Songbird Tuesdays co-presented by JazzInToronto & DROM Taberna

JUNE 11: LYNN MCDONALD & DAVE RESTIVO

Musical and personal Friends since 1992, Lynn and Dave celebrate some of their favourite songs, including selections by Frishberg, Monk, Parker and Dorough for their Drom Taberna debut. Both enjoy the duo setting. Pianist, David Restivo visits from his Chair at Selkirk College, Nelson BC. Impresario, Lynn McDonald , just wrapped twenty years teaching Jazz Vocals at York University. Coming soon, their freshly recorded duo album “Sometime Ago”.

JUNE 18: ROS KINDLER TRIO

Ros Kindler is a jazz vocalist whose major influences have been Billie Holiday, Catherine Russell and Madeleine Peyroux. It’s been said that these influences show up in her swinging warm and intimate vocal style and tone. She has performed in Australia, the US and Canada and can be seen and heard regularly at many popular jazz venues throughout the city. Ros released her debut CD, I’m Alright in 2011 and followed it with Sugar Blues released in 2014. Available on Bandcamp. www.roskindler.com

JUNE 25: CHLOE WATKINSON & NEIL HENDRY

Chloe Watkinson and Neil Hendry have been playing many styles of music together for nearly a decade, many times in a duo setting. Each show offers a unique experience by utilizing Chloe’s control and dynamics with pared down originals and covers. Neil’s dexterity and deep understanding of music is present whenever he plays, and in the duo he deftly covers rhythm and lead. Listen closely at this show, as for the first time, Chloe may begin revealing the new interactive mystery connected to her upcoming album, “skin writer”.’

JULY 4: ALEX PANGMAN [RESCHEDULED]

Alex Pangman grew up a couple of generations late to have sung with Benny Goodman but the vibrant vocalist is known as Canada's Sweetheart of Swing. The JUNO nominee and JAZZ.FM91 host possesses the requisite taste & talent to breathe life into the sturdy songs of the 1930s when she sings with her Alleycats.

While facets of Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby can be found in Alex's zesty delivery, that crisp clear voice is unequivocally her own. A superb song stylist, Alex has a loyal fanbase from her critically acclaimed work and performances across Canada, having performed at Koerner Hall with John Pizzarelli, Massey Hall opening for Willie Nelson, at stages like the Reservoir Lounge, or playing for swing dancers everywhere.

Her Alleycats are crackerjack musicians who also love the musical style and bring it to life with their expertise. They are John MacLeod cornet, Peter Hill piano, and Chris Banks bass.