Jay Funk Dawg Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) 5th Annual NuJazz Festival Gala Event www.nujazz.ca SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 2012 Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo www.facebook.com/billymartinandwilbladesduo The Shuffle Demons www.shuffledemons.com Ticketweb Link: http://tktwb.tw/OryUOO plus DJ Jive Express (Sweetback, Chameleon Project) Tickets: Soundscapes, Rotate This & Play De Record, THE GREAT HALL 1087 Queen Street West www.thegreathall.ca Tickets: $25 - Soundscapes, Rotate This & Play De Record Ticketweb Link: http://tktwb.tw/OryUOO Facebook: http://on.fb.me/Rz5XxD Billy Martin of Medeski Martin and Wood (Drums and percussion) and Wil Blades of Stanton Moore Trio (Hammond B-3 Organ) came together in 2011 to form this incredible danceable and highly improvisational duo. The 5th Annual NuJazz Festival is back, presenting a cutting edge concert series in Toronto this November. The Shuffle Demons are a Canadian jazz fusion band, who had a surprise Top 40 hit in Canada with their 1986 single "Spadina Bus". In 2004, the band coordinated a world record for the largest number of people playing saxophone simultaneously, with over 900 saxophones all playing the theme from Hockey Night in Canada. For over 25 years, jazz-funk-fusion band The Shuffle Demons have been entertaining fans around the world and have recently released a new album on True North Records entitled "Cluster Funk" "Billy Martin & Wil Blades' debut album Shimmy is full of breakbeat funk, stellar jazz improvisation, and instinctive syncopation...everything a drum and B-3 duo record should be." ~All Music â–ºWatch and embed new live video for "Toe Thumb" here: Organ and drums duo, Billy Martin & Wil Blades, perform 11 shows this November, including an appearance at The Great Hall in Toronto on Saturday, November 17 presented by the 5th annual NuJazz Festival. The pair are touring in support of their acclaimed debut album, Shimmy, released earlier this year on Brooklyn record label, The Royal Potato Family. More on Billy Martin & Wil Blades: www.facebook.com/billymartinandwilbladesduo Billy Martin, the drummer for the legendary experimental jazz trio Medeski, Martin & Wood, and Wil Blades, a much buzzed about young organist from the San Francisco live music scene, first came together for a low-key, one-off late night set during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2011. The music that evening was so deep in the pocket that the pair knew instantly there would be more shows together in their future. A West Coast tour was arranged for later in the year, which played to packed houses from Washington to California. In the middle of the run, Martin & Blades ducked into a Berkeley recording studio to capture what would become their debut album, Shimmy. Their approach was purely old school in the tradition of those essential organ-groove sides by the likes of Charles Earland, Brother Jack McDuff and Groove Holmes.Throughout the outing, the electricity between the drummer and organist runs high voltage on tracks like "Brother Bru," "Toe Thumb" and "Les & Eddie." The chemistry between them is kinetic, assuring that even while the duo is reaching back to embrace the retro, they can't help but push the tradition ever forward. More on The Shuffle Demons http://www.shuffledemons.com The Shuffle Demons first broke onto the Canadian music scene in 1984 with an electrifying musical fusion that drew in equal measure from Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys. The band was one of the first indie acts to break out on MuchMusic. This band was genre bending, highly visually entertaining, funny, and best of all, could really PLAY. All their eye catching, crowd pleasing stunts were backed up by incredibly solid musicianship and real ground-breaking playing. Over a twenty eight year span The Shuffle Demons have released eight CDs, two hit videos, won several music awards, done numerous tv and radio appearances and toured nationally and internationally including 25 cross Canada tours, 5 US tours, 16 European tours, as well as tours of Mexico, India, China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Cuba playing on big festival stages, theatres and clubs. more info: www.nujazz.ca jay@360degreesartists.com Edited November 14, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Nice! This may make a good companion for DSO a couple of days earlier.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsweetcrude Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Wow. This is will be good! NuJazz Fest delivers! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdness Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Bad ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 There's a Facebook event for this show here.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted October 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Here's my FB event: http://www.facebook.com/events/457663307608832 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ersh Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Shit! So in for this.Billy Martin's the best drummer out there.Sorry Tico... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 The Shuffle Demons (who have a new album, "Clusterfunk") are opening!Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark tonin Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Billy Martin is a fabulous drummer! I remember the first time I saw MMW many years ago I couldn't stop watching him play!Peace, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 New video "Toe Thumb" just released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterave Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Looks like another great NuJazz night - I hope c-towns makes it so I can meet that little f#$ker.Billy is definitely one of the world's top drummer - much raspect to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 read more about Billy Martin here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin_%28percussionist%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) Champagne and Grits: A Soul Jazz mix by Jive Express by Jive Express on MixcloudI am thrilled to be DJing this show. Here is a mix I uploaded recently of the type of funk/jazz I will be laying down. Edited November 14, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted November 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 big one tonight! I hope you all can come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ersh Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Jailmate on at 9:45!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 I hope this got a good turnout! Unfortunately two trips to Toronto for me in one week is pretty much out of the question, but I know how good this must have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Pretty small crowd, but it was fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ersh Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 How was Billy? Realllly wish I could've stayed for his set. Here's our Jailmate opener... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Great Photos and review: http://societyvernacular.com/home/?p=1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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