Avant-Garde Bar and Gift Shop - 135 1/2 Besserer St - Downtown Ottawa

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Sep 24, Fri, 2010

GEETA
Geeta, a self taught, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and poet from Montreal has been creating sounds and words since many years. She composes with a real, sensitive and raw vibe influenced by her imagination, freedom, madness, people, art and life. She plays all instruments on her albums, producing, recording, and mixing all on her own. She is well recognized for giving powerful live performances. She combines piano and acoustic guitar with English and French poetry sang with depth and theatrical expression with surreal atmospheres. Her intensity carries along the audience towards an emotional physical state with her diverse vocal range influenced by the likes of Diamanda Galas, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey and Edith Piaf. She has collaborated with several artists, musicians, directors for diverse musical projects ,cinema and video games. Geeta has played many shows including the Glastonbury Festival in England, New Media Festival, Les Nuits Blanches in Montreal, Les Voix D'Amériques Festival (spoken word) and Les Francofolies in Montreal.

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Bricktop playing the music of Django Reinhardt.
Peter Storzenecker - guitar
Christian Flores - guitar
Jose Paulo Arocena - bass
With a very special guest Sean Kemp!
http://www.myspace.com/seankempband

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Sep 25, Sat, 2010

Sugarbush
Sugarbush is a 6 member rock and roll band commonly found in the wetlands and waterways of Ottawa, Canada. Members have a rotund, paunchy appearance and their entire bodies, with the exception of the face and feet, are covered with a rich, waterproof layer of fur. The name Sugarbush is derived from the fact that the band has two special musk glands—also called anal glands—situated beneath the skin in the region of their two drummers anus'. These glands enlarge during shows and produce a yellowish, sweet-smelling substance that is deposited at stations usually close to the bar or potential mates.
Though nearly extinct now, Sugarbush once representented a mighty force on the Ottawa musical landscape. Three time winners of Eastern Ontario Music awards, twice recipients of FACTOR grants for independant music development and chosen as Now magazines pick of the week for the 1997 NXNE music conference, the group decided to part ways in late 1999 in order to pursue other interests and feed their numerous offspring. Most members have remained active in the local music scene but only recently decided to come together for one final blow-out weekend after enormous public pressure and and a facebook group that rated them almost as popular than an onion ring.
Fiona - vocals, guitar
Gerard - guitar, vocals, mandolin
Antoine - guitar, keyboards
Mike - vocals, guitar
Jeff - bass
Tim - drums, vocals

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Sep 28, Tue, 2010

Richard Page Trio
Throughout his career, Richard has performed with many of North America’s top jazz artists including JUNO award winner David Braid, Ranee Lee, Rick Wilkins, Ted Warren, Dave McMurdo, Bob Brookmeyer, Nick Marchione, and Darcy Hepner, formerly of Blood, Sweat, and Tears. He has also studied with Jan Garbarek, Kirk MacDonald, Mike Murley, and Quinsin Natchoff.
After moving to Ottawa, Richard was selected to play in the National Jazz Youth Summit Big Band under the direction of Jim Lewis. This group of twenty of the best young jazz musicians from across Canada appeared on the main stage at the 2008 Ottawa International Jazz Festival. Richard currently spends his time composing for and performing with various groups around Ottawa.

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Sep 29, Wed, 2010

HOUNDSTOOTH
An evening with HOUNDSTOOTH is classy and chaotic, exotic and excessive, gratifying and gratuitous. Their self-indulgent improvisational style rips the audience off their chairs and gets them grooving to Latin beats and funky rhythms. If you like the sound of Acid Jazz mixed with Latin Soul, you won't want to miss this show!

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Oct 01, Fri, 2010

| 9 PM - 11 PM |

Django Libre
Peter Storzenecker - guitar
Christian Flores - guitar
Emmanuelle Lambert-Lemoine - violin
Jose Paulo Arocena - bass
Django Libre is Ottawa's newest gypsy jazz ensemble specializing in the music of Django Reinhardt and the swing music of the 30's and 40's.

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