FOUR ON THE FLOOR: Smalls Jazz Club Live Video Feed

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Smalls Jazz Club Live Video Feed

When I was making my treks to NYC during the winter/spring of 2004 to study with Matt Wilson on my Canada Council for the Arts sponsored sojurn, the jazz club "Small's" located in Greenwich Village was always my go-to jazz club if I didn't know where else to go or didn't feel like spending a small fortune at one of the other bigger and more touristy jazz clubs like the Blue Note or the Vanguard (although I always tried to take in the Village Vanguard whenever I could).

I was always impressed by the amazing talent that I heard at Small's including younger and older jazz musicians alike that aren't known outside of New York. I always knew I would hear something good at this club even if I had no idea who any of the musicians were!

Anyways, this is a great find...

Small's has now installed a camera and microphone and provides a live-feed of all there nightly concerts.

WOW !!!

I'm really digging this... : )

SMALLS JAZZ CLUB LIVE VIDEO FEED

http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/index.cfm?itemCategory=32338&siteid=272&priorId=0&banner=a

Apparently they are going to start archiving all these shows so there should be lots of good music to check out !

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Spike WilnerMay 25, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Hello Jon:

Thanks for posting this info on your blog! We are trying to live stream as many shows as we can (if it's off it's because either we're closed or the artists has not given us permission).

We also have an extensive audio archive of past performances. You can search artists by their instrument.

All this is available on www.smallsjazzclub.com

Best!

Spike Wilner
Smalls Jazz Club
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Jon McCaslinMay 25, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Thanks Spike !

Keep up the great work and I look forward to hearing the upcoming Small's recording of the Ryan Kisor group with Ali Jackson.

Cheers

Jon McC
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Jonathan McCaslin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. Jonathan began playing the drums at the age of nine. He progressed through the Regina Lions Junior Band and the music program at his high school, Campbell Collegiate, soon developing a passion for playing the drums and jazz. Ultimately, Jon's interest in music led him to enroll in the Jazz Studies program at McGill University, graduating with distinction in 1999.

While at McGill Jon had the opportunity to study with some of the finest jazz educators in the country including Gordon Foote, Kevin Dean, Jan Jarcyzk, Chris McCann, Andre White, Michel Lambert and Dave Laing. He also attended the prestigious summer jazz workshop presented by the Banff Centre for the Arts in 1997, where he performed with Canadian jazz greats Hugh Fraser, Don Thompson and Kenny Wheeler.

Jon has also been fortunate to have performed with many of Canada's jazz elite including Charlie Biddle, Brian Hurley, Louise Rose, Alaister Kay, Mart Kinny, Gary Guthman, Mike Rud, Hadley Caliman, Greg Clayton, Chase Sanborn, Andre White, Tilden Webb, John LaBelle, Kevin Dean, Dave Turner, Ralph Bowen, Don Thompson, Dionne Taylor, Jim Vivian, Kelly Jefferson, Ian McDougall, Brad Turner, Jim Brenan, The McGill Jazz Orchestra, Jeff Johnston, Lorraine Desmerais, Steve Amirault, Hugh Fraser, Chucho Valdes, Kieran Overs, The Altsys Jazz Orchestra, Pat LaBarbera, The Regina Symphony Orchestra and The Montreal Jazz Big Band.

In the spring of 2002 McCaslin completed his Master's in Jazz Studies at McGill University where he studied jazz drumming, improvisation and composition.

In January 2003 Jon released his debut CD, “McCallum’s Island”. Featuring his quintet, the CD contains an exciting collection of McCaslin’s original compositions, featuring himself and his band. The release of this CD was followed by a twenty-day tour of Western Canada, performing to enthusiastic, capacity audiences. During March of 2003 Jonathan was the recipient of a fellowship from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and attended the “Betty Carter Jazz Ahead” residency in Washington, D.C. Along with twenty other distinguished young jazz artists, McCaslin was featured with such jazz icons as Terence Blanchard, Carmen Lundy, Winard Harper, Curtis Fuller and John Clayton.

McCaslin’s quintet performed at the 2003 edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival and was nominated for the General Motors Grand Prix du Festival (awarded to the most outstanding Canadian group). From 2004 until 2006, Jon toured North America, Asia and Europe with the high-energy, critically acclaimed music production troupe “Barrage”. Featuring a cast of seven world-class fiddlers and a four-piece band, this dynamic show featured high-energy music and fiddle traditions from around the world set to upbeat choreography and movement.

In 2015, Dr. McCaslin received his Doctorate through the University of Toronto and completed his dissertation on the conceptualization of contemporary melodic jazz drumming. He is currently based in Calgary, Alberta where he maintains a busy performing and teaching schedule across Canada.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Smalls Jazz Club Live Video Feed

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