Some Notable Events of Interest the Week of May 25 2008
by BluesAndJazzGuy
Besides the other many good events to catch this week by our great local acts on the calendar, these are some you might not want to miss:
a.. Sunday May 25, a relatively new jam with Izzy Martinez Trio with Jack Mcgregor on Drums
Dan Joseph on Bass and Izzy on guitar at the Elmdale House, 1084 Wellington Street West
b.. Wednesday 28 May - Jeff Rogers starts an every Wednesday Candlelight acoustic series at Tucson's. Enjoy the soulful piano and vocal stylings of Jeff Rogers. He's been a featured local performer at Bluesfest, and has received critical reviews with his musical projects that range from duelling piano to a full out grooving band. Don't miss seeing Jeff's extraordinary talent!
c.. Thursday 29 May - Al Tambay moves to Thursdays at Tucson's. Every Thursday evening Al Tambay & Friends perform Acoustic music for your listening pleasure. Enjoy Al's unique sense of humour and guitar mastery.
d.. Friday 30 May - Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang are at Rainbow Bistro. Chicago saxophonist Eddie Shaw has been at the center of the blues activity in the Windy City ever since he joined Muddy Waters' band in 1957.
e.. Saturday 31 May - Peter Brown's new CD, Franklin Street, is premiered at Café Paradiso.
For more on this event and all the others posted by the musicians who have taken advantage of my DIY calendar for this month, click this link:
http://ottawa-blues-jazz.ncf.ca/MonthsCalendar.html
Check out the recent additions to Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide on Facebook if you're a member or decide to become one.
These include a Benefit Concert Saturday for Ottawa River Keeper,
A Rockin CHEO Sunday afternoon and evening fun for the whole family at Greenfield's,
Front and Centre 2008-2009 Season Announcement at Centrepointe and other posted items of possible interest.
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National Capital Freenet Web/E-mail Crash from Friday to today
by BluesAndJazzGuy
Hi,
Just to keep you informed and in case you sent e-mail to bluesandjazzguy(a)ncf.ca since then, NCF encountered a major server equipment crash early Friday afternoon.
This affected initially both the web and e-mail systems.
Yesterday, web service was back, but e-mail although back on-line is still being worked on by NCF staff and volunteers. New e-mails are working OK, but whatever was in the system may or may not have been lost. Time will tell if the people working on it can capture and forward what was lost.If you sent anything in the time involved, please resend it so it can be taken care of.
NCF is supported by user and supportive local businesses with both fund and equipment donations that help offer normally a reasonably priced, reliable web and e-mail service.
Please be patient while the NCF people work to resolve the equipment breakdown that caused this outage and if you can help or have contacts that may be able to offer any surplus but usable equipment that might help prevent future this kind of exceptional failure for the first time in 15 years, please contact André Dalle at adalle(a)ncf.ca
More info at: http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/home/tools/status.jsp
Please note that this is a purely voluntary initiative on my part to hopefully do what I can
to help prevent a similar outage in future of NCF. Whatever you may be able to do on
your part is between you and whatever contact you establish with NCF.
Jim Roy
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Notable Events of Interest the Week of May 11 2008
by BluesAndJazzGuy
Besides the other many good events to catch this week by our great local acts, here are some don't misses whose promo has been posted to my DIY calendar:
a.. Tuesday 13 May - Mississippi Blues Society's Ottawa Blues Jam weekly with hosts Barry Buse and 1st Tuesdays each month Al Tambay.
b.. Tuesday 13 May - Terry Gillespie and the Granary Band at The Atlantic, Aexandria
c.. Friday 16 May - The Runes Blues Band - at Tucson's. This 6-piece power blues band is made up of some of Ottawa's finest blues players featuring lead vocalist Leslie Rohonczy. The Runes' members bring their experience and blues influences together with exceptional 3 - and 4- part harmonies to build a power blues experience that has audiences out of their seats at the first song.
d.. Saturday 17 May - Jeff Rogers at Tucson's. Jeff Rogers repertoire is vast and he has played in many different bands of various styles ranging from funk, punk, rock, pop, blues, swing, jazz and salsa. Recently he's been focusing on his original music and his shows have received extensive acclaim and rave reviews. Jeff brings with him his full band to Tucson's to Jam the house. Jeff Asselin on drums, Pat Giunta on Bass and Jamie Pirie on Guitar and special guest Kiko Garcia on Guitar. Don't miss seeing Jeff's extraordinary talent!
For more on this event and all the others posted by the musicians who have taken advantage of my DIY calendar for this month, click this link:
http://ottawa-blues-jazz.ncf.ca/MonthsCalendar.html
Of special note are the many Sunday 18 May options for blues and jazz including a new jazz jam by Izzy Martinez at the Elmdale House, one of Ottawa's latest and most committed live music venues.
Check out the recent additions to Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide on Facebook if you're a member or decide to become one. These include the Jazzworks, What's Happening in Ottawa Tonight, Peter Hum's Ottawa Citizen jazz news group links and other items of possible interest on Posted Items and on the Discussion Board.
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