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Fraser Hollins Quartet at TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival at National Arts Centre

Courtesy of Ottawa Jazz Festival | Posted on December 8, 2015

Where

National Arts Centre
TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival

53 Elgin St
Ottawa
Map
(613) 947-7000

When

Fri, February 5, 2016
21:00

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Musicians

About

Raised in Ottawa and now residing in Montreal, Fraser Hollins has been praised as "one of Canada's great bassists" (Don Thompson). Noted for his versatility, Hollins has been performing for almost thirty years as a leader and sideman with some of jazz’s brightest lights. This year he leads a quartet of heavyweight individual talents, including 2013 Juno winning saxophonist Joel Miller, ace pianist Jon Cowherd (Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones) and renowned drummer Brian Blade, best known for his recordings with Bob Dylan and his own Fellowship Band.

This configuration of the Hollins Quartet has rarely performed publically, but already they possess that flowing, rhythmic telepathy it takes most combos years to develop...

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