MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
B.C. Welcomes Canada’s “Inner Circle” of Elite Jazz Players
Mark DeJong and the Outer Bridge Ensemble Set Eight Concert Dates
(Winnipeg, MB – August 19, 2009) Canada’s current buzz band of the jazz scene, Mark DeJong and the Outer Bridge Ensemble, will bring its experimental and electrifying brand of music to British Columbia for eight world-class shows Sept. 18-27, 2009.
- Sept. 18 – Hermanns Jazz Club, Victoria
- Sept. 19 – The Cellar, Vancouver
- Sept. 20 – Pender Harbour Jazz Festival, Pender Harbour
- Sept. 22 – The Commodore, Kamloops
- Sept. 23 – Creekside Theatre, Winfield
- Sept. 24 – Lorenzo’s, Enderby
- Sept. 26 – The Old Fire Hall Jazz Festival, Rossland
- Sept. 27 – Strand’s Restaurant, Invermere
Front man Mark DeJong is not only one of Canada’s finest tenor sax players, his latest recording, The Unknown (released on Calgary’s Chronograph Records), is up for Jazz Album of the Year at next month’s Western Canadian Music Awards. DeJong is part of the jazz aristocracy of the Great White North. He teaches jazz studies at the University of Saskatoon, graduated from Rutgers University (New Jersey) with a master’s degree in Jazz Studies, and is the former artistic director of the Saskatoon Jazz Society.
DeJong’s star cast, the Outer Bridge Ensemble, features a fluid line-up, which includes players like bassist Simon Fisk, drummer Jerome Jennings, percussionist David Freeman, and pianist Steve Hudson.
With a mix of free form jazz and well-loved standards, the show is sure to please both casual and intensely passionate jazz lovers.
Bring your ears and an open mind.
www.myspace.com/jazzmarkdejong
www.sonicbids.com/markdejong
www.chronographrecords.com
For more information or to book an interview, please contact:
Lisa Saunders, publicist
Sound Strategy Music
204.799.4641
lisa@soundstrategy.ca
www.soundstrategymusic.ca
