How a ’50s-era recording of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie helped pave the way for updated songs like the Beatles’ “Now and Then.”

Here is the video premiere of “I’ve Got Nothing” by Toronto-based quartet Peripheral Vision.

When great musicians from different bands and projects get together for the express purpose of making music without the restrictions they usually face elsewhere, it should bring out the best in all of them. That’s just what happened with the guys in Modus Factor on their inaugural effort ‘The Picasso Zone.’

Her range is inspiring, her tone is deep, her fire is irrefutable.

Scarlett Jane’s Stranger was initially released independently in 2013, but a remixed and remastered version seems primed to launch the Toronto-based duo into new territory. You May Also Like: So Long Seven, “Mad Nomad,” (2022): Something Else video premiere Noam Lemish, “Rebirth,” from ‘Twelve’ (2022): Something Else! Video Premiere ModusRead More

Toronto saxophonist Pete Mills takes to his debut on Cellar Live Records with polish and swing. Together with Pete McCann (guitars), Erik Augis (piano), Martin Wind (bass), and Matt Wilson (drums), he puts together a record that is both traditional and exuberantly modern. You May Also Like: Brian Blade &Read More

Toronto-based pianist Chris Donnelly has made two records so far, and both of them are solo piano records (Solo (2009) and Metamorphosis (2011). We now finally get to hear how this inventive musician interact with other musicians with the first album by Myriad3, a trio he recently formed with fellowRead More

Toronto-born vocalist, pianist, producer, and arranger Elizabeth Shepherd brings a spirit of freshness to Rewind, her first full-length album of standards. You May Also Like: Mike Zito – First Class Life (2018) Bob Sheppard – ‘The Fine Line’ (2019) Cassandra Wilson’s slow-starting Loverly didn’t take her usual risks