PETR CANCURA

NAC - Studio March 13th, 2018

Generation NOW with

Petr Cancura - saxophones
Michael Blake - saxophones
Rebecca Hennessy - trumpet
Marianne Trudel - piano
Remi-Jean Leblanc - bass
Greg Ritchie - drums

The creative drive that spawns unique musical voices are the lifeblood of the Canadian Jazz Scene! Generation NOW features some of today’s most important Canadian jazz musicians. This group is carefully assembled to create a band that will not only relish in great time feel, but give you, the listener, a canvas…

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Walkin’ With Mr PC 

Inspired by the New Orleans Rock and Roll legend Lee Allen, Walkin’ With Mr. PC is like an early R&B band lead by a saxophone! Petr Cancura is an aficionado of crossing roots music and jazz, this is a hybrid of jazz and early Rock and Roll… a modern soundtrack remix of instrumental rockabilly. Cancura, known for projects such as Down Home (a mix of Mississippi and Jazz) has played with the likes of Danilo Perez, The Ghost Train Orchestra and Joe Morris. 

Walkin’ With Mr. PC features

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Check it out:

http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/lynne-hanson-will-leap-in-when-jazz-musicans-tackle-her-music
 

The Crossroads series put on by the National Arts Centre's NAC Presents in partnership with the Ottawa Jazz Festival is one of my favourite projects. Not only do I get to play with some of my favourite musicians (Greg Ritchie, John Geggie and Roddy Ellias) but I get to work with incredible singer-songwriters. Lynne's music is very deep and different then anyone we have worked with before. There is a grounded aspect to her music which is very inspiring. Please come and check it out on January 16th at 8pm at…Read more

I am very honoured to be hosting a Schumann & Songwriters series at the National Arts Centre this and next week!
 

Experience the Dazzling Virtuosity of Beethoven and Schumann at the NAC Orchestra’s Festival 
OTTAWA, 6 October, 2016 — From October 12 to 20, join Alexander Shelley, the NAC Orchestra, and a roster of world-renowned pianists, as they interpret the expressive and timeless masterpieces of Robert Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven. 
  
The two-week Festival explores superb expressions of Romanticism in…

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