Whitehorse - Yukon Arts Centre
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- Adults: $22
- Senior (60+): $17
- Teens (13-19): $15
- Child (12 and under): $5
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(867) 667 8574 - Hougen's Ticket Office
(867) 667 4080
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Ticket Prices (at the door)
- Adults: $15
- Students (13-18yrs): $8
- Seniors, children 12 & under (with adult): Free
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Morgan Childs Quintet
“Morgan likes BOTH kinds of music… be-bop AND hard bop…” Neel Dhillon
Bio
Drummer, composer, and bandleader Morgan Childs has built a reputation among his fellow musicians as one of the finest jazz percussionists currently working in Canada. Originally from the small East Kootenay town of Invermere BC, Childs spent nearly a decade honing his skills on the diverse Vancouver music scene before relocating to his current home of Toronto.
Childs has been the recipient of the Fraser MacPherson Memorial Scholarship (1999), multiple CBC Galaxie Rising Star awards (07, 08, 09), and most recently won the 2009 GM Grand Prix du Jazz at the Montréal Jazz Festival with the Amanda Tosoff Quartet. Childs has appeared on CBC Radio 1’s Hot Air and JazzBeat programs multiple times, both as a leader and a sideman.
Childs leads a quintet of some of the most impressive young players in Canadian jazz. His debut recording as a leader for the Cellar Live label. Time has received rave reviews across the country, garnering comparisons to drum heroes like Art Blakey and Max Roach.
It is no exaggeration to suggest that the energy of this quintet, led by drummer Morgan Childs, brings back memories of an era when Art Blakey led Messengers bands that included saxophonists such as Wayne Shorter and trumpeters like Terrance Blanchard or Wynton Marsalis. This quintet sounds as crafted and tight on Time as some of the best Messengers bands once sounded, though Childs is not a Blakey-like drummer. He is much more lyrical, and even though he is playing a traditional trap set he often sounds as if he were playing a melodic instrument. Childs is not just a fine instrumentalist then, but is also a beating heart in the wholesome body of his quintet.
-Raul d’Gama Rose, allaboutjazz.com
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010
7:30pm, Yukon Arts Centre
Whitehorse, Yukon
Cabaret Seating
Personnel
Morgan Childs - drums
Sean Cronin - bass
Amanda Tosoff - piano
Chris Davis - trumpet
Evan Arntzen - tenor sax
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