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Friday Night Jazz at Megalomaniac Winery featuring the Dave Restivo Trio

Dave Restivo: Piano
Rob McBride: Bass
Peter Shea: Drums

DAVE RESTIVO is one of Canada's most respected and influential jazz artists. A pianist, percussionist and composer, he is a 3-time winner of the National Jazz Awards' Keyboardist of the Year Award, and is listed in the current edition of Canadian Who's Who. He is well known for his work with Rob McConnell's Boss Brass and Tentet, the Mike Murley Quintet, and legendary songwriter Marc Jordan. He has also performed and recorded with Dave Holland, Jon Hendricks, Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Mel Torme, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Pat LaBarbera, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Grace Kelly, Howard Johnson, Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jensen, Kevin Mahogany, Randy Bachman (BTO/Guess Who), David Clayton Thomas, Molly Johnson, Moe Koffman, Joe
LaBarbera, Mark Whitfield, Marcus Belgrave, Joey Baron, Curtis Fuller, Stacy Rowles, Jane Bunnett, Jeff Healy, Tim Hagans, Jeff Hamilton, Alex Acuna, Gene Bertoncini, Joe Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Donny McCaslin, Metalwood, Charles McPherson, Norman Marshall Villeneuve, Memo Acevedo, and many others. Dave has served on the music faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts and St. Francis Xavier University, and currently teaches at Humber College and the University of Toronto.

"...quite simply one of the most exceptional jazz pianists of his generation that Canada has produced..." -Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

Here he is performing for Friday Night Jazz at Megalomaniac Winery on November 6th, 2015.
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Presented by DPLU Music, Mahtay Café & Lounge and the TD Niagara Jazz Festival, the Twilight Jazz Series is a monthly Jazz Series featuring the finest Jazz musicians from the Niagara region as well as the GTA. Events occur the 1st Sunday of every month at Mahtay Café & Lounge and in other venues throughout the Niagara Region.

All Twilight Jazz Series artists are booked by JADE (Juliet Amanda Dunn Entertainment) www.julietdunn.ca

For performance applications or for more information: info@julietdunn.ca