble • Maybe Monday Trio: Larry Ochs, Miya Masaoka, Fred Frith • David Mott Quintet • L'Orchestre de danse • Music and the Shadow People • Rake-star • SHARK_T • Tasa • Tradition Trio • Tricycle • David Virelles • Tim Kramer • Adam Zantinge • Cuong Vu Trio • Trevor Watts Moire Music |
2001: Jazz and Civic Discourse
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Nick Ali and CRUZAO • Marshall Allen and Lou Grassi • Ray Anderson • Ian Birse • Don Byron • Chicago Underground Duo • Paul Cram Orchestra • Marilyn Crispell and Gerry Hemingway • Bill Frisell and Kevin Breit • Georg Graewe / Frank Gratkowski / Kent Kessler / Hamid Drake • Sonny Greenwich and Marilyn Lerner • Carl Grubbs Quintet • Glen Hall / Lee Ranaldo / Ray Anderson / Gerry Hemingway • John Heward • Andrew Hill • Joe McPhee's Bluette • Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra • Michael Occhipinti's Creation Dream • Tim Posgate Horn Band + Folk Choir • The Sun Ra Arkestra • Supergenerous: Cyro Baptista and Kevin Breit • Gebhard Ullmann's Conference Call Quartet • Stich Wynston's Modern Surfaces with Marilyn Crispell |
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Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts
The Guelph Jazz Festival was one of five finalists in the 2008 Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, in the arts organization category. View our short nomination video with president Michelle Lobkowicz by clicking the button below.














